Malware's invisibility is its best weapon, Trend Micro exec says
The problem with sophisticated malware is that it tries to be invisible and persistent for as long as possible, according to Trend Micro global chief technology officer, Raimund Genes.
To back up his claim, Genes points to a report from Trustwave that sets the average time from the infiltration and breach of corporate resources until detection at 210 days or longer.
"In the case of RSA Security's breach [in 2011], the malware was inside of their environment for more than half a year," Genes said. "They are a security company, so they had antivirus and online security, but they did not detect the malware for that entire time." Genes also refers to the case of the Sony PlayStation Network breach in the same year, when 110 million users data was compromised following a hack into a Unix server that diverted online traffic.
