{"id":54586,"date":"2016-09-23T18:50:18","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T18:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=54586"},"modified":"2016-09-23T18:50:18","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T18:50:18","slug":"12m-malware-variants-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/12m-malware-variants-released\/","title":{"rendered":"12M Unknown Malware Variants Released Every Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New malware variants are taking the world by storm…<\/h3>\n

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How can you possibly keep your data safe when new malware variants continue to come out of the woodwork?\u00a0 A press release<\/a> from Check Point stated 12 million new malware variants are released every month.\u00a0 Traditional security solutions, which implement blacklisting technology,\u00a0cannot possibly keep up with this growing threat.\u00a0 Here’s why.<\/p>\n

The blacklist approach, which most antivirus programs use, takes every single file and program you attempt to open and compares it to their list of known bad programs.\u00a0 If it is on the blacklist, the program\/file cannot run.\u00a0 If it is not on the blacklist, it is considered safe and begins to execute.\u00a0 Unfortunately, there is a problem with this methodology because it’s impossible to keep the blacklist updated when it has been confirmed that\u00a0millions of new variants are released every month.<\/p>\n

Solution<\/h3>\n

The solution to this problem is application whitelisting<\/a>.\u00a0 Application whitelisting<\/a> is a technology that is quite opposite to the blacklist approach.\u00a0 Instead of trying to keep up with the millions and millions of new malware variants every month, it simply keeps track of the known safe programs.\u00a0 No matter how many new variants are created every month, they will never be tested and proven safe to be placed on the whitelist.\u00a0 Thus, keeping your endpoint and data secure.<\/p>\n

The FBI<\/a>, NSA <\/a>and US-CERT<\/a> have acknowledged\u00a0application whitelisting as a valid solution.\u00a0 These organizations have\u00a0encouraged users to implement application whitelisting technology to ensure endpoint and data security.<\/p>\n

PC Matic<\/a> and PC Matic Pro<\/a> offer application whitelisting technology<\/a>.\u00a0 PC Matic<\/a> is available for home use, and PC Matic Pro<\/a> is also available for government and enterprise use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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