Even if publicizing Web-based malware attacks wouldn't actively prevent identity, it might shame site owners into patching their vulnerabilities, suggests SANS Web security researcher Johannes Ullrich.

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Even common reverse engineering tools merely render malware as thousands of lines of garbled text more legible to machine than man.

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Its sandbox was found to be the strictest, while Accuvant says that Internet Explorer allowed hackers some file-reading capabilities even as it prevented them from installing malware.

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But even the shift from zero known Apple-focused targeted malware samples to a handful shows that determined attackers with a specific victim in mind are now capable of compromising Macs when it suits their purposes.

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What's to keep malware such as Flame from being used against civilian populations or even by civilian populations?

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Among 2, 500 firms surveyed last summer, 88% had antiviral software in place, yet an even larger percentage were infected by viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other "malware, " says Information Security magazine.

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Of 2, 500 companies surveyed last summer, 88% had antiviral software in place, yet an even larger percentage were infected by viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other "malware, " says Information Security magazine.

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Symantec also noticed that this pre-1.0 malware shares traits with the Flamer code base, putting it in the context of an even larger effort than seen so far.

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This sort of malware is commonplace, with examples existing for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and even Mac OS X.

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