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Trusteer Fights Mobile Web Malware With Separate Browser Just For Work Apps: Page 2 of 2

A company focused on guarding against malware infections from Web-based software applications has found that the best way to protect against such threats is to create a separate browser solely for work computing. Trusteer on Wednesday launched the Trusteer Secure Mobile Browser Service that workers can download onto their laptops, tablets, smartphones or other portable devices in order to view work-related apps securely. Workers could then use a commercial Web browser such as Internet Explorer o
February 10, 2011

In a man-in-the-browser attack, malware sits directly inside the browser and is able to control traffic through the browser, see security credentials and read sensitive information that the user is accessing on the corporate network. "It basically sits in the browser and sees everything and can tamper with everything," says Boodaei

Trusteer already markets a product called Trusteer Rapport, which protects PCs and Macs from Web-based malware. It is used by financial institutions to protect the Websites from which customers manage their accounts.

The Trusteer announcement comes the same week as the release of a Cisco Systems Global Threat Report for the fourth quarter of 2010, which notes that instances of Web-based malware jumped by 139 percent in 2010 from 2009. Also, the rate of Web malware encounters peaked in October 2010, at an average of 250 encounters per enterprise in that month.

Trusteer cites the RSA 2011 Cybercrime Trends Report, which identifies mobile malware as the No. 1 security trend this year. The RSA Conference 2011 begins next week in San Francisco.

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