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Whitepapers
Antivirus: The Hippest New Apple Accessory
Feb 2013
Remember the days when Macs users thought they were not targets of malicious behavior and would be relatively free of malware? For a while it was true, at least more than for PC users, for whom...
Provided by GFI Software
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Whitepapers
Ten New Topics on Security+ 2011 (SY0-301) (Domain 1.0: Network Security)
Oct 2011
The CompTIA Security+ 2011 (SY0-301) exam has been significantly updated and covers 60 new topics not present in the previous version of the exam. The first topical domain: Network Security, is...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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White Papers
Best Practices of Spyware and Virus Removal
May 2007
This is the most streamlined document I can recommend to anyone who wants to improve their skills in cleaning an infected machine of spyware and viruses. I wrote it for junior technicians working...
Provided by Northeastern University
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White Papers
Attack Prevention Technology White Paper
Apr 2008
This paper introduces the common network attacks and the corresponding prevention measures, and describes the features and network applications of the H3C firewall attack prevention technology. It...
Provided by H3C Technologies
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Whitepapers
Building a Secure and Compliant Windows Desktop by Derek Melber, Microsoft MVP, MCSE, CISM
Aug 2011
Improving desktop security is a priority for nearly all companies. This is fueled by an increased recognition of the threat unsecured desktops pose, as well as a need to meet compliance...
Provided by BeyondTrust
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Whitepapers
The Science of Intrusion Detection System: Attack Identification
Feb 2003
Among the many vendors of intrusion detection systems (IDS), there is marked variation on what constitutes a network intrusion. This has led to many confusing claims by vendors in the IDS market...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Whitepapers
Learning and Classification of Malware Behavior
May 2008
Malicious software in form of Internet worms, computer viruses, and Trojan horses poses a major threat to the security of networked systems. The diversity and amount of its variants severely...
Provided by University of Tubingen
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White Papers
Implementing IDS Structures
Apr 2003
An Intrusion Detection System (IDS) structures are often created arbitrarily, together without any consideration of why they are needed. An IDS structure comprises the technology, personnel and...
Provided by QinetiQ
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White Papers
Intrusion Prevention: Myths, Challenges, and Requirements
Sep 2003
Four commonly held misconceptions about intrusion prevention are dispelled in this white paper, which focuses on the realities of shielding an enterprise network from today's complex threats and...
Provided by Networks Associates Technology
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Webcasts
Spam, Botnets and Spyware - An Overview of the Current Threat Landscape
Jan 2009
The presenter of this webcast will discuss what to look out for next in terms of spam attacks against the network. With a consistently evolving threat landscape, it becomes imperative to stay...
Provided by Symantec
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Whitepapers
Network Security Policy: Best Practices White Paper
Nov 2000
Without a security policy, the availability of your network can be compromised. The policy begins with assessing the risk to the network and building a team to respond. Continuation of the policy...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Webcasts
The Future Starts Now: Symantec Endpoint Protection V11.0 Available Today
Sep 2007
The presenter, Sr. Director of Product Marketing at Symantec, provides a discussion on how Symantec Endpoint Protection combines Symantec AntiVirus with advanced threat prevention to deliver...
Provided by Symantec
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Presentations
Firewall Basics for the Beginning User
Apr 2004
Designed for end-user training, this PowerPoint presentation offers a detailed, yet easy-to-understand explanation of how personal firewall software works, what it can and cannot protect against,...
Provided by University of Arizona
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Case Studies
East Grand Rapids Schools Find Security and Economy With the TippingPoint X505 From 3Com
Jan 2009
East Grand Rapids Public Schools is located in East Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA with 350 employees and 2,800 students. School is posed security risks to the suburban Grand Rapids school system....
Provided by 3Com
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White Papers
Panda Managed Office Protection: Switching From AV to SaaS
Mar 2008
SMBs know they are exposed to the same risks and subject to the same regulations as large organizations. And with more threats in circulation, their protection requirements are increasingly...
