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Survey Report: Insights on Endpoint Security and Stealthy Threats

April 30, 2013 12:00am PDT

This report captures key findings from a survey of 400 IT professionals, including 200 in the United States and 200 in the U.K., that can help you understand how your peers are managing endpoint...

Provided by: Intel/McAfee

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On the Feasibility of Online Malware Detection with Performance Counters

April 25, 2013 12:00am PDT

The proliferation of computers in any domain is followed by the proliferation of malware in that domain. Systems, including the latest mobile platforms, are laden with viruses, rootkits, spyware,...

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery

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DropSmack: Using Dropbox to steal files and deliver malware

April 15, 2013 10:25am PDT

DropSmack: Using Dropbox to steal files and deliver malware article root If you use Dropbox, you should know... About DropSmack and the potential risks that using Dropbox puts you in. That would...

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DropSmack: Using Dropbox to steal files and deliver malware

April 15, 2013 7:46am PDT

Michael P. Kassner interviews a digital forensic scientist who uses Dropbox to compromise targeted networks -- something the bad guys probably figured out as well.

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The best Mac antivirus applications

April 11, 2013 5:30am PDT

Erik Eckel recommends two antivirus solutions for Mac protection.

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Enterprise Anti-Virus Protection - Analyst Report by Dennis Technology Labs

April 9, 2013 12:00am PDT

The results are in. Symantec Endpoint Protection rated best overall in total accuracy in independent, real-world tests recently published by Dennis Technology Labs.This report by Dennis Technology...

Provided by: Symantec

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Resource Allocation for Antivirus Cloud Appliances

April 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

Malware detection or antivirus software has been recently provided as a service in the cloud. A cloud antivirus provider hosts a number of virtual machines each running the same or different...

Provided by: IOSR Journal of Engineering

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Malware Classification Through HEX Conversion and Mining

April 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

The malicious codes are normally referred as malware. Systems are vulnerable to the traditional attacks, and attackers continue to find new ways around existing protection mechanisms in order to...

Provided by: IRJCSEA

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Spot Protocol Detecting Outgoing Spam Messages

April 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

Compromised machines it is one of the internet key security threats. It is used to identifying the security attacks such as DDOS, spreading malware and spamming threats and identifying networking...

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Detecting Spam Zombies Using Spot Tool by Monitoring Outgoing Messages

April 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

In the Internet compromised machines are the key security threats; it is used to spread various security attacks like spamming and spreading malware. That spamming activities provides a key...

Provided by: International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering (IJARCSSE)

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A Survey on Techniques in Detection and Analyzing Malware Executables

April 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

The computer technology has emerged as a necessity in the people day to day life to deal with various aspects like education, banking, communication, entertainment, etc. Computer system's security...

Provided by: International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering (IJARCSSE)

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Techniques for Malware Analysis

April 1, 2013 12:00am PDT

Malware is a worldwide epidemic. Studies suggest that the impact of malware is getting worse. Two types of malware analysis are described here. One is static malware analysis and the other is...

Provided by: International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering (IJARCSSE)

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The security implications of 420,000 vulnerable hosts

March 26, 2013 5:00am PDT

Patrick Lambert presents a case of security findings that could get its researcher jail time. Is there such as thing as a "benevolent" botnet?

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Comparative Analysis of Voting Schemes for Ensemble-Based Malware Detection

March 25, 2013 12:00am PDT

Malicious software (malware) represents a threat to the security and the privacy of computer users. Traditional signature-based and heuristic-based methods are inadequate for detecting some forms...

Provided by: Blekinge Institute of Technology

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McAfee Explains how to Neutralise Advanced Malware

March 22, 2013 12:00am PDT

Today's malware is a malleable tool in the hands of a clever cybercriminal who uses it to attack through vulnerabilities that standard antivirus solutions don't monitor or aren't designed to...

Provided by: AU: McAfee

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Rootkit coders beware: Malwarebytes is in hot pursuit

March 18, 2013 7:12am PDT

Anti-malware heavy-hitter Malwarebytes is now laser-focused on eliminating rootkits. Michael P. Kassner asks the creators of MBAM how they approach this particular threat.

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Longline Phishing

March 18, 2013 12:00am PDT

The last few years have seen a dramatic increase in the use of email as a vehicle for cyberat¬tacks on organizations and large corporations. Such attacks have evolved from the simple inclusion of...

Provided by: Proofpoint

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Longline Phishing - Email-borne Threats, Cloud Computing, Big Data, and the Rise of Industrial Phishing Attacks

March 18, 2013 12:00am PDT

The last few years have seen a dramatic increase in the use of email as a vehicle for cyberattacks on organizations and large corporations. Such attacks have evolved from the simple inclusion of...

Provided by: Proofpoint