SecurityRatty: Briefly on Confickr

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Briefly on Confickr

2009-04-07 19:07:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -

Not that I am trying to restart the “AV is dead” frenzy (everybody is sooooooooooo tired of it, anyhow), but, pray tell, me how come Confickr was such a “remote detection/scanning” issue and not a “malware/anti-malware” issue?

I am definitely impressed by the Honeynet Project work, but how come that after having AV deployed and updated on [supposedly] 98%+ systems out there, “scan for Confickr” was HOT!, but "your AV will protect you” was NOT?

Just a thought…