Leading Av Vendors Not Keeping Pace With Influx Of Malware And Phishing Attacks

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Cyveillance Testing: Leading AV Vendors Not Keeping Pace with Influx of Malware and Phishing Attacks

More than half of active malware and phishing threats on the Internet continue to go undetected

Aug 20, 2009 | 11:55 AM

ARLINGTON, Va., August 18, 2009 -- Cyveillance, a world leader in cyber intelligence, today announced the availability of their "1H 2009 Cyber Intelligence Report," which reveals that traditional antivirus (AV) vendors and Web browser anti-phishing filters continue to lag behind online criminals when it comes to detecting and protecting against new and quickly evolving threats on the Internet.

Cyveillance testing showed that more than half of active malware and phishing threats on the Internet continue to go undetected, with an average detection rate of 29 percent for malware attacks and 44 percent for phishing threats. In addition, Cyveillance tested two popular consumer phishing protection applications, McAfee's SiteAdvisor2 and Symantec's3 Norton SafeWeb, which only blocked or warned against initial phishing attacks 43 percent and 4 percent of the time, respectively.

"Cyber criminals have become more adept, operating globally and leveraging worldwide resources in order to evade enforcement efforts," said Panos Anastassiadis, President and CEO of Cyveillance. "With the influx of increasingly sophisticated attacks and social networking sites as targets, AV engines are finding it difficult to keep up with and protect against morphing malware and phishing attacks, specifically in the first 24-hour time period when the most damage occurs. Organizations must embrace a combination of reactive and proactive security measures if they intend to stay ahead of today's dynamically changing threats."

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