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RSS outbreakKnoppix Hacks: Scan for Viruses
White Paper It seems every other day a new virus or worm comes out, and anti-virus vendors must quickly update their signatures to block the new outbreak. Viruses and worms are a common problem in the computing world today. [17 Oct 2007]
'Security not just about user education'
News Runald also noted that the technology is available to cause serious damage on mobile devices: "All the pieces are in place for a mobile malware outbreak. However, Runald cautioned that this does not rule out the... [15 Oct 2007]
RFID tags to "revolutionise" UN relief ops?
News Embedding electronic tags in containers of food and supplies - and even in workers' identification documents - will "revolutionise" the way the United Nations doles out relief in the aftermath of the next tsunami, civil war or disease... [11 Oct 2007]
Managed IT-Services Provider Eliminates Threat of Viruses With New Security Solution
White Paper Whenever there is a virus outbreak, one of the five engines will update quickly, and the system blocks the virus. Siemens Solution 1 is a subsidiary of Siemens Enterprise Communications, which provides small and... [28 Sep 2007]
Europe gets health check tech
News During the recent foot and mouth outbreak in the UK, for example, the proliferation of news reports on the issue triggered alerts to be sent to public health officials across Europe. The European Commission has developed... [15 Aug 2007]
Cheat Sheet: MiFID
Cheat Sheet And as the deadline is pretty soon, we could see an outbreak of poaching as banks get desperate to have the best workers in place. You're thinking of Triffids. MiFID stands for the Markets in Financial Instruments... [05 Jun 2007]
Councils save £1.4m per year on contact centre
News The capacity for shared service will also enable the centre to take on other projects in the pipe-line, such as a helpline for a panemic flu outbreak. A partnership of 10 local authorities in Staffordshire has saved... [29 May 2007]
Verizon bests mobile spammer
News Still, wireless operators realise that a severe outbreak of mobile phone spam could severely damage their reputations, a key concern as they look to include text-based advertising in their business models. [27 Feb 2007]
More phishing attacks than infected emails
News The difference in the ratio of phishing to virus attacks is partly due to virus attacks becoming more targeted and no longer occurring as one large outbreak. Phishing attacks have outstripped the number of emails... [31 Jan 2007]
CIO Jury: Viruses still a major security threat
News Computer viruses still pose a major threat to corporate networks despite the lack of a major outbreak for two years, according to leading UK IT chiefs. The last serious mass-mailing virus attacks to hit both home PC... [25 Jan 2007]
Flu simulation puts spotlight on homeworking
News City firms are re-examining their business continuity and homeworking plans in the aftermath of a giant exercise to simulate the impact of a pandemic flu outbreak. Around 3,500 workers in 70 different City organisations... [05 Jan 2007]
Biosurveillance and Outbreak Detection Using the ARIMA and Logistic Procedures
White Paper The main objective of this paper is to show potential usefulness of the combination of AutoregRessive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) models and logistic regression with automatic model selection Time-series analysis with ARIMA... [27 Dec 2006]
Understanding Comprehensive Threat Management
In certain instances, it can even predict how a vulnerability might be exploited; in other instances, it can predict a potential outbreak based on patterns of suspicious activity. Today's enterprises have complex network... [16 Dec 2006]
Understanding Comprehensive Threat Management
White Paper In certain instances, it can even predict how a vulnerability might be exploited; in other instances, it can predict a potential outbreak based on patterns of suspicious activity. Today's enterprises have complex network... [16 Dec 2006]
Controlling a Virus Outbreak With Honeypots
White Paper Ever wondered if there wasn't a smart way to slow down a virus outbreak on the network? By implementing a honeypot on the network that will answer the virus calls and stall them (by keeping them in "Wait" loops), one can... [01 Dec 2006]
