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A Visceral Lesson in Endpoint Security

Elinor Mills of CNET News had a great article yesterday called “Look Ma, I created a botnet!” that had Elinor going through the paces of infecting and controlling a PC through various malware including...

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Updating the Worldwide Malware Signature Counter to Keep Pace

This morning we updated the Triumfant Worldwide Malware Signature Counter to adjust the count upward and to accelerate the rate at which it increments to keep pace with what Symantec is reporting for...

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More Proof That Signatures are Unsustainable – Malware Now Dies Before a...

An interesting article came out in SC Magazine today that notes that most malware (52% according to the article) dies before a signature can be created and well before it can be distributed.  What is...

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It is Raining and You Will Get Wet

Ever walk down the street on a rainy day?  You can have the best umbrella in the world and you will still get wet.  When I get asked the question “why do I need Triumfant when I have other defensive...

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Antivirus Detection Rates – Undetected Attacks Are Still Attacks

I came across an article in The Business Times this morning that contained a quote that caught my eye.  The article was called “Singapore a growing platform for cyber attacks on region” which talked...

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The Worldwide Malware Signature Counter – A One Year Report Card

About a year ago we had the idea of the Worldwide Malware Signature Counter as a graphical representation of how the reliance on previous knowledge of attacks for detection was no longer a serviceable...

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1.6 Reasons Why Triumfant’s Automated Remediation Approach is Superior

Remediation is becoming a hot topic and already the FUD is flying.  Of course, we are excited about our remediation story and I am often asked why our approach to remediation is different from others...

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What is Missing from the Symantec Internet Threat Report – Signatures

Life has been busy at Triumfant, and I finally had enough of a break to read the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report for 2010 released last month. The Symantec report is extremely thorough and...

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Malware Counts – Shock, Yawn, or a Useful Reminder of Today’s IT Security...

5 million new threats in Q3 2011! This was one of the hot lead statistics from the Q3 2011 PandaLabs Report released at the beginning of this month.  Instead of pondering that number, I found myself...

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2011 – The Year We Recognized We Were Getting Breached

I just read the Symantec 2011 Internet Security Threat Report from cover to cover, which is a great report with a lot of great information.  But I have the same problem with this report as I do with...

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