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A Dynamic Technique for Enhancing the Security and Privacy of Web Applications
White Paper It introduces a technique for enhancing the security and privacy for a web-based solution, by augmenting its execution environment to include tracking information that permits to efficiently identify and thwart several... [11 Nov 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Virtualisation
News The main concern is that virtualisation adds an additional software layer that dodgy characters might be able to attack. So I get to put on a funky headset and walk around a simulated landscape shooting... [11 Nov 2009]
Understanding Anti-Malware Research and Response at Microsoft: An Introduction to the Malware Protection Center
White Paper The use of social engineering continues to rise as an attack method, and threats are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their attempts to infect a system. Viruses, Trojans, and other malicious software, as well as... [02 Oct 2009]
Alcatel-Lucent Attack Containment: Automated Attack Containment in Multi-Vendor Networks Using Alcatel-Lucent's OmniVista 2770 Quarantine Manager
White Paper Keeping this information secure and free from attack and compromise as it passes between and over these devices remains a primary concern for one and ones business. Business communications today are... [02 Oct 2009]
Is the Latest Wireless Vulnerability Just the Tip (or TKIP) of the Iceberg?
White Paper This new attack reinforces the fact that companies cannot rely on a single point of failure when it comes to enterprise security. While it is an exaggeration to say TKIP is broken today, this is a new and serious threat... [01 Oct 2009]
Wing Lung Leads Local Banks With State-of-the-Art Authentication for e-Banking Customers
White Paper Indeed, online banking was threatened worldwide with more than 23,610 phishing reports registered in February 2007, according to the Phishing Attack Trends Report-February 2007 from the Anti-Phishing Working Group. [19 Sep 2009]
ATM hack talk pulled from security conference
News In his presentation entitled 'Jackpotting Automated Teller Machines', Barnaby Jack was planning to discuss local and remote attack vectors on ATMs and provide a live demonstration of an attack on an... [02 Jul 2009]
The Value of Integrated Security
White Paper Security breaches can attack a company from a wide range of sources, including the company's own networked PCs and servers. New worms and viruses also are targeting network endpoints, a situation that is of particular... [01 Jul 2009]
Analyzing Interaction Between Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks and Threats
White Paper With little or no advance warning, a DDoS attack can easily exhaust the computing and communication resources of its victim within a short period of time. This paper aims to provide an understanding of the existing... [20 Jun 2009]
Microsoft plugs Windows, Word and Excel holes
News Exploit code and attack details have been made public for a couple of the vulnerabilities. The IE vulnerability is of particular concern, Ben Greenbaum, senior research manager at Symantec Security... [15 Apr 2009]
Netbooks a nail in Microsoft's coffin?
Comment From a security point of view, the large attack surface of a traditional desktop or laptop system has continued to present an expensive and complex set of problems for enterprises. Throughout 2008 enterprises looked at... [29 Jan 2009]
ID card costs rise - but is the security weakening?
News For five years we expressed concern about publishing the Nirno, it is amazing that it has taken all this time and £150m pounds for the government to decide to take this initiative," Davies said. This is also our key... [07 Nov 2008]
Client Puzzles as a Defense Against Network Denial of Service
White Paper Another large distributed denial of service attack in October 2002 took out nine of the thirteen root DNS servers. Unlike other attacks that seek to gain or corrupt information, the primary goal of a denial of service... [22 Oct 2008]
Denial of Service: Another Example
White Paper Although denial of service attack has been becoming a fast-growing concern in security research, previous work focused on a type of classical denial of service caused by resource exhaustion. In this... [14 Oct 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. Phishing has become a major concern for ISPs, with pressure coming from both users who demand that... [31 May 2008]