The threat landscape is evolving at a rapid pace. Over the past few years, there have been attack vectors such as automated attacks, fileless malware, firmware-based malware, advanced persistent threat (APT) malware, and, let's not forget, sophisticated ransomware. Attackers have a repertoire of attacks that can leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning at their disposal. Based on these advancements in attacks, antiviruses had to catch up.
The evolution of antivirus technologies
Out with the old
The traditional antivirus, which served the purpose of simply stopping viruses based on signatures and looking for changes in filesystems or applications based on patterns, is no longer sufficient. Even though signatures...
