Today, viruses are rampant security threats. And conventional anti virus software can’t stop them.
If conventional antivirus software did a good job, millions of PCs wouldn’t get infected with viruses, Trojans and other malware every year. The truth is, the protection you get from conventional anti virus software just isn’t strong enough or smart enough anymore. The proof?
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Posted in Computer Protection
Fixing the Problems #1 – CAA
Following the incident on March 15, Comodo introduced additional methods and controls immediately against this new threat vector. On March 26 these systems detected that a further reseller was under a similar attack from what we believe to be the same perpetrator. The new security measures protected against this attack. Neither of these recent attacks involved the compromise of any Comodo infrastructure.
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Posted in Data Security
The Changing Threat Model
Having identified what happened, the next step we must take is to re-evaluate our threat model. Read More
Internet security is much harder than other areas because the Internet is constantly changing and user tolerance of security controls is very low. Unlike the military, we cannot order people to follow security procedures. Acceptability must be a top priority in the design of a civilian security control or it will not be used.
Posted in Data Security
The Recent RA Compromise
On March 15th 2011, a Comodo affiliate RA was compromised resulting in the fraudulent issue of 9 SSL certificates to sites in 7 domains. Although the compromise was detected within hours and the certificates revoked immediately, the attack and the suspected motivation require urgent attention of the entire security field.
At no time were any Comodo root keys, intermediate CAs or secure hardware compromised.
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Posted in Data Security
Spam hit a two-year low but malware is at an all-time high
Cybercriminals are doing their research and are aware of what’s popular, and what’s insecure. They are becoming more savvy and attacks are becoming increasingly more severe.
Posted in Central Management
