• Anti-Virus is Dead

    From carl@mit.net@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 30 13:08:50 2021
    https://www.btrade.com/anti-virus-is-dead/

    Partial bit of article follows.

    May 7th, 2014 | Author: Clifton Gonsalves

    Anti-Virus is Dead

    Symantec, the inventor of commercial antivirus software, has publicly
    disclosed that antivirus tactics have been rendered largely
    ineffective. The disclosure came from Brian Dye, Symantec’s senior
    vice president for information security, during an interview with the
    Wall Street Journal. Mr. Dye said that because antivirus tactics
    catch only about 45% of cyber attacks, he considers antivirus “dead.”
    Yes, that’s right, the company that invented antivirus software and
    still derives a big chunk of its revenues from antivirus software, has
    declared it all but dead.

    Symantec’s assessment is consistent with, but a bit more pessimistic
    than other recent antivirus reports. For example, RedSocks Malware
    Research Labs published a report indicating that overall detection of
    malware and intrusion by antivirus software was very
    disappointing—about 70% in January 2014, less than 65% in February and
    less than 73% in March. At first glance, that might not sound bad, but
    what it really means is that users were vulnerable to hackers for more
    than 25% of the time in Q1 2014. The RedSocks report concluded that
    “relying on protection from Anti-Virus companies, no matter how
    established their brand, is simply not enough. Comprehensive
    protection requires an entirely new approach.”

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  • From VanguardLH@21:1/5 to carl@mit.net on Sun Aug 1 17:56:54 2021
    <carl@mit.net> wrote:

    xxxx:// www. btrade. c*m/ anti-virus-is-dead/

    Partial bit of article follows.

    May 7th, 2014 | Author: Clifton Gonsalves
    ^^^^
    |____ Yep, every few years this crap resurfaces.
    Author digs up outdated material.
    Information is time sensitive.
    Another blog purporting to be journalism.

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