HDM: Websense made [searchable malicious code] sound like a massive risk, but every example we found using Google, you could get anywhere else. Some of these were really old archives that were posted on public mailing lists. But there were some interesting examples. We did a search for any executable and downloaded around 400GB of binaries. There were around 2,300 samples and 125 matched a known [malware] signature. Around 50 or 100 were malware that was not detected by anti-virus software.
IW: In recent months, we’ve seen a number of undiscovered (zero day) exploits for Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. What are your thoughts on that trend?
HDM: There’s definitely a trend toward releasing zero-days. I know of five or six zero-day exploits that are being privately traded right now. These are cases where the vendor is not being told on purpose. You’ve probably heard of TippingPoint’s Zero Day Initiative and the iDefense [now VeriSign] program to buy exploits. Well, there’s also a massive group of buyers in back of them that will pay 10 to 15 times as much. We don’t know who they are, but the rumor is they’re funded by “three letter [acronym]” agencies in the United States.
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