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blended threat

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blended threat

Using several techniques to attack a computer system or network. After all, why adopt just one method when viruses, worms, Trojans and software vulnerabilities used in clever combinations can help to ensure that more systems are compromised and more people are harmed? See virus, worm, Trojan and vulnerability.



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1) So-called blended threats that combine multiple attack vectors in one payload are often very large files that traverse the network gateway in separate packets; ServGate's security operating system (SGOS) with integrated HDD is able to arrest and isolate blended threat content and files in a gateway quarantine, creating an edge-based bulkhead against further transmission to other HDDs such as mail or web servers, desktop PCs and mobile devices.
Multiple methods of propagation can make containment of a blended threat an even greater challenge.
By utilizing multiple methods of attack and self-propagation, blended threats can spread rapidly and cause widespread damage.
 
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