Conficker still a threat to business, finds Security Intelligence Report ...

Conficker
and other malware that exploit a vulnerability in
the Windows Autorun feature continue to be top threats to business, according to security
researchers at Microsoft.

Data drawn from a range of Microsoft security tools running on millions of systems shows that Conficker and
Autorun-related malware are the top infections faced by business.

That is despite progress made against most worms and Trojans through improved security
protection in software, as shown in the latest Security
Intelligence Report (SIR) launched at RSA
Conference 2012.

The report shows that malware was dominated by worms from 2002 to 2004, Trojans from 2006 to
2007, and password stealers from 2007 to 2010, but both forms of malware are now in decline.

In recent months, there has been a massive increase in the detection of adware,
which is classed as ?potentially unwanted? software and sometimes crosses the line to behave like
malware.

However, this spike of adware relative to other forms of unwanted software is good news,
according to Tim Rains, director of Microsoft
Trustworthy Computing.

?The fact that adware-based malware such as Pornpop has risen to the top of trending malware
indicates that other threats are declining,? he told delegates at RSA 2012.

Expand your security strategy

Enlarging on the theme of intelligence-led security, Rains said businesses needed to note that
the top threats to consumers differ from those to the enterprise. This means businesses need to pay
attention to different areas of threat.

While businesses still need to pay attention to improving basic computer system hygiene by
migrating to newer, more secure systems, patching vulnerabilities promptly, configuring systems
properly, and educating users about the risks of social engineering, he said, they must also alter
their security posture by adopting a broader security strategy to protect against determined and
persistent threats.

Key to this is to assume that data systems will be breached, according to Rains. In response,
businesses should classify all data to ensure only the right people access sensitive information in
only appropriate ways and circumstances. They should develop a containment and recovery strategy,
which may mean re-architecting the corporate environment to enable the isolation

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