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ALSO CALLED: Malicious Threats, Malicious Computer Code, Malicious Logic, Joke Programs, Blended Threats, Malicious Software, Malicious Code, and Mobile Malware DEFINITION: Polymorphic malware is harmful, destructive or intrusive computer software such as a virus, worm, Trojan or spyware that constantly changes ("morphs"), making it difficult to detect with anti-malware programs. Evolution of the malicious code can occur in a variety of ways such as filename changes, compression and encryption with variable keys.Although the appearance of the code in polymorphic malware … Definition continues below.
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State of Internet Security: Protecting the Network sponsored by Webroot Software, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Spyware, viruses and other malware transported via Web sites represent the most serious data security threat to companies today. Companies need to proactively leverage technology and appropriate business policies to protect themselves, their customers and their employees from the threats presented via the Web. Read on to learn more. Posted: 02 Nov 2009 \| Published: 02 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Access Control \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Security \| Malware \| Network Security \| Phishing \| Security \| Security Threats \| Web 2.0 \| Web Application Security

Today’s Blended Threats: Identifying and Stopping Web-based Email Attacks sponsored by M86 Security WHITE PAPER: Organizations of all sizes continue to be challenged by increasingly sophisticated security threats. Attackers are constantly finding new ways to access valuable data. They use various tools and methods to evade traditional security products. This brief white paper presents a new security solution that can stop new threats quickly and effectively. Posted: 30 Oct 2009 \| Published: 30 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Email Security \| Email Security Software \| Malware \| Security \| Security Threats \| Web Application Security

Today's Blended Threats: Identifying and stopping the growing problem of Web-based attacks sponsored by M86 Security UK WHITE PAPER: Blended threats are spam stealth attacks, moving undetected through your mail servers—blending in with all the other email—until they strike. They can compromise personal or corporate data, "recruit" computers into a network of bots, or initiate keystroke recording that collects passwords and other information. Posted: 28 Oct 2009 \| Published: 28 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Data Security \| Email Security \| Hackers \| Integrated Threat Management \| Malware \| Spam \| Web Application Security

IBM Internet Security Systems™ X-Force® 2009 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report (Aug 09) sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: The IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force® research and development team discovers, analyzes, monitors and records computer security threats and vulnerabilities. According to X-Force observations, many new and surprising trends surfaced throughout the first half of 2009. Read this report to learn more. Posted: 27 Oct 2009 \| Published: 27 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Internet Security \| Malware \| Phishing \| Security Management \| Security Policies \| Security Systems \| Security Threats \| Spam

The Name Game: Malware Naming, Shape Shifters, and Sympathetic Magic sponsored by ESET WHITE PAPER: Read this paper for an in-depth discussion of malware identification, naming and classification and an exploration of the most useful ways for administrators to detect and analyze threats. Posted: 15 Oct 2009 \| Published: 15 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Anti-Spam Software \| Anti-Spyware Software \| Cybersecurity \| Malware \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| Virus Detection Software \| Virus Protection

Anti-Spam Comparison Report sponsored by Trend Micro GmbH WHITE PAPER: West Coast Labs performed an anti-spam comparative test on various email solutions related to spam detection rate over a series of at least 100,000 emails per solution. Read this paper to learn the findings of this test. Posted: 30 Sep 2009 \| Published: 30 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Anti-Spam Software \| Email Management \| Email Security \| Email Security Services \| Email Security Software \| Email Threats \| Malware \| Messaging Security \| Spam

Spam, Spammers, and Spam Control sponsored by Trend Micro GmbH WHITE PAPER: This Ferris Research white paper looks at spam: what it is, how it is sent, and how it is filtered. It unravels the complexities and gives an accessible, factual overview into the scourge of spam. Posted: 25 Sep 2009 \| Published: 25 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Email \| Email Filtering \| Email Management \| Email Security \| Email Threats \| Malware \| Messaging Security \| Spam

Protect Your Company, Freeing Up Time for Your Business sponsored by Panda Security WHITE PAPER: By complementing a solid technological approach with an additional protection strategy and the best support services, Global Business Protection offers your company peace of mind, so you can focus on what is really important for your company. Posted: 18 Sep 2009 \| Published: 18 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Data Security \| Enterprise Resource Management \| Enterprise Systems \| Malware \| Strategic Planning

Global Threat Trends September 2009 sponsored by ESET WHITE PAPER: Review this report to see what threats had the highest number of detections in the past month according to the results of a sophisticated analysis provided by ESET's ThreatSense.Net. Posted: 16 Sep 2009 \| Published: 16 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Domain Name Systems \| Malware \| Phishing \| Reporting Software \| Security Threats \| Virus Detection Software \| Virus Protection \| Worms

