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RSS virusBeyond Signature-Based Antivirus: New Threat Vectors Drive Need for Proactive Antimalware Protection
White Paper Organizations are increasingly asking for more proactive virus-detection techniques because of the rising number and severity of threats entering corporate networks. Trojans, viruses, worms, and other types of malicious... [12 Nov 2009]
Counterattacking the Packers
White Paper This paper proposes a multi-dimensional attempt to be carried by the anti-virus industry in order to stop the spread of bespoke packers written specifically to conceal malware. Despite the fact that run-time PE packers... [12 Nov 2009]
McAfee Avert Labs Top 10 Threat Predictions for 2008
White Paper The Nuwar virus (a.k.a. As 2007 comes to a close, it's a good time to reflect on the current threat landscape. The past 12 months comprised a record-breaking year. McAfee recorded well over 100,000 new viruses and... [12 Nov 2009]
Regulations Shift Focus on Outbound Email Security: The Impact of HIPAA, PCI, PIIG, and Other New Government and Industry Guidelines on Email Security Policies
White Paper Most are familiar with the problems of virus-infected email attachments and productivity-draining spam, but now companies must also address the threats posted by outbound email. Email is the lingua franca of business today. [12 Nov 2009]
The Rise of AutoRun - Based Malware
White Paper Seeing the popularity of removable storage, virus authors realized the potential of using this media as an infection vector. And they are greatly aided by a convenience feature in operating systems called AutoRun, which... [12 Nov 2009]
Shavlik Security Suite
White Paper Shavlik Security Suite incorporates a broad scope of protection management including automated discovery, scanning, and patching of servers and desktops; virus and spyware detection; application execution blocking;... [12 Nov 2009]
DDoS Defense Mechanism by Applying Stamps
White Paper In distributed network computing there are lot of vulnerabilities such as Dos, DDos (Distributed Denial of service),virus, worms, etc. In current trend, internet plays a vital role in the life and distributed computing... [12 Nov 2009]
Astaro Security Gateway: Simplifying Email, Web and Network Protection
White Paper Dual Virus Protection Anti-virus & Spyware This brief yet highly informative interactive presentation discusses the Unified Threat Management Market, the fastest growing part of the security market in... [12 Nov 2009]
Integrating - VPN and IDS - An Approach to Networks Security
White Paper Recent worm and virus incidents such as Code Red, Nimda, and the Slammer worm have heightened security awareness. The Internet and recent global cyber terrorism have fundamentally changed the way organizations approach... [11 Nov 2009]
iPhones under attack from Rick Astley worm
News For more, see Rickroll virus targets iPhones on ZDNet Australia. Some iPhones have come under attack from a worm that replaces the devices' default wallpaper with a picture of Rick Astley - the pop star whose 'Never... [09 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.11.09
Round-Up More complicated jobs - fixing a failed hard disk or clearing out a virus-ridden PC would "require additional barter items" such as bottles of whiskey, more beer or IT goodies, they reckoned, which seemed pretty good value. [06 Nov 2009]
Antivirus Software and Disk Defragmentation
White Paper After years of anecdotal data from Diskeeper customers about the reduction in virus-scan times attributed to defragmentation, Diskeeper Corporation decided to investigate. Want to speed up your antivirus scans? [06 Nov 2009]
Enhancing Desktop and Laptop Security Performance with Disk Defragmentation
White Paper Using real-world scenarios, this study presents the impact of fragmentation on the performance of security scans from the most popular anti-spyware and anti-virus solutions on the market today. Security is vital, and so... [06 Nov 2009]
Preparing for Tomorrow's Threat Today: What We Can Learn from the History of Malware and Defenses
White Paper Yesterday's virus is today's custom malware, while denial of service attacks have been replaced with botnets. There is one given in the IT security realm and that is change. The challenges faced by security professionals... [03 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.09.09
Round-Up And it's not just ghosts and goblins getting excited about the impending spooky festivities: needless to say, virus creators are getting in on the act too. Either that or they'll get a virus on their PC. [30 Oct 2009]
