CSO: Next-wave malware aims for mayhem, not money

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IANS' Phil Gardner on why the recent Shamoon malware attack is a predictor of more targeted, geopolitical cyberattacks to come

By Phil Gardner
March 20, 2013

To most of our CISO clients, malware is a cost of doing business. It's annoying and ever-present, but for the most part, they have the right toolset in place to identify, block and eradicate it.

As malware has evolved from generic attacks and script kiddies to more targeted, persistent attacks aimed at gaining data and information for financial gain, security organizations have also stepped up their anti-malware game, bolstering signature-based tools, such as antivirus and intrusion-detection and -prevention systems, with more sophisticated software like data-loss prevention (DLP), network-forensics and malware-analysis tools.

Enter the Shamoon virus.

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