Some Worms Use Their Powers for Good
Jul 04, 2022
Gardeners know that worms are good. Cybersecurity professionals know that worms are bad . Very bad. In fact, worms are literally the most devasting force for evil known to the computing world. The MyDoom worm holds the dubious position of most costly computer malware ever – responsible for some $52 billion in damage. In second place… Sobig , another worm. It turns out, however, that there are exceptions to every rule. Some biological worms are actually not welcome in most gardens. And some cyber worms, it seems, can use their powers for good … Meet Hopper, The Good Worm Detection tools are not good at catching non-exploit-based propagation , which is what worms do best. Most cybersecurity solutions are less resilient to worm attack methods like token impersonation and others that take advantage of deficient internal configurations - PAM, segmentation, insecure credential storage, and more. So, what better way to beat a stealthy worm than with … another stealthy worm?