The Common Malware Enumeration (CME) initiative

2005-09-01

Jimmy Kuo

McAfee AVERT, USA

Desiree Beck

MITRE, USA
Editor: Helen Martin

Abstract

The Common Malware Enumeration (CME) initiative is a new effort headed by the US-CERT, which aims to match a unique identifier to each threat. Jimmy Kuo and Desiree Beck explain how it is hoped this initiative will help alleviate the 'virus-naming mess'.

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