New Attack Tricks Antivirus Software.
The article reports on a new type of computer virus that spreads malicious code in the Web 2.0 environment, tricking the pattern-matching defense employed by common anti-virus software. Web 2.0 is characterized by Web sites that encourage users to add content, and hackers use it after luring victims...
| Published in: | Computer (00189162) Vol. 40; no. 5; pp. 18 - 21 |
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May2007
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=25143852&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 25143852 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00189162 PUT jtl: Computer (00189162) issn: 00189162 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: May2007 vid: 40 iid: 5 pid: 13605 pub: IEEE artinfo: ui: 25143852 10.1109/MC.2007.179 ppf: 18 ppct: 3 formats: tig: atl: New Attack Tricks Antivirus Software. aug: au: Heyman, Karen su: Computer viruses Malware Computer security Cyberterrorism Computer hackers Computer security software JavaScript programming language Finjan Inc. Burton Group PLC Symantec Corp. System failures sug: subj: Computer viruses Malware Computer security Cyberterrorism Computer hackers Computer security software JavaScript programming language Finjan Inc. Burton Group PLC Symantec Corp. System failures ab: The article reports on a new type of computer virus that spreads malicious code in the Web 2.0 environment, tricking the pattern-matching defense employed by common anti-virus software. Web 2.0 is characterized by Web sites that encourage users to add content, and hackers use it after luring victims to infectious sites they set up. The new type of malicious software, or malware, is called dynamic code obfuscation and takes advantage of vulnerabilities in browsers by cloaking JavaScript exploits with polymorphism and obfuscation. The article mentions security vendor Finjan, the Burton Group, Symantec, and the CERT Coordination Center. INSET: DCO and Web 2.0. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y dt: @attributes: year: 2007 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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