Abstract: A system to identify and counter computer malware. The system comprises a processor, a memory, a data store comprising information about known computer malware, wherein the information about known computer malware is partitioned into a plurality of malware families, and comprising a plurality of mappings, wherein each mapping associates one malware family with at least one countermeasure for mitigating a risk to an information technology asset posed by the known computer malware associated with the malware family, and an application stored in the memory. The application analyzes a software artifact, determines characteristics of the software artifact, and determines a plurality of metrics, each metric representing a degree of match between the software artifact and one of the plurality of malware families. Based on the plurality of metrics, the application further determines a malware family that best matches the software artifact.

Abstract: A system to identify and counter computer malware. The system comprises a processor, a memory, a data store comprising information about known computer malware, wherein the information about known computer malware is partitioned into a plurality of malware families, and comprising a plurality of mappings, wherein each mapping associates one malware family with at least one countermeasure for mitigating a risk to an information technology asset posed by the known computer malware associated with the malware family, and an application stored in the memory. The application analyzes a software artifact, determines characteristics of the software artifact, and determines a plurality of metrics, each metric representing a degree of match between the software artifact and one of the plurality of malware families. Based on the plurality of metrics, the application further determines a malware family that best matches the software artifact.

Abstract: The present invention describes a method and a system for multi-level authentication of a user and a server. The user registration process in the invention enables user to personalize the web page of the server. Further, the user authentication takes place in a multi-step process including entering credentials such as user ID, subset of user's password, subset of shared secret and a One Time Password (OTP). The system of the present invention provides various means of entering the said credentials which prevents phishing attacks.