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RSS malicious holesA Flexible and Extensible Security Framework for Java Code
White Paper Java as the most popular platform for mobile code includes such an architecture which unfortunately is complicated and tedious to use, lacks sufficient support for system-wide security policy maintenance, has no concepts for user and group... [03 Jul 2008]
Achilles’Shield Technical White Paper: A New Internet Security System for Protecting Networks and Computer Systems Against Viruses and Malicious Code
White Paper DDoS) attacks and create “backdoor” security holes. And, while the growth of internetworking has increased the resources available to individuals and enabled businesses to operate more effectively, it has also exponentially increased exposure and... [03 Jul 2008]
VoIP Intrusion Detection Through Interacting Protocol State Machines
White Paper Being a fast-growing Internet application, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) shares the network resources with the regular Internet traffic, and is susceptible to the existing security holes of the Internet. [19 Jun 2008]
'Huge' Apple update plugs 40 Leopard security holes
News Apple has released an update to Mac OS X patching more than 40 security holes, as detailed in Security Update 2008-003/Mac OS X 10.5.3. Currently at least 20,000 websites have been infected with code that exploits the flaws, which occur when Flash... [30 May 2008]
Diverse Firewall Design
White Paper An error in a firewall policy either creates security holes that will allow malicious traffic to sneak into a private network or blocks legitimate traffic and disrupts normal business processes, which in turn could lead to irreparable, if not... [16 Apr 2008]
Change-Impact Analysis of Firewall Policies
White Paper A firewall policy error either creates security holes that will allow malicious traffic to sneak into a private network or blocks legitimate traffic and disrupts normal business processes, which in turn could lead to irreparable, if not tragic... [16 Apr 2008]
Formal Verification of Firewall Policies
White Paper A firewall policy error either creates security holes that will allow malicious traffic to sneak into a private network or blocks legitimate traffic and disrupts normal business processes, which in turn could lead to irreparable, if not tragic... [16 Apr 2008]
Microsoft boosts stability of Office 2008 for Mac
News Microsoft has released its first update to Office 2008 for Mac, fixes that should boost stability and performance in some areas, while closing some security holes. This update fixes a vulnerability that an attacker can use to overwrite the contents... [12 Mar 2008]
Malware: From bedroom to boardroom
Comment Most people are familiar with the dangers they pose, yet millions continue to succumb to attacks that exploit unpatched holes in common platforms such as Windows or Java. Malware - the generic term for malicious computer software such as viruses... [19 Nov 2007]
Escape the data management minefield
Comment The public sector's data management is looking increasingly like Swiss cheese - full of holes. Paul Bentham explains how this is not just about malicious hacking and has more to do with systems design and process.silicon.com Public Sector [13 Sep 2007]
Mac virus threat still "insignificant"
News The Mac maker has plugged security flaws that could have resulted in OS X customers being "owned" by basic actions such as visiting a malicious website, watching a video file or opening an email attachment. [12 Jul 2007]
Penetration Testing: Assessing Your Overall Security Before Attackers Do
White Paper Perform penetration tests against your network and find security holes before hackers do Replicate the types of actions that a malicious attacker would take Network Security has evolved from protecting against "script kiddies" trying to break into... [29 Jun 2007]
Windows at risk from fancy cursors
News Such holes are often exploited by cyber crooks to do "drive-by" installations of malicious software. A new security vulnerability puts Windows users at risk of serious cyber attacks, Microsoft has warned. [30 Mar 2007]
Apple issues OS X mega-patch
News Apple has issued a security update for its Mac OS X to plug 45 security holes, including several zero-day vulnerabilities. Other holes are limited and could only be exploited to crash a Mac or used by somebody who already has access to a machine to... [14 Mar 2007]
Dot-gov safest domain around, says McAfee
News These country domains are also the most likely to host sites that silently try to exploit security holes in web browsers to install malicious programs, so-called drive-by downloads, it said. In contrast, one in 10 sites that end in dot-tk, the... [13 Mar 2007]
