SC Magazine: Is the era of anti-virus over?

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Tom Cross, director of security research, Lancope
November 20, 2012

The success of advanced malware like Flame and Shamoon has caused some security observers to declare that the era of anti-virus has come to an end.

While this is a bit of an exaggeration, it's important to consider how the strategy of anti-virus and other security solutions fits into the overall threat landscape.

There are a variety of different groups trying to break into computer networks today. Some of them are extremely sophisticated, while others barely understand how to use a command-line interface. Some have monetary and political motives, while others just do it for the “lulz.”

Each group presents a unique threat to the network environment, and there are different ways of responding to each. Tools like anti-virus have their purpose, but they can't address every problem.

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