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RSS variantsSecurity makes a quantum leap
News V is for Virus variants The network is the result of more than four years of work with 41 organisations from 12 countries working to integrate quantum cryptography into a modern business network. Security from A to Z [10 Oct 2008]
Symantec CEO on weathering the credit storm
News V is for Virus variants Speaking at the Symantec Vision + ManageFusion EMEA 08 conference, Thompson said that although mobile antivirus is a growing market, the low risk posed by phone malware will mean the company... [10 Oct 2008]
Photos: A day in the life of a virus hunter
Photo By following the code flow through the program, analysts can spot variants on existing viruses or spyware by identifying familiar patterns. Symantec threat researcher Candid Wüest's job is to rip apart the malware that... [09 Oct 2008]
$695m MessageLabs deal launches Symantec into cloud
News V is for Virus variants Symantec will pay about $695m for the software as a service company and Symantec CEO John Thompson said it will hasten the introduction of its backup, storage and remote access SaaS products in... [08 Oct 2008]
Oyster card security vulnerabilities uncovered
News V is for Virus variants Details of vulnerabilities in the chipset used in London's Oyster travel smartcard have been released by Dutch researchers. The details were made public at the Esorics security conference in... [08 Oct 2008]
Optimizing Frequency Queries for Data Mining Applications
White Paper This paper compares the memory requirements and support counting performance of FP Tree, and Compressed Patricia Trie against several novel variants of vertical bit vectors. Data mining algorithms use various Trie and... [01 Oct 2008]
Round three for BT's Phorm trials
News V is for Virus variants BT is to perform another trial of Phorm's ad-serving technology, after delays of more than half a year. Phorm's technology, which BT will use under the brand of 'Webwise', has attracted protests... [29 Sep 2008]
Email and web snoop plans slammed - again
News V is for Virus variants Home Office proposals that will see records of phone, email and internet communications - including VoIP - to be kept for 12 months are expected to cost taxpayers up to £68m to set up and £39m per... [04 Sep 2008]
UK crime fighters grapple with iPhone wipe threat
News V is for Virus variants The head of the Serious Fraud Office digital forensics unit Keith Foggon cautioned that the ability to remotely wipe the iPhone and other smart phones used by enterprises could be exploited by... [02 Sep 2008]
Virtual worlds under siege from cyber crime
News V is for Virus variants The in-game economies of virtual worlds are being hijacked by criminals who attempt to hide their profits through the exchange of virtual currencies, Dr Igor Muttik, a senior architect at McAfee's... [28 Aug 2008]
Firefox extension to protect from wireless hacks
News V is for Virus variants The software, dubbed "Perspectives", is available for download for free. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets C is for CMA [27 Aug 2008]
OpenID at risk due to DNS flaw, claims researcher
News V is for Virus variants Robin Wilton, a corporate architect for federated identity at Sun, described OpenID's reliance on the integrity of the Domain Name System (DNS) as a "multi-factor problem" in light of the... [14 Aug 2008]
Effect of Spreading in an Outdoor MIMO-OFDM System
White Paper Among several MC variants, OFDM represents a well-known technique and is used in broadcast media like, e.g. This paper considers transmission over an outdoor broadband MIMO channel where channel state information is... [09 Aug 2008]
Replication Under Scalable Hashing: A Family of Algorithms for Scalable Decentralized Data Distribution
White Paper While all RUSH variants support addition of servers to the system, different variants have different characteristics with respect to lookup time in petabyte-scale systems, performance with mirroring (as... [04 Aug 2008]
Stolen ePassports 'worth £20m' on black market
News V is for Virus variants A van carrying about 3,000 blank ePassports and visas was hijacked on route to RAF Northolt, near London. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus [29 Jul 2008]
