Growth of Anti-Botnet Startups Points to AV Deficiencies
March 14th, 2008 by Shanmuga
"A slew of software companies new and old are shipping tools aimed at slowing the botnet epidemic, but the emergence of this new market is seen by some analysts as an indictment of the existing anti-malware industry. With reliable statistics showing a dramatic rise in botnet-related computer infections, venture capitalists are now pouring money into startups with technology promising to find and eradicate backdoor Trojans, keystroke loggers and stealth rootkits.
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"If you think that the latest security suites afford complete protection against malware attacks, think again. Today’s for-profit malware pushers use dedicated test labs and other increasingly professional techniques to improve their chances of infecting your computer. And the techniques they employ to outpace security software makers appear to be working.
"For over 25 years, the computer community has been dealing with malicious software. These little pieces of malware started as minor pranks and theoretical explorations into subverting security controls, but soon developed into more malicious programs that have left a significant impact on the computing community. Over the last decade we have seen viruses/Trojans/worms wreck countless computer systems, shutdown entire business, and impact our economy on a scale that rivals that of a major natural disaster.
"Critical vulnerabilities have been found this year in virtually all antivirus products. But the danger of protective software, of all things, mutating into a gateway for pests is still largely underestimated. Antivirus software is not only the most important protection against pests arriving from the Internet, it could also be one of the most dangerous gateways for attackers and their damaging software.
