Malware Threats

Malware poses a major security threat to information security. Malware writers explore new attack vectors to exploit vulnerabilities in information systems. This leads to ever more sophisticated malware attacks, including drive-by malware, “maladvertising” (or “malvertising”) and advanced persistent threats. Although organizations try hard to defend themselves using comprehensive security policies and advanced anti-malware controls, the current trend indicates that malware applications are targeting “lower-hanging fruit”; these include unsecured smartphones, mobile applications, social media, and cloud services. This problem is further complicated, because of the challenges faced during threat prediction.

Assessing an organization’s information system against malware threats is a major challenge today, because of the rapidly changing nature of malware threats. One needs to be well-versed in the latest developments in the field and understand the basic functioning of malware to select and implement the controls appropriate for an organization and its needs.

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