According to Verizon’s 2015 Data Breach Investigations Report, more than 317 million new pieces of malware — computer viruses or other malicious software — were created in 2014. That means nearly one million new threats were released each day.
Someone has to keep current with all the new malware that can be used to exploit application and system vulnerabilities; collect it, examine its functions and how it executes attacks, and then present those findings in a format that can be consumed by a larger audience.
Welcome to the world of security research.
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