Herd Intelligence Benefits IT Security

[HardOCP News]

Security software vendors say that "herd intelligence" will be one of the most effective ways for vendors to detect and address threats.

"When an unknown binary attempts to execute, the client-side agent sends detailed telemetry information to a remote centralized server and asks whether it is good, bad, or unknown," said Jaquith. "The server makes a disposition decision based on all the collective history accumulated by the herd. By pooling information about all executing programs across its installed base, the herd makes smarter decisions and can confer immunity faster to new variants."

 

[tesfaye]

I think Microsoft does this already with it's anti-malware/spyware products but in any event it's a great idea until someone figures out how to exploit the "herd".

 

[Nemesis999]

So every time I run a piece of software it's going to be reported to my anti-virus provider?

Ya, that'll go over well.