CME initiative sets forth
US-CERT will officially unveil its Common Malware
Enumeration (CME) initiative this month.
The scheme,
which will be operated by MITRE, and will work very much
like the current Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
(CVE) initiative, aims to reduce the public’s confusion
during malware incidents, enhance communication between
anti-virus vendors and improve communication and
information sharing between anti-virus vendors and the rest
of the information security community (see VB, September
2005, p.14). This month sees the debut of the CME website,
which will host information about threats, together with the
all-important CME tag for each major threat – which it is
hoped security companies will incorporate into the names
they assign to the threats. The first version of the CME
website will include descriptions of a couple of dozen
threats, but a more comprehensive collection is planned for
later in the year. Information about the initiative can be
found at http://cme.mitre.org/.
30 September 2005
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