McAfee Labs: Combating Malware and Advanced Persistent Threats

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June 29, 2012
by Swapnil Pathak

In the past decade, the security industry has seen a constant rise in the volume of malware and attacks associated with them. Malware are constantly evolving to become more complex and sophisticated. For example,
* Unique malware samples broke the 75 million mark in 2011 – Network World
* 500 malware networks available to launch attacks – InformationWeek
* Malware authors expand use of domain generation algorithms – Computerworld
* Zeus/Spyeye variant uses peer to peer network model - Infosecurity.com
* Anonymous promises regularly scheduled Friday attacks – Wired

This blog discusses the changing malware threat landscape, challenges faced by intrusion-prevention systems, and limitations with traditional signature-based detection. We also provide the vision of McAfee Labs regarding effective solutions to combat such advanced threats.

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