Security specialists have petitioned the European Union
to sponsor an early warning system forinternet threats.
Project WOMBAT (Worldwide Observatory for Malicious Behaviour
and Attack Tools) is a threat alert system being supported by
European technology companies and researchers, including
France Telecom, the Institut Eurecom, and
Hispasec Sistemas, said Stefan Zanero, a researcher with the
Institut Politecnico di Milano, who is involved with the
project.
WOMBAT is designed to offer professionals up to the minute
information on emerging threats, but the team will also develop
technologies for automating the collection and analysis of
malware, Zanero said.
WOMBAT has also been selected for funding by the European
Union's 7th Framework research programme. The amount of the grant
has not been finalised.