Trend Micro takes aim at targeted attacks with custom-designed security service

As part of Custom Defense, Trend announced specialized sniffer tools that work watching for attempts by attackers to worm their way into a corporate network. One tool watches for signs of suspicious activity directed at a MicrosoftMicrosoft Active Directory server -- hackers often try to go there first to see who has administrative rights so they can target that person. Another Trend tool is intended to watch an email server, or endpoint software to monitor browser behavior for signs of attacks or compromise. Alles zu Microsoft auf CIO.de

Custom security updates are basically custom signatures related to specific IP address and domain blacklists that the enterprise can define based on APT-style attacks that are detected, said Quane, adding that by year-end, Trend Micro expects to have the ability to generate custom antivirus signatures as well.

The concept with custom signatures is to be able to add them to Trend's email protection product as well as its Web gateway, endpoint security and ScanMail for Exchange, as part of an APT defense strategy.

Ellen Messmer is senior editor at Network World, an IDG publication and website, where she covers news and technology trends related to information security. TwitterTwitter: @MessmerE. Email: emessmer@nww.com. Alles zu Twitter auf CIO.de

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