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Talking Malware with Eugene Kaspersky By Ryan Naraine

December 7, 2007

Talking Malware with Eugene Kaspersky By Ryan Naraine

December 7, 2007 -- Amidst growing chatter that the anti-virus/anti-spyware market is gasping for air, a veteran virus fighter says desktop security products must add new protection mechanisms to keep pace with aggressive online criminals.

Eugene Kaspersky, founder/CEO of 10-year-old Kaspersky Lab, says next-generation anti-malware products will have to combine whitelist/blacklist approaches with HIPS (host intrusion prevention system), sandboxing and virtualization to provide what he calls "hybrid protection" for desktops.

"The perimeter is slowly disappearing," Kaspersky said during a presentation to a group of international journalists here.  "It's getting more and more difficult for reactive [security] technologies to handle the current threats. The world is getting more and more mobile with notebooks, smart phones and Wi-Fi everywhere.  We have to develop special products to deal with this new world," he added.  Read more...

Talking Malware with Eugene Kaspersky By Ryan Naraine

Talking Malware with Eugene Kaspersky By Ryan Naraine
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