Security Advisor News

What CSOs Need To Know About Cloud Security

Info Security Products Guide interviews Bradley Anstis, VP Product Strategy at Total Defense, about the benefits of cloud security

OSX/Flashback.C False Positive

DAT 8630 was published at 1.45PM PST on October 20, 2011 and contained within it a faulty signature for OSX/Flashback.C. A MAC OSX file format was mistakenly matched as a Malware component resulting in multiple files being renamed or quarantined depending upon the policy settings. The resulting impact is a potentially unbootable system. DAT 8632 has been published at 4:30AM PST on October 21, 2011 to remedy the faulty signature. In the event that your system did not update to DAT 8630 or did not report a detection for OSX/Flashback.C you will not be impacted by this false positive. Update: Remediation scripts and additional recovery logic is available via our Support department. Please contact your Support representative for further assistance.

Contact information for the CA Product Vulnerability Response Team

For reporting a suspected security issue in a CA product.

CA Anti-Spyware Scorecard v3.0

Describes the characteristics evaluated against applications detected by CA Anti-Spyware.

CA Anti-Spyware Vendor Appeals Frequently Asked Questions

FAQ for vendor appeals

CA Anti-Spyware Vendor Appeals Process

Vendors who feel that their products are being incorrectly detected by CA Anti-Spyware should submit a Vendor Appeal.

Security Advisor Alert Level Descriptions

Overview of threat condition levels.

Spyware Attributes - Modifying Behaviors

Attributes are perhaps best thought of as meta-behaviors. They can modify various behaviors, increasing or decreasing risk and possibly affecting whether a product passes or fails the scorecard.

Spyware Behaviors - the Building Blocks of Spyware Analysis

Behaviors are the building blocks of our analysis. The behaviors exhibited by objects are what make them work in concert as an application, and they allow us to assign a coherent, granular risk to a given program.

Spyware Cookie Scoring Procedure

While accurate analysis of a cookie's impact on privacy is impossible without a full audit of the issuing company's data practices, this scoring procedure attempts to approximate the results.

Spyware, Adware and User Permission: Meeting CA Anti-Spyware Requirements

CA Anti-Spyware, and products built with its engine, identify potentially unwanted products as Spyware2 based on a set of criteria that describe behaviors commonly observed in known Spyware products.

State of the Internet 2010: A Report on the Ever-Changing Threat Landscape

2010 Internet Security Outlook

In-depth Analysis of Hydraq

This In-depth Analysis of Hydraq issued by CA, Inc. describes the underlying attack technique and technical details of the threat discovered targeting high-profile corporate networks last January 2010.

Stealth Attack: Defending Your Business from Social Engineering

Stealth Attack: Defending Your Business from Social Engineering.

Submit a Malware Sample

Find out how to submit a malware sample to CA for analysis.

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