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Defend Your
Business from
Evolving
Malware Threats
an
®
Security eBook
Contents…
Defend Your Business from
Evolving Malware Threats
This content was adapted from the eSecurity Planet website.
Contributors: Geoff Webb, Sean Michael Kerner and Pam Baker.
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Malware Stats: 72 Percent of Threats are Unique
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The Evolution of Malware and Information Security
Unique Malware Continues Its Rise
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The Best Malware and Antivirus Tool is Prevention
Defend Your Business from
Evolving Malware Threats
The Evolution of Malware and
Information Security
By Geoff Webb
D
espite years of investment and research by
the security industry, malware continues to
play a significant role in the theft of sensitive
data. In fact, according to a report from
the Verizon Business Risk Team, malware was present in
around 80 percent of breaches.
If malware presents such an obvious risk in data breaches,
why haven’t security organizations done something to
prevent its use?
The fact is that traditional
approaches to stopping
malware, such as relying on
signature-based anti-virus,
no longer provide sufficient
protection. It’s too easy for
malware authors to write code
that is able to avoid detection
and operate successfully well
below the anti-virus radar.
Attackers can modify existing
malware slightly, add new
functionality where needed and
enhance their ability to avoid
detection with little effort using
readily available tools.
This was certainly the case with the Zeus family of
malware, estimated to have now infected millions of
computers in the U.S. and around the world. Zeus is
potentially responsible for thefts measured in the tens of
millions of dollars.
At the heart of the matter is that once malware is
installed, it is incredibly difficult to spot. It can take weeks
or even months to realize that malware is present. Often
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