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Malware - Future Trends
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SUMMARY
In the below link article, Dancho describes what are the driving forces
behind the rise of malware? Who's behind it, and what tactics do they use?
How are vendors responding, and what should organizations, researchers,
and end users keep in mind for the upcoming future? These and many other
questions will be discussed in this article, combining security
experience, business logic, a little bit of psychology, market trends, and
personal chats with knowledgeable folks from the industry.
DETAILS
Introduction:
Malware has truly evolved during the last couple of years. Its potential
for financial and network based abuse was quickly realized, and thus,
tactics changed, consolidation between different parties occurred, and the
malware scene became overly monetized, with its services available on
demand.
What are the driving forces behind the rise of malware? Who s behind it,
and what tactics do they use? How are vendors responding, and what should
organizations, researchers, and end users keep in mind for the upcoming
future? These and many other questions will be discussed in this article,
combining security experience, business logic, a little bit of psychology,
market trends, and personal chats with knowledgeable folks from the
industry.
Scope:
This publication is in no way intended to be a complete future prediction
or a reference, as future can never by fully predicted, that s the beauty
of it. Instead, its intention is to discuss the possible future trends
backed up by a little speculation, and also use some of the current ones
as a foundation for future developments. Malware authors, and antivirus
vendors would never stop playing a cat and mouse game, that s the nature
of the market, but as in any other, there are core factors affecting all
the participants, and variables whose movements shape the future direction
of events. In this publication, I did my best to cover the most
significant ones, expressing entirely my point of view as an independent
security consultant.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The information has been provided by <mailto:dancho.danchev@hush.com>
Dancho Danchev.
The complete article can be downloaded from:
<http://www.infosecwriters.com/text_resources/pdf/malware_DDanchev.pdf>
http://www.infosecwriters.com/text_resources/pdf/malware_DDanchev.pdf
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