White Papers: malware

Despite widespread awareness of the impact of cyber crime, cyber attacks continue to occur more frequently and result in serious financial consequences. cyber attacks have more than doubled and the financial impact has increased by nearly 40 percent in a three year period. Find out hope advanced security solutions that uniquely leverage leading threat research deliver security intelligence spanning IT operations, applications and infrastructure.

If there’s any chance of preventing these motivated adversaries from attacking our systems, stealing our data, and harming our critical infrastructure, we’ve got to think differently. Find out more on how to win the war against the new breed of cyber attacks.

With the exponential growth and sophistication of malware today, the security industry can no longer afford to ‘bury its head in the sand’. The bottom line is that traditional endpoint security protection is now ineffective due to the sheer volume, quality, and complexity of malware. This paper looks at this problem and how Webroot, by going back to the drawing board on countering malware threats, is revolutionising endpoint protection and solving the issues that hinder existing endpoint security solutions. Download now.

Traditional antivirus products are based on signature recognition performed on endpoints. That is a failing strategy for a number of reasons. It is no wonder most information security experts question the ability of signature-based antivirus products to block the newest and most dangerous forms of malware. Read more.

Cybercriminals have increasingly turned their attention to the web, which has become by far the predominant area of attack. Small wonder. Those who would do harm to our computer systems for profit or malice always manage to focus their efforts on our most vulnerable weak spots. Just how challenging and dangerous are the threats? Find out more.