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Article: Symantec Press Publishes ``The Art of Computer Virus Research and Defense''; Behind-the-Scene Look At How Antivirus Research Is Conducted To Develop Security.
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- February 10, 2005
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CUPERTINO, Calif. -- Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq:SYMC), the global leader in information security, today announced the third book published by Symantec Press -- "The Art of Computer Virus Research and Defense," (Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-321-30454-3, $49.99). The book is authored by Peter Szor, security architect for Symantec Security Response, and provides an insider's view of how computer virus research is conducted and how threats are analyzed for the sake of better security measurement.
Szor's book focuses primarily on self-replicating malicious code from the perspective of all three infection techniques -- file/storage, in-memory, and network. As a result, Szor has ...