anti-attack
RSS anti-attackAnti-malware: Top of the list for Internet Explorer 8
News Perhaps the most anticipated addition is Internet Explorer's new anti-malware protection. Opera 9.5 and Firefox 3 both recently added anti-malware protection. Using mostly its own anti-malware technology, Microsoft will block emerging threats by... [03 Jul 2008]
Computer Virus Prevention: A Primer
White Paper This white paper describes the current virus situation, common virus entry points, procedures for preventing infection, types of anti-virus software, deployment and administration of anti-virus software, and measures for recovering from a virus... [03 Jul 2008]
Protecting Your Core: Infrastructure Protection Access Control Lists
White Paper At the same time, the ACLs permit routine transit traffic to flow uninterrupted and provide basic RFC 1918, RFC 3330, and anti-spoof filtering. Infrastructure ACLs are used to minimize the risk and effectiveness of direct infrastructure attack by... [03 Jul 2008]
Yahoo! vs Icahn: War of words
News to rescind anti-takeover defences and merge with Microsoft, writing "even I am amazed at the length Jerry Yang and the Yahoo! The company labelled as "patently untrue" key assertions contained in the complaint filed by lawyers for two US pension... [05 Jun 2008]
Best Practices for Application Security: Prevent the New Breed of Attacks and Comply With Regulatory Security Requirements
White Paper Security measures such as implementing firewalls, authentication and access control systems, network intrusion detection/prevention systems, anti-virus solutions, anti-spyware solutions, and Secure Sockets Layer are indeed critical. [31 May 2008]
Anti-Phishing Best Practices for ISPs and Mailbox Providers
White Paper Phishing1 is a newer, related attack but one that results in severe privacy and security violations. The entire Internet community is familiar with spam attacks. Phishing can have serious negative financial ramifications for the individuals and... [31 May 2008]
Photos: The Birth of Hi-Tech Britain
Photo The Bristol Bloodhound anti-aircraft missile was one of the world's most advanced during its use from 1958 to 1964. This small receiver and loudspeaker was used as an early warning system in the event of a nuclear attack in the 1960s. [01 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.04.08
Round-Up An elaborate stunt dreamed up by anti-ID cards campaigners No2ID and Privacy International is offering a reward for anyone capturing the fingerprints of the Prime Minister or Home Secretary. The campaign is an attack on government plans to take the... [11 Apr 2008]
Photos: £1,000 reward for PM's fingerprints
Photo The elaborate stunt has been dreamt up by anti-ID cards campaigners No2ID and Privacy International, who will put up posters in tube stations and pub toilets. The campaign is an attack on government plans to take the biometric details of UK... [07 Apr 2008]
Anti-Spam Effectiveness: Is Your Current Solution Up to Par?
White Paper Spammers have grown in sophistication and use a wide variety of new techniques - such as highly variable language, quickly rotating URLs and obfuscated images - to thwart anti-spam filters. The use of massive networks of spam sending zombie... [07 Apr 2008]
Did Microsoft use desktop dominance in OOXML standard?
News The investigation stems from a complaint lodged by the European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS), an anti-Microsoft lobbying group. Microsoft's director of corporate standards, Jason Matusow, said he expects IBM and its allies to launch... [04 Apr 2008]
Anti-DDoS Virtualized Operating System
White Paper Secondly, one comes up with a secure and efficient implementation (ADVOS: Anti-DDoS Virtualized Operating System) for packet filtering at the source computer itself. It is easier to detect a DDoS attack near the victim but it is of little use to do... [29 Feb 2008]
Why no united front on cyber crime?
Comment And without the co-operation of Russia and China any anti-cyber crime proposal remains of academic interest only. In April 2007 Estonia, the former Soviet Baltic republic was paralysed by an unprecedented online attack from networks in Russia. [27 Feb 2008]
Phishers snare Salesforce.com data
News Harris's letter recommended customers activate IP address restrictions so users can only access Salesforce.com from the corporate network or VPN, educate employees about phishing, and deploy email filtering and anti-malware software. [08 Nov 2007]
Efficiently Securing Your Business Through IT Security Outsourcing: A Call to Action for SMBs
White Paper It outlines the IT security threat and highlights functions that are well suited for outsourcing, including antivirus, personal firewalls, anti-spam and anti-spyware. Small and medium businesses--organizations with up to 250 employees--are under... [31 Aug 2007]
