To All,
Reported this last Monday, Concern is rising in the security world over
sophisticated malicious code that attacks a computer's RAM. Called
"advanced volatile threats," or ATVs, their emergence comes as
corporations and government agencies are starting to publicly
acknowledge network intrusions. Security experts are concerned,
wondering what the bad guys will do next.
Security researchers are keeping a wary eye on malicious programs
circulating on the Internet designed to carry out invasive tasks in a
computer's random access memory, then disappear without a trace.
In the past year, 10% of malicious code isolated by security
firm Triumfant operated exclusively in RAM. That's worrisome, as the
current approach to defending networks is built around detecting and
disabling malicious programs after a hacker embeds them on the hard
drives.
"It's worrisome because if there is no way to detect these things as the
infection is occurring, the question then becomes, 'What else are they
going to do next?'" says A.N. Ananth, CEO of security firm EventTracker.
For the full article, go to the following link :
< http://www.enterprise-security-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=86941 >
Just like any software development efforts, these malicious programs are
becoming more capable and easier to develop over time.
This is in the forefront now, but just wait another twelve to sixteen months
and see what we will have to be dealing with then.
Regards,
Harvey Rothenberg
Systems Integrator/Security Specialist
"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson
afterwards." -- Unknown
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