Malware - Future Trends by Dancho Danchev
9 января 2006 | PDF | 0,93 Mb | 26 Pages | Язык: Английский
9 января 2006 | PDF | 0,93 Mb | 26 Pages | Язык: Английский
Ответы на эти и другие вопросы вы найдете в новой статье эксперта по компьютерной безопасности Данчо Данчева (Dancho Danchev) "Malware – Future Trends". Автор освещает проблему malware с разных сторон, он использовал и опыт в области защиты информации, и анализ тенденций рынка, добавил немного психологии, логику бизнесмена, и личные мнения экспертов.
| “ | 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. Contents: 1. Intro 2. Scope 3. Author’s comments 4. The current state of the malware threat - Where the metrics are! - Use and abuse of malware - DDoS extortion - DDoS on demand/hire - Botnets and zombie hosts - Pay-Per-Click-Hijacking - Cryptoviral extortion, Ransomware - Platform for dissemination of other junk - Mass identity theft and financial abuse - Around the industry 5. Factors contributing to the rise and success of malware - Documentation and howto’s transformed into source code - Vulnerabilities, even patches, easily turned into exploits - Clear signs of consolidation on the malware scene - The media as a fueling factor for growth - Over 960M unique Internet users and their connectivity, or purchasing power - The demand for illegal services 6. Future trends - Mobile malware will be successfully monetized - Localization as a concept will attract the coders’ attention - Open Source Malware - Anonymous and illegal hosting of (copyrighted) data - The development of Ecosystem - Rise in encryption and packers - 0day malware on demand - Cryptoviral extortion / Ransomware will emerge - When the security solutions ends up the security problem itself - Intellectual property worms - Web vulnerabilities, and web worms – diversity and explicit velocity - Hijacking botnets and infected PCs - Interoperability will increase the diversity and reach of the malware scene 7. Conclusion | ” |
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