Today a beta was released of a new F-Secure application, created by
their Vulnerability Response team: Exploit Shield.
According to the accompagnying blog
entry, Exploit Shield will protect both reactively and proactively
against malicious activity and 0-day exploits. I'd compare it with a
freeware anti-virus that doesn't use signatures but behavioral analysis.
Note that the application reports this activity back to F-Secure, allowing them to investigate quicker and respond more effectively to keep the bad boys out. The way it's set up somewhat reminds me of my earlier article about Microsoft Morro, where I played with the idea that this seems like a large free honeynet for the vendor. It's not necessarily a bad thing, just something you need to be aware of.
Many good ideas like this one seem to be popping up lately. For home (Windows) users, I'd go for a combination of F-Secure Exploit Shield, Microsoft Morro, Secunia Personal Software Inspector, Avast Anti-Virus and probably add some sort of firewall in the mix. That's a lot of software to manage, but I guess there's always a price to pay for security, even if it's free.
Note that the application reports this activity back to F-Secure, allowing them to investigate quicker and respond more effectively to keep the bad boys out. The way it's set up somewhat reminds me of my earlier article about Microsoft Morro, where I played with the idea that this seems like a large free honeynet for the vendor. It's not necessarily a bad thing, just something you need to be aware of.
Many good ideas like this one seem to be popping up lately. For home (Windows) users, I'd go for a combination of F-Secure Exploit Shield, Microsoft Morro, Secunia Personal Software Inspector, Avast Anti-Virus and probably add some sort of firewall in the mix. That's a lot of software to manage, but I guess there's always a price to pay for security, even if it's free.
