Combating Spyware in the Enterprise

Malware, Money Movers,

and Ma

Bell Mayhem!

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Appendix

A 371

Summary

At some point there

has to be a

halt

on

what

is an

acceptable defense versus

what's just

a

reactive Band-Aid that

is

fast wearing

out its

welcome.

Understanding

the

evolutionary state

of

certain activity involving phishers

becomes

a

necessity

so

that

we can

then take necessary action w^ith complete

information

in

hand. With AV vendors classifying these types

of

malware

in

"low risk" categories, you have

to

ask

yourself,

do

they have

the

resources

to be

the Band-Aid solution

for

phishing? Telephony companies need

to

start taking

a

heavy hand

in the

seriousness

of

open securit ...