TechRepublic - IT Security: Fuzzy hashing helps researchers spot morphing malware

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Anti-malware applications are dependent on malicious software remaining the same, code-wise. So the bad guys just keep changing it. Michael Kassner looks at a possible defense: fuzzy hashing.

By Michael Kassner
April 4, 2011

It’s obvious, but I have to say it. There’s something wrong with existing efforts to squash malware. What’s wrong varies from expert to expert. But there’s consensus. Anti-malware apps have reactive components. And, that’s not a good thing, but required until something better surfaces.

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