How to win at computer security

Stop caring about keeping the client secure.

When it comes to security PCs, Rouland’s advice is radical: Give up.

“In the next generation,” he says, “we will all do business with infected end points,” he says.

He was asked to repeat what he said, just to be sure. So he did: “Our strategy is we have to figure out how you do business with an infected computer. How do you secure a transaction with an infected machine? Whoever figures out how to do that first will win.”

He's right.

But... wha???? Howdoyadodat?

That'll be the trick.

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“The thing about MPACK,” says James, “this is the start of the whole thing.” By this he seems to mean that Golden Age of Internet Crime, that dawning era. “They’re starting to think like architects instead of engineers.” MPACK brings together the best iFrames, the best exploits and some state-of-the-art malware into a single package all of which is being improved constantly, and sold with a focus on customer service. In marketing parlance, it’s not a product, it’s a solution.

It's not pretty out there, folks.