Malware: Fighting Malicious Code

Conclusions

The various flavors of malware that we discussed in earlier chapters of this book might be stepping stones to even nastier malware attacks. Indeed, in the future, we face the possibility of BIOS malware and maybe even malware microcode inside the CPU. Furthermore, some bad guys are stitching together a variety of malware techniques to create even more damaging and difficult-to-fight combo malware. Although BIOS and malware microcode might be merely speculative at this point in time, the combo malware threat is very real and promises to get far worse in the future. Keep your eyes on these two fronts to watch the evolution of malware over the next decade. The previous 20 years of malware evolution have seen some fascinating twists and ...