Why Traditional Antivirus No Longer Works
Traditional antivirus operates on a simple model: maintain a database of known malware signatures and scan files against it. This worked when malware was relatively rare and slow-moving. Today, AV-TEST Institute registers over 450,000 new malware variants every day. The Ponemon Institute found that signature-based antivirus misses approximately 60% of attacks. Modern threats use polymorphic code that changes its signature with every infection, fileless malware that lives entirely in memory, and living-off-the-land techniques that abuse legitimate system tools like PowerShell. None of these leave the traditional file-based signatures that legacy antivirus looks for.
What Makes Coro Different
Coro is not an antivirus replacement — it is a unified security platform that consolidates endpoint protection, email security, network security, cloud security, and data governance into a single solution. Its AI-driven engine analyses behaviour patterns rather than relying on signature databases. When a process exhibits malicious behaviour — encrypting files rapidly, making unusual network connections, escalating privileges abnormally — Coro detects and responds regardless of whether the specific malware has been seen before. Coro resolves 95% of security incidents automatically without human intervention, which is critical for organisations without a dedicated SOC.
- AI-driven behavioural detection, not signature-based
- Unified platform: endpoint, email, network, cloud, data governance
- 95% of incidents resolved automatically
- Single console for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android
- Built-in compliance reporting for Cyber Essentials, GDPR, NIS2
Real-World Detection Comparison
Consider a typical business email compromise (BEC) attack: an attacker compromises a supplier's email account and sends an invoice with a slightly modified bank account number. Traditional antivirus sees no malware — because there is none. The email contains no malicious attachments or links. Coro's email security analyses the behavioural context: is this a new bank account for this supplier? Has the email metadata changed? Does the writing style differ from previous correspondence? It flags the anomaly before any payment is made. Similarly, for endpoint attacks using PowerShell or WMI, traditional AV sees legitimate system tools. Coro sees anomalous behaviour chains.
The Cost of Not Upgrading
IBM's 2024 Cost of a Data Breach report found that organisations using AI-driven security tools saved an average of $2.22 million per breach compared to those using traditional tools. The average breach cost was $4.88 million globally. For UK SMBs, a single breach can be existential — 60% of small businesses close within six months of a significant cyber attack. The cost of Coro is a fraction of a single breach. Combined with BlackFog for data exfiltration prevention and Hadrian for attack surface management, you get comprehensive protection at a fraction of the cost of building an in-house security team.