computer security malicious
Photos: A day in the life of a virus hunter
Photo With hundreds of new pieces of malware being discovered every month, virus hunters are at the front line of the war on malicious software. Here you can see a keylogger loading itself into the Windows Registry so it boots... [09 Oct 2008]
A Lightweight Online Network Anomaly Detection Scheme Based on Data Mining Methods
White Paper Network IDS look for known or potential malicious activities in network traffic and raise an alarm whenever a suspicious activity is detected. Anomaly detection applied to intrusion detection and... [01 Oct 2008]
Google releases notes on Chrome security fixes
News Second was to prevent the user's desktop from being the default download directory to mitigate "the risk of malicious cluttering of the desktop with unwanted downloads, which can lead to executing unwanted files", Larson... [09 Sep 2008]
IE8 unleashed as Microsoft plays Firefox catch-up
News Users are not presented with an option; IE simply blocks the malicious script from executing and then displays the rest of the page. In another feature, known as InPrivate, Microsoft allows the user to suspend caching... [28 Aug 2008]
Firefox extension to protect from wireless hacks
News In an attack on the DNS system, someone typing in a legitimate web address could be redirected to a malicious site without knowing it. In general, Perspectives is designed to guide users away from... [27 Aug 2008]
OpenID at risk due to DNS flaw, claims researcher
News This opens the door to a cache-poisoning attack where a malicious server would pretend to be the true OpenID provider. Another problem with OpenID was highlighted in a security advisory published last... [14 Aug 2008]
Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs): Perspective
White Paper Malicious activity that evades other security will sound the alarm, but the organization needs the capability and will to respond. But such open networks expose the organizations to intrusions - attempts... [10 Jul 2008]
(ISC)2 Information Security Global Workforce Study
White Paper IT staff are the frontline firefighters in the battle against cybercrime and other malicious activity. Vulnerable systems present enticing opportunities for computer hackers, current and past employees,... [03 Jul 2008]
New Security Enhancements in Red Hat Enterprise Linux V.3, Update 3
White Paper This technology makes automated security exploits by malicious individuals more difficult or even impossible, thus reducing the impact of security vulnerabilities. The world of... [03 Jul 2008]
Anti-malware: Top of the list for Internet Explorer 8
News The features are designed to combat the rising tide of drive-by downloads - software downloaded on a computer without the user's knowledge or intervention - and malicious scripts contained within... [03 Jul 2008]
ICSA 2001 Virus Prevalence Survey
White Paper Consequently, the virus (malicious code) risk is growing significantly notwithstanding persistent corporate efforts and in spite of increased protective expenditures. The objective of ICSA Labs’ 7th Annual Virus... [03 Jul 2008]
Information on "Code Red" IIS Worm
White Paper A malicious piece of code, operating as a computer worm, is exploiting unpatched IIS servers on the Internet. This worm, dubbed "Code Red", exploits a security vulnerability in the... [03 Jul 2008]
A Flexible and Extensible Security Framework for Java Code
White Paper Thus mobile code systems must provide a security architecture which tries to protect users from erroneous or malicious code. Any piece of code which is run on a computer system can... [03 Jul 2008]
Artificial Neural Networks Architecture for Intrusion Detection Systems and Classification of Attacks
White Paper Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) aim at protecting networks and computers from malicious network-based or host-based attacks. The ubiquity of the Internet poses serious concerns on the security of... [03 Jul 2008]
Using Independent Auditors as Intrusion Detection Systems
White Paper A basic method in computer security is to perform integrity checks on the file system to detect the installation of malicious programs, or the modification of sensitive files. Integrity... [30 Jun 2008]
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