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    Malware has evolved significantly over the past 15 years from simple viruses to complex malware using techniques like encryption and obfuscation to avoid detection, while infection vectors have expanded from physical media to online methods like email attachments and drive-by downloads; the effects of infections have also become more harmful, changing from minor annoyances to modern threats like ransomware and password theft; independent testing of security products is important to evaluate their ability to detect this evolving malware threat landscape.

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    Malware has evolved significantly over the past 15 years from simple viruses to complex malware using techniques like encryption and obfuscation to avoid detection, while infection vectors have expanded from physical media to online methods like email attachments and drive-by downloads; the effects of infections have also become more harmful, changing from minor annoyances to modern threats like ransomware and password theft; independent testing of security products is important to evaluate their ability to detect this evolving malware threat landscape.

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    21st Century Malware Threatscape: 15 Years of Evolution

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    21st Century Malware

    Threatscape
    15 Years of Evolution
    Andy Hayter
    Anti-Malcode Program Manager
    ICSA Labs
    Introduction
    • Andy Hayter – Anti-Malcode Program
    Manager – ICSA Labs
    – Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, PC Firewall, HIPS
    – 25 years experience
    • Anti-Virus Product Marketing & Product Manager
    • Security Vendors
    • End-User
    • Anti-Malware Testing Programs
    ICSA Labs Overview
    Who We Are Independent Third Party
    + Validation
    Global leader and
    Neutral and
    defacto standard in
    + Testing
    the private sector for
    security product / Vendor
    Agnostic
    services / solutions
    Research
    assurance through
    &
    testing and
    Analysis
    certification.
    Current Product Certification Programs

    • Anti-SPAM • Network IPS


    • Anti-Spyware • PC Firewall
    • Anti-Virus • SSL VPN
    • Cryptography • Web Application FW
    • Firewall • Wireless LAN
    • IDS • Custom Services
    • IPSec VPN
    Nature of Evolving Threats
    Rewind the Clock
    • 1997 – Unfamiliar, but not complex

    • 2009 – Complex – obfuscated, packed,


    encrypted, multiple vectors
    Varieties of Malware
    • Virus
    • Worm
    • Bot
    • Trojan
    • Rootkit
    • Spyware
    • Spam
    Vectors of Infection
    Yesterday Today
    • Sneaker Net • E-mail Attachments
    • Boot Disks • Drive-by Downloads
    • Pre-packaged • XSS
    Software • Social Engineering
    • Home à Work • Botnets
    Effects of Infection
    Yesterday Today
    • Corrupted Hard Drive Ransomware
    • Political Message Keylogger
    • P.O.C
    Password Stealer
    • Fun
    Crimeware
    €£ P $
    Is it In-The-Wild?
    Targeted Attacks
    • Regional
    • Industry
    • Company
    • Government
    Analysis
    2009
    • 1997 – 10,000 known
    viruses

    • 2009 - >10,000 new


    per day
    1997

    Traditional Analysis cannot keep up with rate at which new


    malware appears.
    What can you do about it?
    • EDUCATION à (ISC)2
    • Policy – Develop, Test and Enforce
    • End-User Education
    • Patch, Patch, Patch
    • Outside, 3rd Party, Independent External
    Assessment of Security Solutions
    Testing and Certification
    • Security Products
    – Tested
    – Certified
    by a Credible Laboratory such as
    Data Breaches and Malware
    Perfect Together
    • Greater than One-Third of Data Breaches
    Involved Malware

    Source: 2008 Data Breach Investigations Report


    Verizon Business
    www.verizonbusiness.com/resources/security/databreachreport.pdf
    Investigative Analysis
    • ICSA Labs – conducted
    major portion of
    malware analysis

    • à What was the


    malware looking for
    • à What is/or could have
    been the impact
    Questions?
    Click on the questions tab on your screen, type in your question, name
    and e-mail address; then hit submit.

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