Software must be protected even after it has been distributed. This is because executable files, bytecode, and JavaScript ...

Over 25% of malicious JavaScript code is obfuscated by so-called ‘packers’, a software packaging method that has given attackers a way of evading signature-based detection, according to security and ...

A research that analyzed over 10,000 samples of diverse malicious software written in JavaScript concluded that roughly 26% of it is obfuscated to evade detection and analysis. Obfuscation is when ...

Mobile apps are a popular target for attackers, cyber threats are constantly evolving in them. Hackers relentlessly seek ways to infiltrate, decompile, and reverse-engineer your apps, potentially ...

JavaScript, the ubiquitous scripting language used across Web applications worldwide, is becoming a key ingredient in phishing campaigns looking to plant malicious code on victims' computers, new ...

Finjan announced that its Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) discovered examples of obfuscated code embedded in rich-content files, and not only in HTML-webpages on legitimate websites. The report ...

A newly-discovered malicious package with layers of obfuscation is disguised as a utility library, with malware essentially hiding in plain sight in embedded QR codes. QR codes are ubiquitous these ...

Obfuscation means to make something difficult to understand. Programming code is often obfuscated to protect intellectual property or trade secrets, and to prevent an attacker from reverse engineering ...

Reverse engineering and tampering attacks threaten every mobile app, yet many apps apply basic code hardening techniques (or none at all!) to defend against these attempts. In fact, research has shown ...