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Whitepaper: Building a Better Mousetrap in Anti-Malware

August 3, 2012 12:00am PDT

This white paper outlines the deficiencies in traditional anti-malware products and how you can counter the shortcomings. Learn how to take a fresh approach to security practices and eliminate...

Provided by: Webroot Software

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Camouflage in Malware: From Encryption to Metamorphism

August 1, 2012 12:00am PDT

Camouflage of malware is a serious challenge for antivirus experts and code analysts. Malware use various techniques to camouflage them to not be easily visible and make their lifetime as longer...

Provided by: International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security

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3rd Gen Intel Core vPro Processor Crimeware Protection

August 1, 2012 12:00am PDT

Learn how embedded crimeware protection features built-in to 3rd generation Intel Core vPro processors safeguard data and thwart malware attacks.

Provided by: Intel Corporation

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Citrix Xenclient local virtual desktop technology for laptops

August 1, 2012 12:00am PDT

Citrix Xenclient provides local virtual desktop technology that protects sensitive data on laptops, even for disconnected users. Client virtualization solutions based on local virtual desktop...

Provided by: Intel Corporation

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Endpoint Protection, Multilayer Security from Intel and McAfee

August 1, 2012 12:00am PDT

McAfee and Intel create a multilayer endpoint protection against malware, helping protect business PCs against intrusions from security breaches.

Provided by: Intel Corporation

Blog Post

IT security: How do you deal with the unknown-unknowns?

July 31, 2012 1:40am PDT

Security firms have become accomplished at spotting the known threats over the years, but stopping zero-day attacks takes something more.

Discussion Threads

Growing sophistication of Mac malware is cause for alarm

July 30, 2012 2:52am PDT

Growing sophistication of Mac malware is cause for alarm article root Not a mac hater... ...seeing as I grew up with them and still use them from time to time; but we *somehow* were in reciepient...

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Blog Post

Growing sophistication of Mac malware is cause for alarm

July 27, 2012 11:01am PDT

Erik Eckel explains why new malware threats such as OS X Crisis and Morcut should get the attention of users and admins.

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Discussion Threads

Apple's iOS App Store has more Windows malware

July 24, 2012 11:13am PDT

Apple's iOS App Store has more Windows malware article root Care to speculate? How does an old Windows worm get into a modern iOS App? How does an old Windows worm get into a modern iOS App?...

5 Started by Mark W. Kaelin | Latest comment by geoff.schardein@...

Blog Post

Apple's iOS App Store has more Windows malware

July 24, 2012 11:11am PDT

An old Windows worm is embedded in an iOS App, but the question remains, how did it get there?

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Whitepapers

Improvising Intrusion Detection for Malware Activities on Dual-Stack Network Environment

July 24, 2012 12:00am PDT

Malware is software which was invented and meant for doing harms on computers. Malware is becoming a significant threat in computer network nowadays. Malware attack is not just only involving...

Provided by: Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers

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Controlling the Speed of Virtual Time for Malware Deactivation

July 24, 2012 12:00am PDT

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is an attractive hosting service of cloud computing. Users of an IaaS service manage Virtual Machines (VMs). An IaaS provider manages Virtual Machine Monitors...

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery

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Detecting Intrusion Attacks Caused by Stepping Stones in Interactive Networks

July 23, 2012 12:00am PDT

Networking is one of the major technological area that faces intrusion threat. Network intruders frequently attack the system and its transmitted packets flowing to and from the user and the...

Provided by: IRD

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A Quantitative Study of Accuracy in System Call-Based Malware Detection

July 20, 2012 12:00am PDT

Over the last decade, there has been a significant increase in the number and sophistication of malware-related attacks and infections. Many detection techniques have been proposed to mitigate the...

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery

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CloudShield: Efficient Anti-Malware Smartphone Patching With a P2P Network on the Cloud

July 19, 2012 12:00am PDT

The battery limits of today Smartphones require a solution. In the scientific community it is believed that a promising way of prolonging battery life is to offload mobile computation to the...

Provided by: University of Rochester

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Frankenstein: Stitching Malware From Benign Binaries

July 16, 2012 12:00am PDT

This paper proposes a new self-camouflaging malware propagation system, Frankenstein, that overcomes shortcomings in the current generation of metamorphic malware. Specifically, although mutants...

Provided by: University of Texas

Discussion Threads

Deep troubleshooting with the Windows 8 Task Manager Processes tab

July 12, 2012 12:49pm PDT

Deep troubleshooting with the Windows 8 Task Manager Processes tab article root Getting under the hood Windows 8 gives users more and deeper troubleshooting tools. Have you been testing these...

4 Started by Mark W. Kaelin | Latest comment by Greg Shultz

Q&A

Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade

July 6, 2012 8:45am PDT

Microsoft Windows 7 Upgrade I am experiencing problems with my Windows 7 upgrade. My system freezes especially from the Sleep mode and it takes about 15 minutes to actually get to my desktop....

3 Started by rose.russell@... | Latest comment by Rob Kuhn