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Managed Service Offers Hassle-Free Malware Protection
White Paper Did you know that on average, newly deployed or otherwise unprotected PCs are compromised by malware within just 30 minutes of connecting to the Internet? After all, malicious coders are very skilled at finding and exploiting previously undetected... [19 Jun 2008]
Botnets: The New Threat Landscape
White Paper A botnet is an army of compromised machines, also known as "Zombies," that are under the command and control of a single "Botmaster. It is easy to commission botnet attack services and hackers are quicker than ever to exploit new vulnerabilities. [13 Jun 2008]
Warning: The Storm still rages on
News Fast-flux service networks are networks of compromised computer systems with public DNS records that are constantly changing, making it more difficult to track and control criminal activities. The Storm worm botnet, a network of compromised... [07 May 2008]
Insider security risks exposed
News Vipin Samar, VP of database security at Oracle, said: "You see a whole range of people through which your security is being compromised - not just hackers. Samar said the use of code-scanning technology to detect problems and the separation of... [10 Apr 2008]
Google warns: Malicious 'drive-by downloads' on the up
News Once the user has been warned the site is probably compromised, they have the option to then click through to the site if they wish. The Google researchers also wrote in a paper called All Your iFrames Point To Us that 67 per cent of compromised... [20 Feb 2008]
Office Excel at risk from attack
News People who open a malicious email attachment or visit a malicious website may find their systems are compromised and that arbitrary remote code is executed. Microsoft has issued a security advisory that malicious attackers are targeting versions of... [17 Jan 2008]
WEP Cloaking - Maximizing ROI From Legacy Wireless LAN
Several known vulnerabilities and attack tools have compromised WEP making it unsuitable for secure WLAN implementations, without additional layers of security. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is the encryption protocol defined in the original IEEE... [06 Dec 2007]
WEP Cloaking - Maximizing ROI From Legacy Wireless LAN
White Paper Several known vulnerabilities and attack tools have compromised WEP making it unsuitable for secure WLAN implementations, without additional layers of security. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is the encryption protocol defined in the original IEEE... [05 Dec 2007]
Web 2.0 threat looms
Comment They can however be a major security headache if the third-party source is compromised, because RSS and Atom would simply import the compromised information. Web search giant Google estimated in May 2007 that as many as one in 10 websites was... [26 Nov 2007]
Russian malware gang goes to ground
News Genes added some Brazilian sites and some US government ones, which he declined to identify specifically, had been compromised through SQL injection attacks to make them point to other RBN sites compromised with malware. [12 Nov 2007]
'Security not just about user education'
News Runald said systems are often compromised in spite of the user practising safe computing. According to the security expert, 99 per cent of mobile malware is targeted at the Symbian operating system because it is the market leader and its source... [15 Oct 2007]
Holiday company steps up data security
Case Study The system protects the database from attacks that could lead to customer, employee or partner information being compromised. The software also alerts the company when vulnerabilities have been identified and where security could be tightened up. [17 Aug 2007]
iPhone 'data-stealing' hack claimed
News The compromised iPhone then sent personal data including SMS text messages, contact information, call history and voicemail information over the connection. In response to news of the hack, Apple said: "Apple takes security very seriously and has a... [24 Jul 2007]
How do you get your head around 'risk'?
Comment Businesses have started to realise understanding risk isn't just about working out what security vulnerabilities or weaknesses need to be shored up but about finding a point of balance where performance is not compromised by too little or too... [06 Jul 2007]
The Ghost in the Browser Analysis of Web-Based Malware
White Paper Frequently, this malware allows the adversary to gain full control of the compromised systems leading to the ex-filtration of sensitive information or installation of utilities that facilitate remote control of the host. [15 Jun 2007]
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