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10 things you can do to boost PC performance

September 9, 2011 2:17pm PDT

Does your PC performance need a kick in the pants? These simple steps will help speed things up.

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Video

A look back with former Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz

September 8, 2011 6:18am PDT

In June of 2010, CNET sat down with Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz to get her thoughts on everything from the company's burgeoning content strategy to combating spam in Yahoo Mail to deeper integration...

White Papers

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

Whitepapers

Malware security report: Protecting your business, customers and the bottom line

August 31, 2011 12:00am PDT

Drive-by malware downloads itself onto a user's system without their consent. Cybercriminals exploit browser and/or plug-in vulnerabilities to deliver the malware by hiding it within a web page as...

Provided by: VeriSign

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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

Blog Post

Six stages of malware response: Streamline your approach

August 17, 2011 11:19am PDT

Dominic Vogel is a rookie security guy making his way in a corporate setting. Here, he offers his streamlined approach to malware response, and the important things you can learn from this routine...

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White Papers

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

Blog Post

Crimeware subverts mobile OSs: Is Android next?

August 8, 2011 6:29am PDT

Believe two-factor authentication using SMS texts is secure? Think again. Michael Kassner reports that Zeus malware now has a smartphone partner called Zitmo.

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Blog Post

Wrapping up Black Hat 2011 with Robert Clark of the U.S. Cyber Command

August 5, 2011 9:12am PDT

Deb Shinder reports from Black Hat 2011. On day two, she attended a talk on cyberlaw issues given by Robert Clark of U.S. Army Cyber Command.

Whitepapers

Apps development: Keeping out mobile malware with code signing

August 4, 2011 12:00am PDT

The launch of the Apple App Store marked the birth of the mobile apps market, and the number of available apps has grown exponentially. But as the mobile app business booms, so do the...

Provided by: VeriSign

White Papers

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

White Papers

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

Blog Post

10 tips for sharpening your logical thinking

July 14, 2011 10:29am PDT

Logical thinking helps you discern the truth, solve problems, and make good decisions -- unless your logic is flawed. Here are a few principles that will help ensure correct reasoning.

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Blog Post

Keeping it clean: Protect your iPad or iPhone with VirusBarrier

July 12, 2011 11:24am PDT

Now that he uses an iPad almost daily, Derek Schauland looked into some virus-scanning protection for it. Here's his take on the reasonably-priced VirusBarrier app for iOS devices.

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Whitepapers

Email Security in Small and Medium-sized Businesses

July 12, 2011 12:00am PDT

No organization can afford to operate without an email security strategy. The risk landscape is constantly changing with new threats surfacing every day. This white paper looks at email security...

Provided by: GFI Software

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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

Blog Post

Bad apps: Avoid them

July 1, 2011 11:47am PDT

How much simpler can it get? Upload a malicious app and wait for unsuspecting victims. It's time to complicate it for the bad guys.

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Webcasts

Mikko Hypponen: Fighting Viruses, Defending the Net

July 1, 2011 12:00am PDT

It's been 25 years since the first PC virus (Brain A) hit the net, and what was once an annoyance has become a sophisticated tool for crime and espionage. The presenter who is a computer security...

Provided by: TED Conferences

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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