Provided by Panda Security
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White Papers
Enhancing Interoperability and Stateful Analysis of Cooperative Network Intrusion Detection Systems
Dec 2007
A traditional Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) is based on a centralized architecture that does not satisfy the needs of most modern network infrastructures characterized by high traffic...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Experiences With Specification-Based Intrusion Detection
Jan 2009
Specification-based intrusion detection, where manually specified program behavioral specifications are used as a basis to detect attacks, have been proposed as a promising alternative that...
Provided by State University of New York, Stony Brook
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White Papers
Gnort: High Performance Network Intrusion Detection Using Graphics Processors
Jun 2008
The constant increase in link speeds and number of threats poses challenges to Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS), which must cope with higher traffic throughput and perform even more...
Provided by Foundation for Research and Technology - FORTH
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White Papers
Intrusion Detection Using Open Source Tools
Jan 2008
The traditional form of securing the network, the firewall proved to be insufficient. Given the nature and the complexity of the attacks, new ways of protecting the network had to be developed....
Provided by Academy of Economic Studies
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White Papers
A Hybrid Approach to Efficient Detection of Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks
Jun 2008
An automated system for detecting network traffic anomalies caused by Denial-of-Service attacks is proposed. The system is designed as a two-stage architecture incorporating the change-point...
Provided by Colorado State University
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White Papers
Evaluating the Utility of Anonymized Network Traces for Intrusion Detection
Sep 2008
To intelligently create policies governing the anonymization of network logs, one must analyze the effects of anonymization on both the security and utility of sanitized data. This paper focuses...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Detection of Slow Malicious Worms Using Multi-Sensor Data Fusion
Jan 2009
Detection of slow worms is particularly challenging due to the stealthy nature of their propagation techniques and their ability to blend with normal traffic patterns. This paper, proposes a...
Provided by Carleton University
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White Papers
SMM Rootkits: A New Breed of OS Independent Malware
Sep 2008
The emergence of hardware virtualization technology has led to the development of OS independent malware such as the Virtual Machine Based Rootkits (VMBRs). This paper draws attention to a...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
How Spamhaus Cost-Effectively Eliminates Spam
Mar 2008
If one uses email, one receives spam. While the problem is onerous for individual users, it is dramatically worse for companies, network operators, Internet service providers and other that...
Provided by Osterman Research
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White Papers
A Dose by Any Other Name
Oct 2008
Years ago, when alt.comp.virus was still useful, 'Name that virus' was a popular virtual party game, and virus names were, if not standardized, at least easy to cross-reference with tools like...
Provided by Eset
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White Papers
EAD Technology White Paper
Sep 2008
EAD is a solution to network endpoint access control. By cooperation of the security clients, access devices, security policy server, and third-party server, it enhances the active defense ability...
Provided by H3C Technologies
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White Papers
Designing a Hardware-Accelerated Firewall With Two 10 Gbps Ports
Dec 2008
High-speed packet filtering should be one of the first steps in securing any modern computer network. However, solutions over 1 Gbps are practically impossible to implement in software, and must...
Provided by CESNET
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White Papers
Towards Automating Malware Classification and Characterization
Jan 2009
Spam has become a problem of global impact. Most spam messages are currently sent out by captured machines organized in bot networks, which are infected with malicious software and are therefore...
Provided by Seewald Solutions
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White Papers
Ghost Turns Zombie: Exploring the Life Cycle of Web-Based Malware
Apr 2008
While the web provides information and services that enrich their lives in many ways, it has also become the primary vehicle for delivering malware. Once infected with web-based malware, an...
Provided by Google
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White Papers
Impeding Malware Analysis Using Conditional Code Obfuscation
Dec 2007
Malware programs that incorporate trigger-based behavior initiate malicious activities based on conditions satisfied only by specific inputs. State-of-the-art malware analyzers discover code...
