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White Paper Backdoors are often associated with the malicious intent to gain unauthorized access to applications. However, not all the security risks introduced by backdoors are associated with malicious intent. A... [12 Nov 2009]
Malicious security attacks hit 90 per cent of UK firms
News More than 90 per cent of large UK businesses have been the victim of a malicious security incident in the past year, largely due to a sharp increase in the volume of virus attacks, according to a government security survey. [27 Apr 2004]
Malicious Websites
White Paper These vulnerabilities would allow the attacker to download malicious code, Trojan horses, or other applications in the background simply by having the user look at a web page. 2005 saw the beginning of a movement towards... [18 Mar 2009]
Malicious software overtakes friendly apps
News For the first time, the amount of malicious software being released has outstripped that of legitimate software, according to new research. Malware now makes up the majority of all new applications: 65 per cent of the... [09 Apr 2008]
Malicious Threats of Peer-to-Peer Networking
White Paper This paper will discuss the malicious threats, privacy concerns, and security risks of three common peer-to-peer network systems, which are gaining popularity today. The malicious threats discussed will... [30 Aug 2007]
Google warns: Malicious 'drive-by downloads' on the up
News Drive-by downloads, in which malicious websites exploit browser vulnerabilities to execute malicious code, have increased since April 2007, Google researchers have warned. The malicious... [20 Feb 2008]
Symantec: Malicious Code Activity Spiked in 2008
White Paper As malicious code continues to grow at a record pace, attackers are shifting away from the mass distribution of a few threats to the micro-distribution of millions of distinct threats. Moreover, these cybercriminals are... [29 May 2009]
Malicious code getting harder to spot
News Cyber crooks who rig websites to break into PCs are getting better at hiding their malicious code, a security expert has said. Referring to security techniques based on signatures to detect malicious... [19 Apr 2007]
TechNet Webcast: Microsoft Security Intelligence Report: Malicious Software and Unwanted Software Trends (Level 200)
White Paper This webcast provides an in-depth view of the recent trends that Microsoft has seen in malicious software (malware) and in potentially unwanted software like spyware, adware, and the like. Data from hundreds of millions... [15 Jan 2008]
Malicious Software Defense: Have we moved beyond the need for anti-virus and spyware protection software?
White Paper In fact, using anti-virus software was the first method enlisted to stop malicious code from infecting and propagating between these systems. With the decrease in the total number of viruses, some have theorized that the... [18 Mar 2009]
Microsoft Webcast: Security Series (Part 5 of 8): Protecting Data From Malicious Software (Level 200)
White Paper A major concern for all IT organizations is the detection and control of malicious software, or malware. The presenter of this webcast shows how Windows Defender provides antispyware protection for consumers and small... [09 Jun 2007]
Privacy-Preserving Data Mining on Data Grids in the Presence of Malicious Participants
White Paper To the best of one's knowledge, all previous approaches for solving this problem fail in the presence of malicious participants. This paper presents an algorithm which, in addition to being secure against... [01 Oct 2008]
IT Manager Webcast: Microsoft Security Intelligence Report: Latest Trends in Vulnerabilities and Malicious Software (Level 100)
White Paper This webcast provides an in-depth view of the recent trends that Microsoft has seen in software vulnerabilities, malicious software (malware), spyware, adware, and the like. Data from hundreds of millions of... [15 Jan 2008]
Techie stands accused of malicious attack on employer
News A two-count indictment charged 60-year-old Roger Duronio with being responsible for more than $3m in damage caused when malicious programs placed on 1,000 of UBS PaineWebber's 1,500 computers became active on 4 March and... [19 Dec 2002]
Detection of Slow Malicious Worms Using Multi-Sensor Data Fusion
White Paper Typically, malicious traffic flows of varying scanning rates can occur in the wild, and the difficulty in detecting slow scanning worms in particular can be exacerbated by interference from other traffic flows scanning... [20 Jun 2009]
