Virtualization rootkits, Web application security and Voice over IP attack vectors topped Gerhard Eschelbeck’s list of the top three biggest issues at this month’s Black Hat USA conference, held Aug. 1 and 2 in Las Vegas. Eschelbeck is chief technology officer and senior vice president of security vendor Webroot. Shortly after the event, the company updated its corporate anti-malware protection product, Anti-Spyware Corporate Edition With AntiVirus v. 3.5, which uses a combination of signature-based, behavioral and heuristic detection methods to protect networks of varying sizes.
Webroot CTO Gerhard Eschelbeck: The New Malware Generation
Posted by: Paul Hartsock August 14, 2007 04:00 AMVirtualization rootkits, Web application security and Voice over IP attack vectors topped Gerhard Eschelbeck’s list of the top three biggest issues at this month’s Black Hat USA conference, held Aug. 1 and 2 in Las Vegas. Eschelbeck is chief technology officer and senior vice president of security vendor Webroot. Shortly after the event, the company updated its corporate anti-malware protection product, Anti-Spyware Corporate Edition With AntiVirus v. 3.5, which uses a combination of signature-based, behavioral and heuristic detection methods to protect networks of varying sizes.