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JULY 2014
Remove Malware
For Good
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n a perfect world, companies would detect and block all malware before it takes
root. But in the real world, there is always
some malware that evades all defenses
and hits its mark. This is why we need malware remediation and removal.
As companies develop their malware response practices, they must consider not only
how to fix and return endpoints to normal operations, but how to make sure the malware
theyve found on one machine hasnt spread.
Understanding this requires looking more
closely for related malware that may have
wormed its way deeper into a network and
instituting strategies to protect their systems
from similar infections in the future. Here are
five strategies for finding and removing malware and stopping its recurrence.
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Security Breaches
Which types of security breaches or espionage have occurred in your organization in the past year?
2014
2013
69%
76%
Phishing
59%
53%
Web or software applications exploited
35%
11%
Denial of service
26%
21%
Theft of computers or storage devices
25%
23%
Operating system vulnerabilities attacked
24%
22%
Database, content, or data management system compromise
22%
16%
Website vandalized or site content manipulated
10%
30%
Physical break-in
7%
7%
Mobile applications intrusion
6%
6%
Data: InformationWeek Strategic Security Survey of 123 business technology and security professionals at organizations experiencing a security
breach withing the last year with 100 or more employees in April 2014 and 217 in March 2013
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Formal Approach
Does your organization have a formal security operations center or team that actively manages security incidents and
events as they are generated?
No
28%
58%
Yes
14%
No, but we are building one within the next year
Data: InformationWeek 2014 Strategic Security Survey of 536 business technology and security professionals at organizations with 100 or more
employees, April 2014
such as Invincea and Damballa, but also companies and products that detect and repair
targeted threats in various ways, including
FireEye, CrowdStrike, CounterTack, and Fidelis
Cybersecurity Solutions.
Companies need more automation to deal
with the scale of frequent attacks, but Foster
says IT teams should balance automation with
human interaction. IT doesnt want roundtrip automation; they want to have a human
there for one last sanity check, he says.
There are cases where automatic reimaging
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is programmed to install second-stage droppers that plant even more sophisticated malware. And all too frequently, automated analysis engines miss these second-stage droppers.
Zaichkowsky recommends incident responders take advantage of free Windows
Sysinternals tools like Process Explorer, Process Monitor, and Network Monitor, along
with another free tool called ApateDNS, to dig
in and gain better understanding of how malware is interacting with the system as it executes. (He suggests that those who dont have
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42%
36%
34%
25%
Minor financial losses
28%
23%
21%
14%
18%
16%
Other internal records lost or damaged
16%
12%
Identity theft
12%
9%
Legal liability
12%
Alienated customers
9%
8%
10%
Fraud
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2013
8%
7%
Data: InformationWeek Strategic Security Survey of 123 business technology and security professionals at organizations experiencing a security
breach within the last year with 100 or more employees in April 2014 and 217 in March 2013
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