07/08/2014 Standards body IIEE has released two anti-malware initiatives to assist software vendors in spotting malware

By Lilly Chapa

Standards body IIEE has released two anti-malware initiatives to assist software vendors in spotting malware, according to The Register. The program, Anti-Malware Support Service (AMSS), works to find hackers who hijack software from legitimate vendors and write malware into it. One aspect of the program, a clean file metadata exchange (CMX), allows software engineers to publish the metadata of an application, making it easier to detect a modified version carrying malware. IIEE has invited large vendors to take part in CMX, and the metadata will be available to registered users. Another aspect of the program identifies the license keys used to create malware and marks those as suspicious. 
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