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 Anti-Virus

Botnets: The backdoor to the enterprise network

Tomer Teller, security researcher and evangelist at Check Point Software Technologies May 21, 2012

Compromising anywhere from a few thousand to well over a million systems, botnets are used by cyber criminals to take over computers and execute illegal and damaging activities.
 

When signature-less security requires signatures

Gunter Ollmann, vice president of research, Damballa April 25, 2012

The recent outbreak of the Flashback trojan on Mac computers is a case study in how unprepared security professionals are for dealing with malware that's not specific to Windows.
 

Debate: Anti-virus is essential

David Harley, ESET | Jeremiah Grossman, WhiteHat Security April 02, 2012

Debate: Anti-virus is essential.
 

U.K. MPs bite the cyber bullet...

David Harley, ESET senior research fellow • February 02, 2012

The Science and Technology Committee seems to be taking malware and cyber crime seriously.
 

The five new laws of anti-malware

Zulfikar Ramzan, chief scientist, Sourcefire • January 23, 2012

Today, the best overall security solution includes technologies that can help you quickly respond to an inevitable attack.
 

Campus relief: Kilgore College and Viewfinity

January 20, 2012

A community college in Texas found a tool that enabled it to fend off viruses while coming into compliance, reports Greg Masters.
 

APTs in critical infrastructure organizations

Dave Amsler, President and CIO, Foreground Security January 18, 2012

Many managers of utilities companies don't understand or appreciate the value of IT security...at their, the facilities' and the community's peril.
 

Great expectations

David Harley, ESET senior research fellow • January 16, 2012

WPS, "Whoops!!!," the Grim Reaver, and what you can expect from anti-virus.
 

The virus problem is worse than you think

Dan Emory, leader, information assurance practice, TKC Global November 03, 2011

With record numbers of threats and the increasing inability to detect them through traditional means, the time is now for the anti-virus industry to reinvent itself.
 

Keyloggers and malicious intent

David Harley, ESET senior research fellow • August 19, 2011

Programs used maliciously are not always malware.
 

Kaspersky says McAfee report is all bark and no bite

August 18, 2011

McAfee is dealing with another round of industry disparagement over its "Shady RAT" report, which chronicled a five-year-long hacking campaign.
 

Infected in a Flash

David Harley, ESET senior research fellow • July 18, 2011

Re-(James)Joyce: ESET Ireland reveals all about the Blackhat Velvet Band
 
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