http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=226600352 By Mathew J. Schwartz InformationWeek August 10, 2010 Antivirus vendor McAfee has called on security researchers and the security industry at large to go on the offensive against criminals and pursue "a more proactive strategy for fighting cybercrime." "Cybercriminals prosper because they have very little reason to fear the consequences," said Jeff Green, senior VP of McAfee Labs, in a statement. "As security experts, it's time to take a hard look at what we do, how we do it, and what our ultimate goals are." In the arms race against online criminals, and their increasingly sophisticated yet inexpensive crimeware, malware, and spam-generating capabilities, arguably the good guys are losing. "Every time we release a new statistic about the rise in malware, it points to our failure as an industry," said Green. What can be done? For starters, a new report from McAfee recommends making it riskier for criminals to operate online, noting that "like any enterprise business model, the psychology of organized cybercrime follows the three major factors: risk, effort, and reward." [...] -- Visit InfoSec News! http://www.infosecnews.org/Received on Tue Aug 10 2010 - 23:00:49 PDT
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