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RSS threats attackConverged Threats on the Security Landscape
White Paper The essence of a converged threat is the combination of viruses, spyware, phishing, spam and other attempts at attack or exploitation of vulnerabilities that can disrupt networks and/or lead to theft or unwanted... [13 Nov 2009]
DDoS: Survey of Traceback Methods
White Paper It is important to protect the resource and trace from the Denial of Service (DoS) attack, but it is difficult to distinguish normal traffic and DoS attack traffic because the DoS generally hide their... [12 Nov 2009]
SecSip: A Stateful Firewall for SIP-Based Networks
White Paper Through known attack descriptions, the paper illustrates the power of the configuration language of the firewall which uses the capability to specify stateful objects that track data from multiple SIP elements within... [12 Nov 2009]
10 Steps to Better Secure Your Mac Laptop From Physical Data Theft
White Paper Laptops are more prone to physical attack than desktop systems by their nature - being portable they are often taken out of the office to work from home, on the train or even in the local Starbucks. When one takes... [12 Nov 2009]
Financial Fraud and Internet Banking: Threats and Countermeasures
White Paper To reach the gullible as well as the experienced, cybercriminals are developing new attack methods and new traps. Also known as UI redress attack, this web-related structural weakness can fool users when... [12 Nov 2009]
Top 10 Threats to SME Data Security: (and What to Do About Them)
White Paper All of the attack vectors are well-known to security professionals. Mature processes, techniques, and technologies are available to help one defend against them. Although on some days it might feel like the bad guys are... [12 Nov 2009]
2008 Internet Security Trends: A Report on Emerging Attack Platforms for Spam, Viruses and Malware
White Paper But, as a result of this success, the threats they protected against were forced to change. In 2007, many of these threats underwent significant adaptation. This paper is designed to help highlight the... [12 Nov 2009]
Advanced Vulnerability Analysis and Intrusion Detection Through Predictive Attack Graphs
White Paper Vulnerabilities are usually assessed in isolation, without considering how they contribute to overall attack risk. The approach to network defense applies attack graphs for advanced vulnerability... [11 Nov 2009]
Laying the IT Security Foundation - Corralling Conficker and Other Threats in an Evolved Environment
White Paper The traditional security approach addresses each individual attack as it crops up through a detect and blocking schema. However in today's ever-changing IT environment, sophisticated threats such as... [29 Oct 2009]
Windows 7 to trump Snow Leopard?
Comment While Windows 7 will undoubtedly provide a revitalised challenge for Apple in the consumer space, the Cupertino company is already preparing its next attack. Performance in particular has been improved in the latest... [20 Oct 2009]
Online banking fraud rockets as fraudsters get smarter
News William Beer, a director at PricewaterhouseCoopers One Security practice, said criminals are now very specialised in identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities, unprotected consumer PCs and the public's lack of awareness, which make them... [07 Oct 2009]
An Anatomy of a Web Hack: SQL Injection Explained
White Paper The nation of SQL injection isn't new, but is still widely misunderstood and many sites are still vulnerable to attack. By using a security appliance such as WebDefend, along with beefing up security practices for... [06 Oct 2009]
Scraping, Denial of Service, and Brute Force Attacks! Oh My!: Identifying and Controlling Automated Clients
White Paper When a guessed password allows access to the system, the brute force attack has been successful and the attacker is able access the account. Only through the combination of all of these capabilities can organizations... [06 Oct 2009]
MagicNET: The Human Immune System and Network Security System
White Paper The solution not only overcomes limitations of traditional security solutions, but also enhances overall security by providing protection at each stage of the attack timeline. Most of the current security systems do not... [06 Oct 2009]
Understanding Anti-Malware Research and Response at Microsoft: An Introduction to the Malware Protection Center
White Paper The use of social engineering continues to rise as an attack method, and threats are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their attempts to infect a system. Given this frequently changing malware... [02 Oct 2009]
