digital attack
RSS digital attackFirefox 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. It also is designed to assure surfers when they visit sites that are safe but which Firefox warns about because... [27 Aug 2008]
Mobile broadband threatening fixed line?
News But with the rise in popularity of mobile broadband gadgets, the landline is under attack on two fronts. A recent state of the digital nation Ofcom report found UK dongle sales nearly doubled between February and June this year, rising from 69,000... [20 Aug 2008]
MSDN Webcast: Digital Blackbelt Series: Developer Security Principals and Guidelines (Level 200)
White Paper This webcast will begin by categorizing Attack Types, explaining how they work, what they do, and give a real-world example. It is important to realize the different types of security attacks that might be encountered. [10 Jul 2008]
Turning to Digital Government in a Crisis
White Paper Available evidence about the government responses to World Trade Center attack indicates that information technology played a critically important role. Effective use of a variety of information technologies helped government agencies to better... [03 Jul 2008]
Cognitive Hacking and Digital Government: Digital Identity
White Paper Cognitive hacking refers to a computer or information system attack that relies on changing human users' perceptions and corresponding behaviors in order to succeed. This paper describes cognitive hacking, suggests countermeasures, and discusses... [03 Jul 2008]
Digital and Electronic Crime; An Overview
White Paper In the wired age, where connectivity is all no one is safe from computer crime attack. This article assesses and presents an overview of the threats posed by the digital and electronic crime. Governments, Military organizations, Banks and virtually... [03 Jul 2008]
SurfControl Case Study: City of South San Francisco
White Paper The city's management team decided to attack the spam problem and protect employees from unwanted and unseemly content. The growth of the Internet presented officials in the City of South San Francisco with the challenge of granting its 450... [03 Jul 2008]
Using GPS to Catch a Thief
White Paper In January 2002, Blue and White Taxi in Mississauga, Ontario experienced an attack on one of its drivers that was thwarted in part thanks to the tracking technology of Mentor's MDC and Cantech International's XDS software. [03 Jul 2008]
CHAM (Common Hacking Attack Methods) and its use in Retina the Network Security Scanner
White Paper eEye Digital Security incorporates its proprietary CHAM technology in most of its products. In this paper we focus on the use of CHAM in Retina, the Network Scanner. For many clients, CHAM provides a level of value added unmatched by any security... [03 Jul 2008]
Google: It pays to make ads work
News But, Schmidt argued, media companies attack Google for helping to usher in the digital content era. Media companies should see Google not as an enemy but as an ally trying to make advertising work on the internet, chief executive Eric Schmidt said... [12 Jun 2008]
Zombies: The Digital Undead
White Paper Today's hackers (the "zombie masters") have become so sophisticated that they have begun creating coordinated networks of zombie computers that can launch a full-scale attack at a moment's notice. Download CipherTrust's free white paper, "Zombies... [10 Apr 2008]
Spyware - Identification and Defense
White Paper Because these connections are "always on" our computers are open to attack from a variety of sources, i.e.hackers, Trojan horses, worms, viruses and spyware. More and more users are opting for cable or DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) "always on... [10 Apr 2008]
Ballmer: 'Google is head and shoulders above us'
News Ballmer added that Microsoft's "software model is under attack". Microsoft acquired digital-advertising company aQuantive in May, and has been in the process of investing $2bn in its own online advertising platform. [12 Oct 2007]
Specialty Contractor Finds New Ways of Doing Business With New Digital Note-Taking Program
White Paper The Nassal Company is a leading specialty contractor for entertainment-related projects such as the Men in Black Alien Attack ride at Universal Studios Florida. Now The Nassal Company expects to drive U.S.per user in productivity gains annually by... [30 Aug 2007]
London bombing report slams 999 radio network
News The committee chairman and London Assembly member Richard Barnes said more work is needed to improve London's ability to respond to a major incident such as a terrorist attack. A report into the 7/7 bombings in London two years ago has raised fresh... [16 Aug 2007]
