Currently it is very important to be monitoring traffic exiting your network to be able to detect remote access trojans that have not been detected by your anti virus .
I suggest restricting all out bound traffic from the desktop and inspecting proxy logs as well as web content management.
If you are a high risk target white listing only approved business web sites may be an option. You can always set up an internet cafe for users to surf fairly un restricted .
Without some of these restrictions it is too easy for the bad guys to write up a custom trojan (or just modify an existing one slightly )and slip it through your defences through a stored XSS in a trusted web site or even social engineer it through in a password protected zip file .
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- Matthew Hackling
- Matt runs his own security consultancy called Ronin Security. His focus is information security management and he has a keen interest in infrastructure and web application security. He's a CISSP and the current Branch Executive of the Melbourne chapter of the Australian Information Security Association.
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
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