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Research ArchiveChristian Staunton2018-04-06T17:19:42+00:00
September 13, 2019

Machine learning evasion contest – the AV tester’s perspective

The beginning It’s the year 2018, somewhere around the end of October in one of the most beautiful islands in the world. The weather is …

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June 25, 2018

On Android Philosophy and its Effects on Malware

We have spent some time in custom sample development, based on methods seen in the wild. During the countless hours of sitting in front of …

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Endpoint Protection Testing, Smartphone Security Testing
November 10, 2017

Android AV vs. Third-Party App Stores

Introduction Recently, we have been working on some advanced Android malware and to test some ideas, we opted to create some custom samples. Our approach …

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Endpoint Protection Testing, Smartphone Security Testing
September 21, 2017

Encrypted exploit delivery – #IRONSQUIRREL

This research deals with the delivery of encrypted browser exploits to a victim’s browser. It is a follow-up post to some research I did 2 …

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Endpoint Protection Testing, Exploit Protection Testing
August 28, 2017

A Note on the War of Android AVs and Advanced Malware

Recently, we performed an in-depth analysis of multiple Android AV engines. We checked how they perform in scenarios where the users’ device has not yet …

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Endpoint Protection Testing, Smartphone Security Testing
July 29, 2017

Current state of malicious Powershell script blocking

The current state of malicious Powershell script blocking is bad, very bad. There is room for improvement … Only two products (among the tested ones) …

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Endpoint Protection Testing, Nextgen Protection Testing
July 20, 2017

Webroot SecureAnywhere Android AV coordinated disclosure

Researchers of MRG Effitas tested the Webroot SecureAnywhere Android application. During use, we came across implementation details, which might undermine the Vendor’s efforts to provide …

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Endpoint Protection Testing, Smartphone Security Testing
July 20, 2017

Limitations of Android AntiVirus Scanners

Recently, MRG Effitas have been involved in a test of Android based AV products. Having completed the test process, we realised that the general approach …

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Endpoint Protection Testing, Smartphone Security Testing
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