{"id":17402,"date":"2015-03-03T13:00:19","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T20:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https://www.webroot.com/blog/?p=17402"},"modified":"2018-01-30T13:16:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T20:16:00","slug":"threat-landscape-expanding-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://www.webroot.com/blog/2015\/03\/03\/threat-landscape-expanding-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"The Threat Landscape is Expanding. Are You Ready for it?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This blog is syndicated from the LabTech Software Blog:\u00a0http:\/\/www.labtechsoftware.com\/blog\/antivirus-and-anti-malware-tips\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Think your clients are covered? Think again.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s epic flu season isn\u2019t relegated to humans alone. The burgeoning threat landscape is better equipped than ever before to take your clients down\u2014or at the very least lighten their wallets.<\/p>\n

Oftentimes, clients are satisfied to keep running on last year\u2019s version of an antivirus solution<\/a>. It saves money and is more or less the same thing, right? Wrong. The landscape is evolving, and last year\u2019s solution won\u2019t defend against this year\u2019s threats.<\/p>\n

Take phishing, for instance. It\u2019s a lucrative activity. Millions of people collectively lose $1.5 billion<\/a>per year by falling victim to phishing scams.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s the hope of getting a piece of that growing pie that keeps hordes of hackers working around the clock to develop the next big scam. As threats evolve, your solutions have to evolve with them.<\/p>\n

Every antivirus solution has an expiration date. Like spoiled milk, last year\u2019s solution isn\u2019t going to deliver the results you\u2019re looking for. You must routinely update and refresh your solutions<\/a> if you want to keep clients safe.<\/p>\n

Why Your Clients Are Saying \u2018Yes\u2019 To Malware<\/h3>\n

Malware is cleverly disguising itself as routine software updates, so more often than not, clients opt in to infections without even knowing it. These silent threats masquerade as Adobe Reader updates, virus scans, and seemingly harmless error messages.<\/p>\n

As if that weren\u2019t bad enough, these menaces are getting more complex. Advanced social engineering methods are spawning additive infection vectors. This means that multiple pieces of malware work in tandem to ensure the client\u2019s end point is fully compromised and exploited.<\/p>\n

What You Need to Know to Offer the Best Protection<\/h3>\n

We will walk through four of the latest and most notorious\u00a0infectors used by malware authors\u00a0to gain access to the endpoint.\u00a0We\u2019ll wrap up with key features\u00a0of a winning antivirus\/anti-malware solution\u00a0so\u00a0you\u2019re prepared to defend against even the most cunning of tactics.<\/p>\n

1) Advanced Keylogging Crushers. <\/strong>We\u2019re all familiar with keyloggers. And while they might sound old school, they\u2019re still evolving and sneaking through firewalls undetected.<\/p>\n