Decoding the Malware Maze: Insights From a Threat Researcher

Oh the days when spam was the only concern for email security!

Our guest today is Chris Wakelin, a Senior Threat Researcher at Proofpoint. He recounts the era when email attachments were plain text, and the concept of malicious URLs had yet to become prevalent. Chris was a pioneer in implementing email security measures and recalled introducing Spam Assassin, an early open-source program for spam detection, at his university.

Chris emphasized his belief in not shipping emails into a black …

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