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5 things IT managers get wrong about upskilling tech teams

Technology is changing faster than ever, and IT teams need to keep learning new skills to stay ahead. But many IT managers are going about training their people all wrong. They’re throwing money at the wrong things, frustrating their employees, and not achieving any real results for their businesses. Here are five common mistakes that […] more…

Burned out by bots: The rise of prompt fatigue in the workplace

Generative artificial intelligence (genAI) tools have quickly become commonplace in the workplace. In the rush to boost productivity, many organizations have adopted them without fully considering how best to integrate them into daily workflows. Some employees are now complaining of “prompt fatigue” — a kind of cognitive drain similar to the “Zoom fatigue” of the […] more…

Senator Cruz introduces an AI ‘sandbox’ bill to ease regulatory burdens

Republican Senator Ted Cruz has introduced a bill that would create a federal “regulatory sandbox” for AI, giving companies the ability to apply for temporary exemptions from certain rules as they develop and test new technologies. “A regulatory sandbox — a policy mechanism recommended by the AI Action Plan — will give entrepreneurs room to […] more…

AI and the end of proof

Garbage bags are being thrown out a White House window, or so a popular video seems to show. “Probably AI generated,” said President Trump in a Tuesday press conference. Earlier, a White House official suggested to TIME magazine that the video was real and showed a contractor doing “regular maintenance.” Here we are, like other […] more…

Uncovering a Colombian Malware Campaign with AI Code Analysis

VirusTotal Code Insight keeps adding new file formats. This time, we’re looking at two vector-based formats from very different eras: SWF and SVG. Curiously, right after we rolled out this update in production, one of the very first submitted files gave us a perfect, and unexpected, example of Code Insight in action: it uncovered an […] more…

Agentic AI – Ongoing coverage of its impact on the enterprise

Over the next few years, agentic AI is expected to bring not only rapid technological breakthroughs, but a societal transformation, redefining how we live, work and interact with the world. And this shift is happening quickly. “By 2028, 33% of enterprise software applications will include agentic AI, up from less than 1% in 2024, enabling […] more…

Applying AI Analysis to PDF Threats

In our previous post we extended VirusTotal Code Insights to browser extensions and supply-chain artifacts. A key finding from that analysis was how our AI could apply contextual knowledge to its evaluation. It wasn’t just analyzing code in isolation, it was correlating a package’s stated purpose (its name and description) with its actual behavior, flagging […] more…

AGI explained: Artificial intelligence with humanlike cognition

As artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI, gains traction in the business world after years of promise, a new generation of AI is starting to emerge — at least in the hype cycle. It’s not agentic AI, it’s not robotic AI, or physical AI. It is artificial general intelligence, or AGI. Two years ago, fear of […] more…

Rise of AI crawlers and bots causing web traffic havoc

A new report from edge cloud platform provider Fastly reveals what it called “a striking shift in the nature of automated web traffic” with a recent analysis of traffic indicating that AI crawlers make up close to 80% of the AI bot traffic observed. Meta generated more than half, eclipsing both Google and OpenAI combined. […] more…

Microsoft fixes the fixes that broke Windows tools

Microsoft has issued fixes for a pair of troublesome bugs introduced with its August 2025 Patch Tuesday cumulative security updates. The updates — KB5063875, KB5063709, and KB5063877 — not only triggered installation errors that blocked some Windows 11 devices from upgrading, but also broke reset and recovery tools across both Windows 11 and Windows 10. The problems affected Windows […] more…

Code Insight Expands to Uncover Risks Across the Software Supply Chain

Audio version of this post, created with NotebookLM Deep Dive Your browser does not support the audio element. When we launched Code Insight, we started by analyzing PowerShell scripts. Since then, we have been continuously expanding its capabilities to cover more file types. Today, we announce that Code Insight can now analyze a broader range […] more…

Browser Security Firm SquareX Raises $20 Million

SquareX offers what it has dubbed a “Browser Detection and Response (BDR)” solution. The post Browser Security Firm SquareX Raises $20 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Chinese I-Soon Hackers Hit 7 Organizations in Operation FishMedley

The FishMonger APT group, a subdivision of Chinese cybersecurity firm I-Soon, compromised seven organizations in a 2022 campaign. The post Chinese I-Soon Hackers Hit 7 Organizations in Operation FishMedley appeared first on SecurityWeek. more…

Research that builds detections

Note: You can view the full content of the blog here. Introduction Detection engineering is becoming increasingly important in surfacing new malicious activity. Threat actors might take advantage of previously unknown malware families – but a successful detection of certain methodologies or artifacts can help expose the entire infection chain. In previous blog posts, we […] more…

Unveiling Hidden Connections: JA4 Client Fingerprinting on VirusTotal

VirusTotal has incorporated a powerful new tool to fight against malware: JA4 client fingerprinting. This feature allows security researchers to track and identify malicious files based on the unique characteristics of their TLS client communications. JA4: A More Robust Successor to JA3 JA4, developed by FoxIO, represents a significant advancement over the older JA3 fingerprinting […] more…

Leveraging LLMs for Malware Analysis: Insights and Future Directions

By Gerardo Fernández, Joseliyo Sánchez and Vicente Díaz Malware analysis is (probably) the most expert-demanding and time-consuming activity for any security professional. Unfortunately automation for static analysis has always been challenging for the security industry. The sheer volume and complexity of malicious code necessitate innovative approaches for efficient and effective analysis. At VirusTotal, we’ve been […] more…

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