So sneaky, even their acronym is unexpected.
On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Harvey Rothenberg <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > >
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