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TechNet Webcast: Defense in Depth Against Malicious Software (Part 1 of 3): Malicious Software Defense and Recovery (Level 200)

Overview Malicious software has become increasingly advanced; worms and viruses can propagate more quickly and evade detection more effectively. This webcast describes how a defense-in-depth approach to antivirus solution design can help protect a computing infrastructure from malicious software attacks. After providing overviews of malware and defense-in-depth, this webcast describes how to implement an effective outbreak control and recovery plan, and how to identify, contain and remedy the effects of malicious software.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Microsoft
Live Date	22nd June 2005 03:00 BST
Format	Webcast
Topics	Anti-Virus, Network Security, Security Management

Malware ID scheme set to sort naming muddle

Because of the lack of co-ordination in naming threats, an outbreak can be tagged with a variety of names or variant designations, depending on the security company that's referring to it. The antivirus industry has tried, and failed, previously to...

Channel:
Security Strategy
Tags:
cme,
virus,
worm

Zombie armies are shrinking, says security guru

He added: "When a larger botnet is spreading a virus, it lights up the switchboard of [antivirus] vendors, and they'll respond in a few hours with a signature to contain the outbreak. As DOS attacks don't directly use email or viruses, they won't...

Channel:
Malware
Tags:
zombies,
botnets,
botnet,
zombie

The A to Z of security

Antivirus software also works by analysing what apps are trying to do - malicious programs can blow their cover by displaying suspicious patterns of behaviour (such as searching out executable or mail box files in order to propagate) or by...

Microsoft beefs up Vista's buffer

But when used in conjunction with other technologies.it is a useful defence, because it makes Windows systems look 'different' to malware, making automated attacks harder. That's good if all you care about is preventing malware from running but it...

Vista: Security industry ready for retail launch

McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro and numerous others will have antivirus software and other protection tools available when Vista hits the market later this month. To distinguish itself from the pack, Symantec this week announced a new feature for...

TCG: Mobiles need hardware-based security and DRM

As handsets get smarter and used for more than just voice calls, the threat of hacker attacks and mobile phone viruses rises, Nokia's Uusilehto said. Janne Uusilehto, senior technology manager at Nokia and chairman of the TCG's Mobile Phone Working...

Channel:
Mobile & Wireless
Tags:
tpm,
tcg,
mobiles,
drm

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