cyberthreats

White Papers

Involuntary Computing: Hacking the Cloud

November 1, 2010 12:00am PDT

In this short wild and crazy paper the authors argue that cloud computing has a lot to learn from current cybercriminals who plague the internet with botnets, malware, and viruses, with the intent...

Provided by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Blog Post

Carberp: Quietly replacing Zeus as the financial malware of choice

October 18, 2010 12:33pm PDT

Zeus ushered in a new era of malware, but it's slowly losing its effectiveness. Don't celebrate just yet; Zeus's heir apparent, Carberp is ready to take over.

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Case Studies

IBM - Malware Solution

October 18, 2010 12:00am PDT

IBM Corporation's global infrastructure is among the largest private networks in the world. To deliver world-class global IT security, IBM needed to implement a comprehensive, automated,...

Provided by: IBM

Blog Post

Pop Quiz: Malware terms and definitions

October 15, 2010 10:42am PDT

How much do you know about the different types of malware? Take this short quiz and test your knowledge of malware terms and definitions.

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White Papers

BLADE: An Attack-Agnostic Approach for Preventing Drive-By Malware Infections

October 8, 2010 12:00am PDT

Web-based surreptitious malware infections (i.e., drive-by downloads) have become the primary method used to deliver malicious software onto computers across the Internet. To address this threat,...

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery

White Papers

Mimimorphism: A New Approach to Binary Code Obfuscation

October 8, 2010 12:00am PDT

Binary obfuscation plays an essential role in evading malware static analysis and detection. The widely used code obfuscation techniques, such as polymorphism and metamorphism, focus on evading...

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery

White Papers

Lexical Feature Based Phishing URL Detection Using Online Learning

October 8, 2010 12:00am PDT

Phishing is a form of cybercrime where spammed emails and fraudulent websites entice victims to provide sensitive information to the phishes. The acquired sensitive information is subsequently...

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery

Downloads

Support Specialist's Toolkit

October 1, 2010 12:00am PDT

The Support Specialist's Toolkit includes all the tools a Support Specialist will need to do their job, such as ready-made forms like the Malware Removal checklist, the Microsoft Patch Tracker,...

Provided by: TechRepublic Pro

Blog Post

Five security lessons to learn from the Twitter worm

September 30, 2010 6:51am PDT

A scripting worm struck twitter.com in September. Find out how it revealed an embarrassing error, and learn a few security lessons from Twitter's mistake.

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Blog Post

Five tips for avoiding removable media malware

September 27, 2010 12:56pm PDT

With the growth of widespread network-delivered malware infections, we tend to forget that sometimes the old methods are still effective. Find out what you can do to protect yourself from the...

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White Papers

Artificial Malware Immunization Based on Dynamically Assigned Sense of Self

September 23, 2010 12:00am PDT

Computer malwares (e.g., botnets, rootkits and spyware) are one of the most serious threats to all computers and networks. Most malwares conduct their malicious actions via hijacking the control...

Provided by: George Mason University

Discussion Threads

Attack data report provides cyberthreat guidance for system admins

September 20, 2010 8:54am PDT

Attack data report provides cyberthreat guidance for system admins article root Get Ahead of the Threat - NOW Great article highlighting the need for everyone to have a much higher computer/data...

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Blog Post

Attack data report provides cyberthreat guidance for system admins

September 20, 2010 6:38am PDT

The everyday system administrator frequently works in response to vulnerabilities, but insight into aggregate information on threats is beneficial. IT pro Rick Vanover showcases a new report that...

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Blog Post

Zombie-themed college course: Would you sign up for the class?

September 17, 2010 3:23pm PDT

Studying zombies in college sounds like the setup for a bad joke about exhausted students, but Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg is actually offering an English 333 level course on zombies at the University...

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Blog Post

Five tips for spotting the signs of malware

September 10, 2010 7:32am PDT

Malware has become one of our most challenging security issues -- and it isn't going away any time soon. Learning to recognize the symptoms of an infection will help you preempt malware havoc.

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Blog Post

Superhero sci-fi tales for mere mortals

September 1, 2010 6:39am PDT

Edmond Woychowsky, aka Snack Man, offers three superhero science-fiction reading recommendations. Post your favorite titles in this genre, as well as your superhero name, in the discussion.

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Webcasts

Malware Detection With Neptune

September 1, 2010 12:00am PDT

In this webcast, recorded at Black Hat USA 2010, the presenter, a software architect at Qualys, talks about Neptune - a project to build an automatic malware analysis engine and deliver it as a...

Provided by: HELP NET SECURITY

White Papers

Revealing Social Networks Of Spammers

August 31, 2010 12:00am PDT

The magnitude of the spam problem has not gone unnoticed by the US government. In 2003, the United States government drafted the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing...

Provided by: University of Michigan

Blog Post

TechRepublic Questions of the Week - August 30, 2010

August 30, 2010 5:48am PDT

The questions highlighted in this Questions of the Week post address issues with partitioning, scheduling, accessing shared folders, downloading software on TechRepublic, old AD computer accounts,...

Blog Post

U.S. military compromised by removable media malware: Five ways to avoid the same fate

August 27, 2010 11:08am PDT

Defense Secretary Lynn has been discussing a 2008 compromise of U.S. military network security by a foreign intelligence agency. The DOD is taking measures to protect itself. You should do the same.

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