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2012 web security report
March 23, 2012 12:00am PDT
In 2011, malnets (malware networks) emerged as the next evolution in the threat landscape. These infrastructures last beyond any one attack, allowing cybercriminals to quickly adapt to new...
Provided by: Blue Coat Systems
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Calculating The Cost: Email Threats & Financial Risks
November 15, 2011 12:00am PST
When deciding whether to invest in an email security solution - and which solution to opt for - businesses need to understand the extent of the costs they risk incurring if they have either no or...
Provided by: Symantec
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Fighting malware threats with a proactive network defence
October 31, 2011 12:00am PDT
It's easy to exchange information with our friends, our co-workers and even our governments. But these interactions are just as valuable to attackers. Spam, scams, spyware and malware are all...
Provided by: Blue Coat Systems
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Deobfuscation of Virtualization-Obfuscated Software
October 21, 2011 12:00am PDT
When new malware are discovered, it is important for researchers to analyze and understand them as quickly as possible. This task has been made more difficult in recent years as researchers have...
Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery
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Eight threats your antivirus won't stop: Why you need endpoint security
October 1, 2011 12:00am PDT
News headlines are a constant reminder that malware attacks and data loss are on the rise. This paper outlines eight common threats that traditional antivirus alone won't stop, and explains how to...
Provided by: Sophos
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What is a Fake AntiVirus?
September 2, 2011 12:00am PDT
FakeAV or Fake AntiVirus, also known as Rogue AntiVirus, Rogues, or ScareWare, is a class of malware that displays false alert messages to the victim concerning threats that do not really exist....
Provided by: Astaro
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Crowdroid: Behavior-Based Malware Detection System for Android
August 20, 2011 12:00am PDT
The sharp increase in the number of smartphones on the market, with the Android platform posed to becoming a market leader makes the need for malware analysis on this platform an urgent issue. In...
Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery
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The Power of Procrastination: Detection and Mitigation of Execution-Stalling Malicious Code
August 11, 2011 12:00am PDT
Malware continues to remain one of the most important security problems on the Internet today. Whenever an anti-malware solution becomes popular, malware authors typically react promptly and...
Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery
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Building an Active Computer Security Ethics Community
August 1, 2011 12:00am PDT
Modern threats such as Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks, worms, viruses, phishing, and botnets underscore the need for Internet security research in an increasingly networked and computationally...
Provided by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Dynamics of Malware Spread in Decentralized Peer-to-Peer Networks
August 1, 2011 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the authors formulate an analytical model to characterize the spread of malware in decentralized, Gnutella type Peer-To-Peer (P2P) networks and study the dynamics associated with...
Provided by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Moving To A Least Privileges Environment: A Step By Step Project Plan - Chapter 1: What It Takes To Successfully Implement Least Privileges
July 11, 2011 12:00am PDT
There are a number of benefits to companies when implementing a privilege management solution. When users do not have local administrator rights, they are less likely to make changes that...
Provided by: Viewfinity
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MODELZ: Monitoring, Detection, and Analysis of Energy-Greedy Anomalies in Mobile Handsets
July 1, 2011 12:00am PDT
It is of great importance to protect rapidly-spreading and widely-used small mobile devices like smartphones and PocketPCs from energy-depletion attacks by monitoring software (processes) and...
Provided by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Security Versus Energy Tradeoffs in Host-Based Mobile Malware Detection
July 1, 2011 12:00am PDT
The rapid growth of mobile malware necessitates the presence of robust malware detectors on mobile devices. However, running malware detectors on mobile devices may drain their battery, causing...
Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery
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Using application control to reduce risk with endpoint security
June 28, 2011 12:00am PDT
Unwanted applications, like games, result in productivity loss. This is often the primary consideration when applying application control. But unauthorized applications also increase your...
Provided by: Sophos
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Detecting Environment-Sensitive Malware
June 16, 2011 12:00am PDT
The execution of malware in an instrumented sandbox is a widespread approach for the analysis of malicious code, largely because it sidesteps the difficulties involved in the static analysis of...
Provided by: Vienna University of Technology
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Measuring Pay-Per-Install: The Commoditization of Malware Distribution
June 8, 2011 12:00am PDT
Recent years have seen extensive diversification of the "Underground economy" associated with malware and the subversion of Internet-connected systems. This trend towards specialization has...
Provided by: UC Regents
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BOTMAGNIFIER: Locating Spambots on the Internet
June 8, 2011 12:00am PDT
Unsolicited bulk email (spam) is used by cyber-criminals to lure users into scams and to spread malware infections. Most of these unwanted messages are sent by spam botnets, which are networks of...
Provided by: UC Regents
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GQ: Practical Containment for Measuring Modern Malware Systems
May 1, 2011 12:00am PDT
Measurement and analysis of modern malware systems such as botnets relies crucially on execution of specimens in a setting that enables them to communicate with other systems across the Internet....
Provided by: UC Regents
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NEther: In-Guest Detection of Out-of-The-Guest Malware Analyzers
April 10, 2011 12:00am PDT
Malware analysis can be an efficient way to combat malicious code, however, miscreants are constructing heavily armoured samples in order to stymie the observation of their artefacts. Security...
Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery
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Information Dissemination Between Mobile Nodes for Collaborative Context Awareness
February 2, 2011 12:00am PST
In everyday life, people frequently experience cases where persons group together. In those cases, context-aware systems capture and process identical context. Therefore, the need to...
Provided by: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
