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RSS threatAssessing endpoint security solutions: Why detection rates aren't enough
White Paper This paper highlights the pitfalls of simply looking at virus detection rates and investigates the effect of the rapidly developing IT environment and fast-moving threat landscape on assessment criteria. [30 Sep 2009]
IBM Rational AppScan
White Paper Download a free trial of AppScan and see how it can help prevent against the threat of attack. Failure to properly secure Web applications significantly impacts your ability to protect sensitive client and corporate data. [19 Sep 2009]
Microsoft files lawsuits in malicious-ad crackdown
News Fraud and malicious abuse of online ad platforms are therefore a serious threat to the industry and for all consumers and businesses that rely on these free services. Aiming to crack down on a growing problem, Microsoft... [18 Sep 2009]
Why malware writers are turning to open source
News According to Candid Wüest, threat researcher with security firm Symantec, around 10 per cent of the Trojan market is now open source. Malware developers are going open source in an effort to make their malicious software... [18 Sep 2009]
IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force Threat Insight Quarterly
White Paper The IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force Threat Insight Quarterly is designed to highlight some of the most significant threats and challenges facing security professionals today. This report is a product of IBM Managed... [16 Sep 2009]
Traffic Analysis of the HTTP Protocol Over TLS
White Paper The threat model considered is a public news site that tries to protect the patterns of requests and submissions of its users by encrypting the HTTP connections using TLS, against an attacker that can observe all traffic. [16 Sep 2009]
IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force 2008 Trend & Risk Report
White Paper The security industry puts a lot of effort into the technical evaluation of security threats, examining, sometimes at great length, the potential threat that each issue might present to corporations and consumers. [16 Sep 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.09.09
Round-Up Modern Warfare 2's position of must-have game of the year is not under threat, but it's still a great idea and beats the hell out of sitting with other office nobodies watching the clock on the wall click interminably... [11 Sep 2009]
Norton 2010: Gunning for mutating malware
News Multiple variations of a single threat have become a potential risk to the efficacy of definition-based antivirus, so a system like Quorum - in which the unfamiliarity of a new threat becomes the tool by... [09 Sep 2009]
Australian cops investigate 'anonymous' cyber attack threat
News The group published its threat on YouTube last month. One network security professional laughed when asked whether the group was considered a serious threat. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has been... [09 Sep 2009]
Pro-Linux group snaps up Microsoft patents
News The prospect of these patents being placed in the hands of non-practicing entities was a threat that has been averted with these purchases, irrespective of patent quality and whether or not the patents truly read on Linux. [09 Sep 2009]
Email Archiving: a Business-Critical Application
White Paper Today's businesses are especially vulnerable to accidental email loss, compliance demands, and the threat of e-discovery. Yet these same companies often have the fewest resources for combating these risks on their own. [09 Sep 2009]
Minority Report: Why Apple was smart to OK 'iTunes killer'
Comment However, if Apple doesn't see Spotify as a threat, it's unlikely to be too concerned about the rest. Though Apple has rejected many iPhone apps that may threaten its business, it's approved a music service dubbed the... [03 Sep 2009]
Top Ten Tips to Improve Email Security Infrastructure
White Paper New threat vectors, including Web 2.0 applications and social networking tools, are adding to this security challenge. Every organization must maintain robust email security defenses, but it is getting harder as the spam... [02 Sep 2009]
How Secure is Your Data?
White Paper From a business perspective, the risk of non-compliance may be an even greater exposure than the threat of an actual data breach. Another factor driving increased deployment of more secure computing systems is that... [02 Sep 2009]
