Kaspersky and Emerging Threats collaborate to build best in class IDS malware feeds

May 7, 2012 - PRLog -- Emerging Threats  malware feeds were recently boosted by Kaspersky Lab after the anti-virus vendor, which uses this ruleset for its in-lab research, began a co-operation, with malware samples exchanged and further work made on extending Emerging Threats Pro ruleset coverage.
Kaspersky Lab said its specialists had begun feeding data into Emerging Threats Pro to improve the ruleset for all its users.
Nikita Shvetsov, director of anti-malware research at Kaspersky Lab, said: “We are happy to be collaborating with the Emerging Threats Pro open source team to help create the best IDS/IPS ruleset. Our combined efforts will [allow] both organisations to optimise their signatures, which will then trickle down to better internet security for all.”
Emerging Threats Pro  ( ETPro) produces the ruleset for Snort appliances  that is based on, and supports, the Emerging Threats open source project.
Matt Jonkman ETPro’s CTO explained that the organisation was initially funded by the US Department of Homeland Security.
Jonkman added: “We are delighted to be collaborating with the Kaspersky team. The ETPro  feeds  can only get stronger and  smarter with this type of partnership.