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Vista Vulnerability Study Puts Microsoft on Defensive
5/15/2008
Regardless of the arguments being volleyed back and forth, the "problem" is, indeed, not solved. Security experts agree that administrators need a layered approach, especially in light of other research findings regarding malware that spotlight different strains -- worms, Trojan horses, rootkits, spyware, malicious adware, grayware and certain bots, for starters.
In fact, one of the preliminary results from Symantec Corp.'s Internet Security Threat Report released last month suggests that "the release rate of malicious code and other unwanted programs may be exceeding that of legitimate software applications." Moreover, Finland-based anti-virus company F-Secure announced recently that as much malware was launched in 2007 as there was over the previous 20 years.
"I think what we know from the various reports that are out there is that there are threats," said Andrew Storms, director of IT security operations at San Francisco-based nCircle Network Security. "The question is not the degree of what's out there but what the actual risks are and how to mitigate them."
Jabulani Leffall is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in the Financial Times of London, Investor's Business Daily, The Economist and CFO Magazine, among others. You can contact Jabulani at editor@entmag.com.
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