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RSS computer viruses5 Steps Every Business Can Take to Guard Against Botnets
White Paper By secretly invading business Internet connections, hackers and spammers can download harmful software, including spyware and computer viruses, onto computers and laptops. Robot networks and zombie... [13 Nov 2009]
The Emergence of Ransomware
White Paper Computer crimes in one way or another have modeled themselves on biological organisms (such as viruses and worms) or on real-life actions or incidents (Trojan horses) to carry out their tasks. Some of... [12 Nov 2009]
Who's afraid of malware? Four in 10 have never had a virus
News Malware may be on the rise, but it seems some now consider viruses only a minor danger to corporate security. Another recent poll by silicon.com found that 62 per cent of techies consider malicious or incompetent staff... [05 Oct 2009]
Editorial Preface: Special Issue on Intrusion and Malware Detection
White Paper These include viruses, spam, phishing, spyware, botnets, and other Web attacks. Detection of Intrusions and Malware remains a serious problem in the realm of computer and communications security. Such... [02 Oct 2009]
Microsoft'll fix it for you: Automated 'fix it' buttons solving PC problems
News In the past six months, it has added more than 300 "Fix its" to automate the steps needed to solve problems, change settings and even protect against viruses. Microsoft says that rather than struggle to fix their own PC... [30 Sep 2009]
Was Twitter, Facebook denial-of-service the result of attack on a single account?
News In the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the sites, computers that have been compromised by viruses or other malware are instructed by the attacker's computer to visit the specific websites... [07 Aug 2009]
Is Chrome ready to shine when it comes to security?
News We are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don't have to deal with viruses, malware, and security updates," the post said. Chrome does a great... [23 Jul 2009]
Google to launch netbook operating system next year
News We are going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don't have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. Google Chrome OS provides a new... [08 Jul 2009]
Why Google's security arm doesn't have a war room
News To block fresh spam attacks not covered by existing heuristic technologies and viruses not covered by existing signature databases Postini relies on proprietary Zero-Hour technology to identify new outbreaks that show up... [02 Jul 2009]
Protecting You From Today's Rapidly Evolving, Web-Borne Threats
White Paper The challenge for personal and business computer users alike today is to stay ahead of the rapidly evolving array of viruses, spyware, phishing scams and other threats collectively referred to as malware... [30 Jun 2009]
Combating File Infectors on Corporate Networks
White Paper But during the past year or so, it has observed an unprecedented growth in classic file-infecting viruses that have enjoyed a relatively high degree of success in the wild - causing widespread damage to... [30 Jun 2009]
OpenOffice V3.x Security Design Weaknesses
White Paper For years, document malware exist quite exclusively for Microsoft 0111cc: the sadly known macro-viruses which still represent a numeric nuisance nowadays. Therein lays all the complexity of doing... [30 Jun 2009]
The Role of the Internet in the Propagation of Malware
White Paper Boot sector viruses propagated by writing themselves to floppy disks, then transferring to the user's PC when it booted up. Computer threats have been a part of daily computing lives since 1986, when the... [30 Jun 2009]
NETGEAR In-The-Cloud Distributed SpamAnalysis Technology: Network Based Protection Against Email-Borne Threats
White Paper Over the past few years, email has emerged as the primary vector for an array of computer threats such as spam, viruses, Trojans, and phishing attacks. With the capability to mass-mail on a global scale,... [30 Jun 2009]
Using Sonification to Teach Network Intrusion Detection: A Preliminary Usability Study
White Paper Network intrusion detection, or NID (the unauthorized perpetrations of people and computer viruses in a computer network) is a complex topic to teach, because students have to study... [20 Jun 2009]