Preparing to Stay in Business - Storage Continuity Critical in 24-Hour World sponsored by CDW Corporation WHITE PAPER: You probably think it couldn't happen to you, but disastrous events occur more often than not. Perhaps not a hurricane or earthquake or malicious attack, but there are potential risks for every business. Developing a solid data-recovery plan can keep your business up and running in the event of a disaster or other unfortunate event. Posted: 08 Sep 2009 \| Published: 08 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Centers \| Data Recovery \| Data Security \| Data Storage \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| Malware \| Security Threats \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Management \| Storage Security

Security Trend Advisory sponsored by CDW Corporation WHITE PAPER: Check out this document to learn how to best achieve server security while supporting collaborative platforms. Posted: 08 Sep 2009 \| Published: 08 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Collaboration \| Email Management \| Email Security \| Email Server Software \| Email Threats \| Instant Messaging Security \| IP Networks \| Malware \| Network Security \| Security Threats

Separating the Hype from Reality in Comparative Anti-Virus Reviews sponsored by ESET WHITE PAPER: One of the banes of the anti-virus researcher's life is the widespread confusion about "correct" comparative testing of anti-virus and anti-malware products. Read this paper to learn one expert's opinions about anti-virus testing and test reviews. Posted: 03 Sep 2009 \| Published: 03 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Anti-Spyware Software \| Malware \| Performance Testing \| Testing \| Testing Laboratories \| Virus Detection Software \| Virus Protection

Security Awareness: Is User Education of Any Use at All? sponsored by ESET WHITE PAPER: This paper examines arguments for and against security awareness training and education, approaches to integrating social approaches to security, and user-friendly approaches to teaching computer hygiene to mixed audiences. Posted: 03 Sep 2009 \| Published: 03 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Information Security \| Malware \| Security Policies \| Training \| Training and Educational Services \| User Groups

The Passing Storm: The Storm/Nuwar Botnet sponsored by ESET WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides a thorough explanation of one of the more potent malware classifications effecting systems and networks today – the Storm/Nuwar Botnet. While security software can mitigate the direct impact of Nuwar and other bot-related malware on individual systems, the wider effects of botnet activity need additional countermeasures. Posted: 03 Sep 2009 \| Published: 03 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Anti-Spam Software \| Anti-Spyware Software \| Denial of Service Attacks \| Intrusion Detection \| Intrusion Prevention \| Intrusion Prevention Systems \| Malware \| Security

Strong Anti-virus Protection and Quantifiable ROI: How One Company Achieved Both sponsored by ESET WHITE PAPER: Citing its ease of use and heuristics, Archbold Medical Center chose ESET NOD32 Antivirus – Business Edition over a better known competitor. This case study details the fine points that led to that decision, including the software’s ability to find infections in their environment that had previously gone undetected. Posted: 03 Sep 2009 \| Published: 03 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Adware \| Anti-Spyware Software \| Malware \| Security Management \| Security Policies \| Security Threats \| Virus Detection Software \| Virus Protection

FireEye: Taking the Botnet Threat Seriously sponsored by FireEye WHITE PAPER: IT organizations have been subjected to a number of security plagues, but few of them have the potential for wide-spread havoc of the botnet. Gain new appreciation for the scale of the botnet threat, and how today's emerging solutions must answer the threat with a similar level of multi-faceted defense. Posted: 01 Sep 2009 \| Published: 01 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Intrusion Detection \| Intrusion Detection Systems \| Intrusion Prevention \| Intrusion Prevention Systems \| Malware \| Network Security \| Phishing \| Security Threats \| Spyware

Protecting Data from the Cyber Theft Pandemic sponsored by FireEye WHITE PAPER: Malware-related data breaches have reached pandemic proportions as criminals discover Internet crime is easy to commit, highly lucrative, and largely under-policed. Learn about advances in security technologies that use multi-phase heuristic and virtual machine analysis to detect and mitigate damages that result from malware-related data thefts. Posted: 01 Sep 2009 \| Published: 01 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Cybersecurity \| Data Security \| Fraud Protection \| Identity Management \| Malware \| Security Threats \| Virtual Machine

Battling Modern Botnets sponsored by FireEye WHITE PAPER: The FBI ranks cybercrime among its top priorities in part because botnets are proliferating at an alarming rate, crossing corporate boundaries and spreading infections behind corporate firewalls. Learn how FireEye provides advance detection and a blended approach to today’s botnet problem that "traditional" solutions do not. Posted: 01 Sep 2009 \| Published: 01 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Cybersecurity \| Firewall Management \| Intrusion Detection \| Intrusion Detection Systems \| Intrusion Prevention \| Malware \| Network Security \| Security Threats

