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Analysis of Worm Hole Attack In MANET and Avoidance Using Robust Secure Routing Method

January 1, 2013 12:00am PST

Mobile Ad-hoc NETworks (MANETs) are collections of self-organizing mobile nodes with dynamic topologies and no fixed infrastructure. In MANET, the more security is required in comparison to wired...

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

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SweetBait: Zero-Hour Worm Detection and Containment Using Low- and High-Interaction Honeypots

January 1, 2013 12:00am PST

As next-generation computer worms may spread within minutes to millions of hosts, protection via human intervention is no longer an option. The authors discuss the implementation of SweetBait, an...

Provided by: Vrije Universiteit

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Reinventing Antivirus: How cloud architecture and behavior recognition are changing the security

December 31, 2012 12:00am PST

Have you seen a lot of articles and blog posts with titles like “Is Antivirus Dead”? If so, there is a good reason: Traditional signature-based antivirus technology is rapidly heading toward...

Provided by: Webroot Software Inc.

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What businesses would like to see from Apple in 2013

December 27, 2012 9:00am PST

Erik Eckel drafts a holiday wish list of things businesses would like to see from Apple in 2013. What would you add?

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Smart Worms Defense and Detection

December 17, 2012 12:00am PST

There are several worm attacks in the recent years, this leads to an essentiality of producing new detection technique for worm attacks. In this paper, the authors present a spectrum based smart...

Provided by: Interscience Open Access Journals

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Characterization of Blacklists and Tainted Network Traffic

December 13, 2012 12:00am PST

Threats to the security and availability of the network have contributed to the use of Real-time Black hole Lists (RBLs) as an attractive method for implementing dynamic filtering and blocking....

Provided by: University of Miami School of Business Administration

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Using Large Scale Distributed Computing to Unveil Advanced Persistent Threats

December 11, 2012 12:00am PST

Besides a large set of malware categories such as worms and Trojan horses, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) is another more sophisticated and highly targeted attack emerging in the cyber threats...

Provided by: AT&T Inc.

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Distributed Intelligence Approach for Web Based Ad-Hoc Network

December 1, 2012 12:00am PST

A network of remote nodes works as backbone for communication using "Ad-Hoc" network. This is purely distributed & decentralized kind of N/W which doesn't rely on the existing N/W infrastructure....

Provided by: International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering (IJETAE)

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Simulation Based Performance Comparison of AODV, DSR, FSR Routing Protocol with Wormhole Attack

December 1, 2012 12:00am PST

An ad hoc network is a cluster of nodes where individual nodes help in forwarding the packets even beyond the wireless transmission range. This network does not rely on routers in wired network or...

Provided by: International Journal of Computer Networks and Wireless Communications (IJCNWC)

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Modeling and Detection of Concealing Worm

December 1, 2012 12:00am PST

As Internet and its technologies are improving with rapid pace, there are security threats growing with same pace. The malicious software such as worm is causing such threats to IT systems linked...

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

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The FBI locked your computer? Watch out for new spins on ransomware

November 15, 2012 7:18am PST

The FBI locks your computer. Can they do that? Or is it fake? How does one know? Michael Kassner asks an expert for help with the latest forms of ransomware.

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The convergence of biological and computer viruses

November 9, 2012 5:49am PST

The difference between a biological virus and a computer virus is blurring. Learn how a researcher infected himself with a computer virus.

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Mobile malware: Cheat Sheet

November 7, 2012 1:45pm PST

Should you be worried about mobile malware? Here's what you need to know and some tips on how to protect yourself from getting infected.

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How to Protect Your Business from the Coming Malware Storm

November 5, 2012 12:00am PST

A new generation of organized, well-funded and financially-motivated online criminals are now launching attacks using social networks, exploiting consumer and mobile devices and vulnerabilities in...

Provided by: Webroot Software

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Biometric Folder Locking System Using Fuzzy Vault for Face

November 1, 2012 12:00am PDT

Locking folders effectively protects data from malicious programs, such as viruses, worms, and Trojans. Biometric template protection is a hot topic of research recently. Fuzzy vault is a recently...

Provided by: International Journal of Computer Applications

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Creation of Monitoring Network Using Different Communication Patterns

November 1, 2012 12:00am PDT

Numerous attacks, such as worms, phishing and botnets, threaten the availability of the Internet, the integrity of its hosts and the privacy of its users. A core element of defense against these...

Provided by: International Journal of Communications and Engineering

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Defending Polymorphic Worms in Computer Network using Honeypot

October 31, 2012 12:00am PDT

Polymorphic worms are a major threat to internet infrastructure security. In this mechanism the authors are using gate-translator, double honeypot, sticky honeypot, internal translator and...

Provided by: The Schwa

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Advanced Targeted Attacks: How to Protect Against the Next Generation of Cyber Attacks

October 29, 2012 12:00am PDT

Traditional defenses are increasingly becoming policy enforcement points rather than robust defenses against cyber intrusions. To regain the upper hand against next-generation attacks, enterprises...

Provided by: FireEye

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Bad Astronomy's Phil Plait on worm holes, the Hubble telescope, spaghettification, and sci-fi

October 26, 2012 5:05am PDT

In this interview, astronomer, science writer, and sci-fi fan Phil Plait talks about getting hooked on astronomy, working on the Hubble telescope, palling around with Neil deGrasse Tyson at Comic...