They've seen 23 Million attempts over a 6 month period from malware authors pretending to be threat removal software. #symantectokyo
Malware works on the principle of the path of least resistance #symantectokyo
So much new malware each day, harder to keep up, traditional reactive techniques are decreasingly effective #symantectokyo
Automated attack toolkits make it so much easier for attackers to, well, attack. Shotgun tactic, brute force etc #symantectokyo
Affiliate models arent just for people looking to sell stuff off a website. #symantectokyo
The protection that a security product offers has to take into account the infection vectors #symantectokyo
reviews have a hard time keeping pace with the threat landscape and the rapid evolution of security products. totally agree #symantectokyo
ppl often purchase software AFTER infection occurs #symantectokyo
Social engineering in play; difficult for an average user to determine what a threat is, and what may be trusted #symantectokyo
Server side polymorphism, for example, are now making behavioural and heuristic defences a necessity #symantectokyo