Panda Software has released Malware Radar, a new automated malware audit service, which detects the threats that slip past traditional solutions. This solution responds to the problem posed by the spectacular growth in the amount of malicious code in circulation, which is not detected by existing anti-malware products. In fact, 76% of the companies audited during the Malware Radar test phase were infected by malware, even though they had security solutions installed.
The problem posed by the huge growth in the amount of malware in circulation is being verified by PandaLabs and other security laboratories, as well as by industry analysts. In 2006, PandaLabs identified more malware examples than in the last fifteen years together. Gartner forecasts that by the end of 2007, 75% of companies will be affected by targeted malware, which will have evaded their traditional perimeter and host defenses.
This dramatic increase is due to a change in motivation of malware creators. Nowadays, most malware in circulation has been designed for financial gain. Malware authors are generating a growing number of new examples and variants. Laboratories cannot cope, and tens of thousands of malware examples are not analyzed. As a result, users are vulnerable to them.
The solution to this problem proposed by Panda Software is to complement the security solutions already installed on desktops and servers with periodic malware audits. Malware Radar is the first automated audit service to seek out and eliminate malware that slips past the protection installed.
Malware Radar is developed by Panda Research based on a “collective intelligence†approach and housed in a network of datacenters (initially made up of around 100 servers). The pillars of this new system are: collection of data from the community, automated data processing, release of the knowledge extracted.
According to Bruno Rodriguez, Director of the Malware Radar Business Unit, “the new collective intelligence approach allows us to tackle an increasingly evident problem. Current products only detect a small part of the malware created every day. Through this new approach, Malware Radar allows us to detect more threats than if we scanned a network with various anti-malware solutions at the same time.†He adds, “this is a very real situation. We encourage all administrators to see it for themselves by trying the Malware Radar service completely free.â€
The Malware Radar service can easily be configured and run from any network computer with an Internet connection and a web browser. As it is a web-based on-demand service, it does not need to be installed on every computer. Once the audit has started, the process is performed automatically and without intervention on the computers specified by the administrator.
Malware Radar is not only compatible with any anti-malware solution installed on the computers, but also complements them to improve network security. Furthermore, the service is transparent to the end-user and resource usage can be adapted to the administrator’s preferences.
You can try the service, completely free or buy Malware Radar online from http://www.malwareradar.com
