DocumentCode :
2809584
Title :
Vulnerability Dependencies in Antivirus Software
Author :
Askola, Kreetta ; Puupera, Rauli ; Pietikainen, P. ; Eronen, Juhani ; Laakso, Marko ; Halunen, Kimmo ; Roning, Juha
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Inf. Eng., Oulu Univ., Oulu
fYear :
2008
fDate :
25-31 Aug. 2008
Firstpage :
273
Lastpage :
278
Abstract :
In this paper we present an application of the MATINE method for investigating dependencies in antivirus (AV) software and some vulnerabilities arising from these dependencies. Previously, this method has been effectively used to find vulnerabilities in network protocols. Because AV software is as vulnerable as any other software and has a great security impact, we decided to use this method to find vulnerabilities in AV software. These findings may have implications to critical infrastructure, for the use of AV is often considered obligatory. The results were obtained by gathering semantic data on AV vulnerabilities, analysis of the data and content analysis of media follow-up. The results indicate, that different aspects of AV software should be observed in the context of critical infrastructure planning and management.
Keywords :
computer viruses; MATINE method; antivirus software; critical infrastructure management; critical infrastructure planning; network protocols; vulnerability dependencies; Application software; Data analysis; Data security; Protocols; antivirus software; critical infrastructure; dependency tracking;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Security Information, Systems and Technologies, 2008. SECURWARE '08. Second International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cap Esterel
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3329-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3329-2
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/SECURWARE.2008.10
Filename :
4622594
Link To Document :
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