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<blockquote data-quote="Burrito" data-source="post: 789505" data-attributes="member: 72439">Good points.Additionally, there is the &#039;security through obscurity&#039; thing.&nbsp; This is.... strangely (to me) -- rarely referenced here at MT.Malware developers always have an inherent advantage.&nbsp; They can test the defenses, and alter the attack until it works.&nbsp; So they write malware, and then they try it out on AVs.&nbsp; And they keep tweaking it, until it works on its targeted AVs.&nbsp; This is why &#039;newcomers&#039; like Cylance offer an initial advantage.&nbsp; The malware writers don&#039;t test against &#039;the little guys.&#039;There is an advantage to using a more &#039;obscure&#039; AV.&nbsp;&nbsp; And... there is a disadvantage to using the biggest AVs.Yes, the biggest AVs do though have an opportunity to collect a greater amount of data, telemetry..Over 50% of all Windows 10 computers use Windows Defender.Here&#039;s how the rest of the market share looks --[ATTACH=full]205479[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Burrito, post: 789505, member: 72439"] Good points. Additionally, there is the 'security through obscurity' thing. This is.... strangely (to me) -- rarely referenced here at MT. Malware developers always have an inherent advantage. They can test the defenses, and alter the attack until it works. So they write malware, and then they try it out on AVs. And they keep tweaking it, until it works on its targeted AVs. This is why 'newcomers' like Cylance offer an initial advantage. The malware writers don't test against 'the little guys.' There is an advantage to using a more 'obscure' AV. And... there is a disadvantage to using the biggest AVs. Yes, the biggest AVs do though have an opportunity to collect a greater amount of data, telemetry.. Over 50% of all Windows 10 computers use Windows Defender. Here's how the rest of the market share looks -- [ATTACH=full]205479[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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