Provided by Georgia Institute of Technology
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Webcasts
IT threats of today and tomorrow and how to stop them
Jun 2009
Keeping your IT infrastructure secure is a top priority for any business. But with so many threats to your systems, it's hard to know what to focus on first. This webcast will look at some of the...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
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White Papers
The End of Antivirus as You Know It: A First Look at VIPRE Enterprise
Jan 2009
This paper describes the rapidly evolving malware landscape facing enterprises today, as well as the next-generation software that addresses today's malware in the most comprehensive, highly...
Provided by GFI Software, formerly Sunbelt Software
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Whitepapers
Access Protection in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise and Host Intrusion Prevention
Jan 2009
Securing networks against a wide range of threats - viruses, spyware, worms, rootkits, and Trojans - is more challenging than ever. Whether it's a global enterprise or a small or medium-sized...
Provided by McAfee
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White Papers
An In-depth Analysis of Spam and Spammers
Apr 2008
Electronic mail services have become an important source of communication for millions of people all over the world. Due to this tremendous growth, there has been a significant increase in spam...
Provided by Hannam university
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White Papers
It's Time to Fix the Firewall: Re-Establishing the Firewall as the Cornerstone of Enterprise Network Security
Feb 2009
For the last 15 years, port-blocking firewalls have been the cornerstone of enterprise network security. But much like a stone, they've stood still in the face of rapidly evolving applications and...
Provided by Palo Alto Networks
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White Papers
Fast Algorithms for Local Inconsistency Detection in Firewall ACL Updates
Jun 2008
Filtering is a very important issue in next generation networks. These networks consist of a relatively high number of resource constrained devices with very special features, such as managing...
Provided by Universidad de Sevilla
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White Papers
Temporal Correlations Between Spam and Phishing Websites
Jan 2009
To implement a phishing scam, attackers must create a fake website and send spam to attract visitors. To date, empirical research into phishing's impact has studied either the spam being sent or...
Provided by Harvard University
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White Papers
Extracting Spam Blogs With Co-Citation Clusters
Apr 2008
This paper reports the estimated number of spam blogs in order to assess their current state in the blogosphere. To extract spam blogs, they developed a traversal method among co-citation clusters...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Flow-Level Characteristics of Spam and Ham
Aug 2008
Despite a large amount of effort devoted in the past years trying to limit unsolicited mail, spam is still a major global concern. Content-analysis techniques and blacklists, the most popular...
Provided by ETH Zurich
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White Papers
Spam Filtering With Several Novel Bayesian Classifiers
Nov 2008
This paper presents spam filtering with three novel bayesian classification methods: Aggregating One-Dependence Estimators (AODE), Hidden Naïve Bayes (HNB), Locally Weighted learning with Naïve...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Whitepapers
Enhancing Network Security Using Ant Colony Optimization
Apr 2013
Security of the information in the computer networks has been one of the most important research area. To preserve the secure condition it is essential to be aware of the behavior of the incoming...
Provided by Global Journals
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Whitepapers
Detection and Resolution of Anomalies in Firewall Policy Rules
Apr 2013
A firewall is a system acting as an interface of a network to one or more external networks. It implements the security policy of the network by deciding which packets to let through based on...
Provided by Galgotias College Of Engineering And Technology
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Whitepapers
Symmetric Key Generation Algorithm Using Sum of Subset N-P Problem
Apr 2013
Information security is the process of protecting information. It protects its availability, privacy and integrity. Access to stored information on computer databases has increased greatly. More...
Provided by Galgotias College Of Engineering And Technology
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Whitepapers
Location of Sensor in Network-Based Intrusion Detection and Prevention System
Apr 2013
With the increase in networks connecting each and every computer, their security is gaining equal significance. An important problem to network services is cyber attacks. Intrusion detection is...
Provided by Galgotias College Of Engineering And Technology
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Whitepapers
The New Approach of Quantum Cryptography in Network Security
Jan 2013
Cryptography means that the authors keep a message secret during transmission through untrusted and insecure channel. It's simple means-encoding and decoding messages and has existed as long as...