Unraveling Web Malware sponsored by FireEye WHITE PAPER: There has been a rapid rise in the use of web blended threats. Defending corporate networks from these threats requires modern protection that functions on many levels. Find out how cyber criminals infiltrate your network and how FireEye's blended defense against Web malware prevents data loss and intellectual property theft. Posted: 01 Sep 2009 \| Published: 01 Sep 2009 TOPICS: Cybersecurity \| Intellectual Property \| LAN \| Malware \| Network Security \| Security Threats \| Vulnerability Assessments \| Web 2.0

Cloud-Client Enterprise Security Impact Report: Increased Protection at a Lower Cost sponsored by Trend Micro, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses the many benefits of faster access to threat intelligence, using a cloud-client architecture for immediate protection, as well as the benefits to enterprises of consolidating to a single vendor for content security infrastructure. Posted: 24 Aug 2009 \| Published: 24 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Endpoint Security \| Enterprise Content Management \| Malware \| Network Security \| Security Infrastructure \| Security Management \| Security Threats \| Spam \| Web Content Management

Rethink Endpoint Security to Revolutionize Enterprise Protection sponsored by Trend Micro, Inc. WHITE PAPER: With OfficeScan 10, Trend Micro introduces a revolutionary new way to defeat the volume of today's threats. This white paper describes this new technology and how it provides more effective protection for enterprise endpoints while reducing management complexity for administrators and resource utilization for end users. Posted: 24 Aug 2009 \| Published: 24 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Authentication \| Cybersecurity \| Data Security \| Endpoint Security \| Enterprise Systems \| Malware \| Security Threats \| Spam

Lumension Vulnerability Management - Automating the Vulnerability Management Lifecycle sponsored by Lumension WHITE PAPER: Learn how Lumension Vulnerability Management enables organizations to mitigate their critical risk by integrating the five phases of vulnerability management: discovering assets, assessing vulnerabilities and misconfigurations, prioritizing risks, remediating vulnerabilities and continuous reporting. Posted: 12 Aug 2009 \| Published: 12 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Endpoint Security \| Malware \| Network Security \| Patch Management \| Regulatory Compliance \| Vulnerability Management

Lumension Endpoint Protection - Whitelisting Technology Improves Security, Reliability, and Performance via Trusted Change sponsored by Lumension WHITE PAPER: Learn how whitelisting guards your systems by allowing only approved processes and applications to run on the endpoint and preventing malware and viral programs. With whitelisting technology, you can improve total data security and overall system performance. Posted: 12 Aug 2009 \| Published: 12 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Application Security \| Data Security \| IT Auditing \| Malware \| Network Security \| Storage Management \| Virus Protection

Security Threat Report: July 2009 Update sponsored by Sophos Inc. WHITE PAPER: Businesses are continuing to face a challenging threat landscape. Check out this paper to learn about recent security threats related to Web 2.0, social networking sites, email, mobile devices, and Mac computers. Posted: 06 Aug 2009 \| Published: 06 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Cybersecurity \| Email Security \| Hackers \| Malware \| Secure Content Management \| Security \| Security Threats \| Vulnerability Management \| Web 2.0 \| Web Application Security

When Less Is More: Why Small Companies Should Think Outside the (Red/ Yellow) Box for Protecting Endpoints sponsored by Sunbelt Software WHITE PAPER: Endpoint security issues simply can't be ignored, regardless of the size of the organization. This paper will discuss how internet threats and vulnerabilities affect us all and what criteria businesses should use in order to pick out a proper endpoint security solution. Posted: 30 Jul 2009 \| Published: 30 Jul 2009 TOPICS: Anti-Spyware Software \| Endpoint Security \| Enterprise Systems \| Malware \| Network Performance \| Network Security Software \| Security Software \| Security Threats \| Systems Management \| Vulnerability Assessments \| Vulnerability Management

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MALWARE DEFINITION (continued): … varies with each "mutation," the essential function usually remains the same. For example, a spyware program intended to act as a keylogger will continue to perform that function even though its signature changes. If the malicious program is discovered by an anti-malware vendor and its signature is added to a downloadable database, the anti-malware program will fail to detect the rogue code after the signature has changed, just as if a new virus, worm, Trojan or spyware program has emerged. In this way, malware creators gain an advantage over countermeasure developers.The best method …
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