PDF Security: protection from zero-day content-based malware attacks
March 2013
Nexor have just released a press statement about a new approach to protecting against PDF viruses and file based malware that has been incorporated into Nexor Merlin. In the press release I am quoted as saying:
"Current Antivirus technology has reached the plateau of what it can achieve. The combination of Nexor and Glasswall technologies provides a new approach that is not dependent on signatures that describe what is known to be bad historically. This enables customers to have confidence that they are protected from the next Beebus like zero-day attack hidden in documents."
In the coming months I will blog more details about using content security techniques to enable the safe use of PDF, reducing the risk from PDF malware.
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About the author
Colin Robbins is a Principal Security Consultant, leading customer-funded research activities in secure interoperability and information exchange. He has specific technical interests in the Single Information Environment and Data Centric Security, as well as the processes of security, such as Secure by Design and Information Security Management Systems (ISMS). He is a Fellow of CIISec, and a former NCSC certified Security and Information Risk Adviser (Lead CCP).