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Discussion Threads

Support rich text with the Yahoo! User Interface Library

November 6, 2007 2:05am PST

Support rich text with the Yahoo! User Interface Library article root Javascript libraries Another good set of javascript libraries is Mootools (http://mootools.net/). Not quite as powerful, but...

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White Papers

On the Defence Notion

November 5, 2007 12:00am PST

Trojan Horses, "Logic Bombs", "Armoured Viruses" and "Cryptovirology" are terms recalling war gears. In fact, concepts of attack and defence drive the world of computer virology, which looks like...

Provided by: Cornell University

Case Studies

Ministry of Education Gains Cost-Effective Control of IT Threats

November 5, 2007 12:00am PST

The Ministry of Education is responsible for the provision of education to over 2,600 state and state-integrated schools throughout New Zealand. Many schools were running with inadequate or no...

Provided by: CA

Q&A

Malware.com as a homepage, can't change it, can't restore files to original

November 4, 2007 4:09pm PST

Malware.com as a homepage, can't change it, can't restore files to original My son (who lives 2000 miles away) just bought an Acer laptop loaded with Windows Vista. He called me today upset...

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Network Worms

November 3, 2007 12:00am PDT

Internet users are currently plagued by an assortment of malicious software (malware). The Internet provides not only connectivity for network services such as e-mail and Web browsing, but also an...

Provided by: Southern Methodist University

Discussion Threads

Trojans target Apple Macs

November 2, 2007 10:27am PDT

Trojans target Apple Macs article root Malwares target Apple So, is this the beginning of Apple?s troubles with malware? So much for MAC users bragging about not getting viruses You've been...

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White Papers

Can You Infect Me Now? Malware Propagation in Mobile Phone Networks

November 2, 2007 12:00am PDT

In this paper the authors evaluate the effects of malware propagating using communication services in mobile phone networks. Although self-propagating malware is well understood in the Internet,...

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery

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On the Detection and Origin Identification of Mobile Worms

November 2, 2007 12:00am PDT

Mobility can be exploited to spread malware among wireless nodes moving across network domains. Because such mobile worms spread across domains by exploiting the physical movement of mobile nodes,...

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery

Whitepapers

Stealthy Malware Detection Through VMM-Based "Out-of-the-Box" Semantic View Reconstruction

November 2, 2007 12:00am PDT

An alarming trend in malware attacks is that they are armed with stealthy techniques to detect, evade, and subvert malware detection facilities of the victim. On the defensive side, a fundamental...

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery

White Papers

Stealthy Malware Detection Through VMM-Based "Out-of-the-Box" Semantic View Reconstruction

November 2, 2007 12:00am PDT

An alarming trend in malware attacks is that they are armed with stealthy techniques to detect, evade, and subvert malware detection facilities of the victim. On the defensive side, a fundamental...

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery

White Papers

Renovo: A Hidden Code Extractor for Packed Executables

November 2, 2007 12:00am PDT

As reverse engineering becomes a prevalent technique to analyze malware, malware writers leverage various anti-reverse engineering techniques to hide their code. One technique commonly used is...

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery

White Papers

Panorama: Capturing System-Wide Information Flow for Malware Detection and Analysis

November 2, 2007 12:00am PDT

Malicious programs spy on users' behavior and compromise their privacy. Even software from reputable vendors, such as Google Desktop and Sony DRM media player, may perform undesirable actions....

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery

White Papers

Can You Infect Me Now?: Malware Propagation in Mobile Phone Networks

November 2, 2007 12:00am PDT

This paper evaluates the effects of malware propagating using communication services in mobile phone networks. Although self-propagating malware is well understood in the Internet, mobile phone...

Provided by: Association for Computing Machinery

Blog Post

Security news roundup: November 1

November 1, 2007 10:38pm PDT

Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which cover a vulnerability discovered in Novell's BorderManager 3.8 Client Trust, a memory corruption vulnerability in CUPS, and...

White Papers

Enterprise Mobile Security: Protecting Mobile Data and Increasing Productivity

November 1, 2007 12:00am PDT

This whitepaper discusses mobile security issues faced by organizations and provides IT executives with actionable mobile security best practices to mitigate those risks. Introduction Today's...

Provided by: Trend Micro

White Papers

MessageLabs Intelligence: October 2007--"MP3 Stock Spam Is Up...More Spammers Sent Down"

November 1, 2007 12:00am PDT

Top line results of this report include: Spam - 74.5% in October (an increase of 1% since September) Viruses - One in 161.5 emails in October contained malware (a decrease of 1.4% since...

Provided by: MessageLabs, now part of Symantec

Webcasts

IT Manager Webcast: Microsoft Security Intelligence Report: Latest Trends in Vulnerabilities and Malicious Software (Level 100)

November 1, 2007 12:00am PDT

Data from hundreds of millions of Internet-connected systems and some of the Internet's busiest online services gives Microsoft a unique view of the security threats facing Internet users. This...

Provided by: Microsoft

Case Studies

Banque Misr Safeguards Profitability and Reputation With Improved Threat Management

November 1, 2007 12:00am PDT

Banque Misr provides corporate, retail and Islamic banking services in Egypt. To help its corporate customers grow their businesses, the bank wants to be able to offer not only excellent financial...

Provided by: CA

Case Studies

Adena Health System Gets Total Protection and Support From McAfee

November 1, 2007 12:00am PDT

Adena Health System was founded in 1895 as a small hospital that served Chillicothe, Ohio. The company wanted to provide fast access to medical information, while maintaining security and...

Provided by: McAfee

Downloads

MalwareLog Tool 1.0.0.1 (Windows)

October 31, 2007 12:00am PDT

MalwareLog tool shows the running program modules (startup programs, BHOs, Toolbars, plug-ins, LSPs, hidden malwares) and separates them from Windows operating system modules/processes. User can...

Provided by: Malwarelog.com