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The Bad Guys from Outside: Malware

  • Sample Chapter is provided courtesy of Cisco Press.
  • Date: Apr 29, 2010.

Chapter Description

In this chapter, you'll learn how malware works and why it presents such a threat to the enterprise. In addition, you learn about the newest sophisticated tactics that malware creators use to trick computer users into downloading their wares.

References

Cisco 2008 Annual Security Report. www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/vpndevc/securityreview12-2.pdf.

IronPort Targeted Phishing Overview PPT 061308—Nilesh Bhandari, IronPort.

IronPort Targeted Phishing Security Trends Overview. www.ironport.com/pdf/ironport_targeted_phishing.pdf.

IronPort 2008 Internet Malware Trends Report—Storm and the Future of Social Engineering. http://www.ironport.com/malwaretrends/.

Cisco IntelliShield Cyber Risk Reports. http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/cyberRiskReport.x.

ZDnet Zero Day blog. http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/.

CNet Security News. http://news.cnet.com/security/.

The Spamhaus Project news blog. http://www.spamhaus.org/newsindex.lasso.

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