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'.

Copyright © 2005 Virus Bulletin

The full article is available to registered users. Click here for free registration or, if you already are a registered user, login to access the full article.

Quick Links

Poll
The Japanese government is reported to have commissioned a 'defensive virus'. Is 'defensive' malware ever a good idea?
Yes
No
I don't know
Leave a comment
View 11 comments

99 Subscription Promo

VB100 certification
VB100 This month's VB100 test saw some major changes and a radical overhaul of the VB100 test methodology - for the first time allowing products to use their 'cloud' look-up systems. John Hawes has all the details.
See full results.

Virus Bulletin currently has 224,242 registered users.