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Shape-Shifting Malware Hits the Web
Stony Stevenson writes to tell us that in a recent interview, Marc Henauer has revealed that security researchers are falling behind now that malware is starting to be able to change its signature every few hours. "Unfortunately the know-how and construction kits used to create this shape-shifting threat are now readily available and are unleashing a wave of malware based on social engineering techniques. [...] Sweeney believes that a non rules-based monitoring process must be set up to defend all ingress and egress points covering SMTP, DNS, HTTP(s), IM etc."
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I thought shape-shifting malware was the official business attire of geeks everywhere.
Leave the gun, take the cannolis.
BadAnalogyGuy is that you?
The correct way to handle this is to set up your system so that the user cannot ACCIDENTALLY execute any external code.
and you do that by asking cancel or allow for each app.
Damn right.
That's clearly a job for awk.
Admit it. If tequila is a virus, you don't want to be virus free.
If you can read this, I forgot to post anonymously.
Every few years the malware comes out newer, shinier and costs about $100-400 depending on if you get the Home Basic or Ultimate versions.
Ummmm... yeah. Way to miss the point.
Cantankerous old coot since 1957.