Last week ComputerWorld reported that Intel was developing a technology (most probably, a Chip) that will stop ALL zero-day attacks. Wow…that’s like, finding solution for global recession, religious conflicts, or terrorism problems. I am not being sarcastic; I intentioanlly took these examples because they fall into the same bucket as zero-day threats – i.e., we can’t predict when these events will occur and how deep the impact will be.
I respect Mr. Rattner, who was named one of top 200 individuals having the greatest impact on the U.S. computer industry back in 90s, and I am sure he is up to something big but if what he said comes true it’ll be HUGE!
We’re going to see a quantum jump in the ability of future devices, be them PCs or phones or tablets or smart TVs, to defend themselves against attacks.
….the technology won’t be signature-based, like so much security is today. Signature-based malware detection is based on searching for known patterns within malicious code. The problem, though, is that zero-day, or brand-new, malware attacks are often successful because they have no known signatures to guard against.
We’ve found a new approach that stops the most virulent attacks. It will stop zero-day scenarios. Even if we’ve never seen it, we can stop it dead in its tracks.
Still, I’d have preferred the article heading more like how Paul Ducklin put it, <quote> It’s a pity that Intel’s work has been touted in such hyperbolic fashion. Headlines like “Intel to add new low-level layer of computer security” would, surely, have been much more meaningful. <unquote>