Provided by International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering (IJETAE)
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Whitepapers
Cryptanalysis With a Symmetric Key Algorithm TORDES
Mar 2013
Today's cryptography is vastly more complex than its precursor. Unlike the innovative use of cryptography in its classical roots where it was implemented to conceal both diplomatic and military...
Provided by International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering (IJETAE)
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Whitepapers
HTTP Botnet Detection Mechanism Using Network Behaviour Analysis
Mar 2013
Now-a-days it has been Observed that the Botnet attacks on the internet is increasing day by day. The authors have to find a corresponding solution for this attack otherwise a serious problem will...
Provided by International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering (IJETAE)
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Whitepapers
DIDS Using Fuzzy Logic
Mar 2013
Intrusion Detection System (IDS) technology is an important component in designing a secure environment. Alert aggregation is an important subtask of intrusion detection. The goal is to identify...
Provided by International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering (IJETAE)
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Whitepapers
To Detect and Recover the Authorized CLI-ENT by Using Adaptive Algorithm
Jan 2013
Computer network is collection of computers and other hardware components interconnected by communication channels that allow sharing of information. Network security consists of the provisions...
Provided by International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering (IJETAE)
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Whitepapers
Intelligent Agents for Intrusion Detection System (IAIDS)
Jan 2013
This paper presents a distributed wireless Intrusion Detection System (IDS) based on Intelligent agents. Intelligent agents are randomly traveled in difference nodes which are connected with the...
Provided by International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering (IJETAE)
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Whitepapers
Intrusion Detection in Multitier Web Applications
Jan 2013
Intrusion detection systems endeavor at detecting attacks against computer systems and networks that offer techniques for modeling and distinguish normal and abusive system behavior. Web...
Provided by International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering (IJETAE)
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Whitepapers
Detection of Accuracy for Intrusion Detection System Using Neural Network Classifier
Jan 2013
In recent years, the security has become a critical part of any industrial and organizational information systems. The intrusion detection system is an effective approach to deal with the problems...
Provided by International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering (IJETAE)
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Whitepapers
Detection of E-Mail Senders With SMTP Extension
Jan 2013
E-mail spam is one of the most common problems that the people face in their day to day life. There exists massive number of spams sent from justifiable home computers that comprises of a malware...
Provided by International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering (IJETAE)
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Whitepapers
Resisting Password Based Systems From Online Guessing Attacks
Jan 2013
Authentication to users account to access web services online is achieved using passwords. These passwords are prone to guessing attacks namely brute force and dictionary attacks. Password...
Provided by International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering (IJETAE)
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Whitepapers
Adaptive Defense Strategy: Immunizing Shared Channel Network From DoS Attacks
Jan 2013
Denial of Service attacks is an attempt to make a machine or network resource inaccessible to intended users. This attack saturates the target machine with a lot of communications requests, in...
Provided by International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering (IJETAE)
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Whitepapers
IHONEYCOL: A Collaborative Technique for Mitigation of DDoS Attack
Jan 2013
Distributed denial of service is flooding of network with unrelated information by malicious node. Thus causing the authorized service deny from user. This distributed denial of service poses a...
Provided by International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering (IJETAE)
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Whitepapers
Network Security: ATM Pin Unlocking and Avoid Skimming by UAN Techinique
Jan 2013
The Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) is used for immediate transaction rather visiting a bank. This technique was first introduced by john shepherd-barron. After knowing this technique many parts in...
Provided by International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering (IJETAE)
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Whitepapers
Data Leakage Detection Using Cloud Computing
Jan 2013
In the virtual and widely distributed network, the process of handover sensitive data from the distributor to the trusted third parties always occurs regularly in this modern world. It needs to...
Provided by International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering (IJETAE)
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Whitepapers
An Overview & Analysis Safety Proposal And Policies Of Internet Network Safety
Apr 2013
Now-a-days network safety is very crucial and protected opinion, to determine virus. The review of the process of network safety policies to the private network connected to the internet &...
Provided by International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Engineering & Technology
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Whitepapers
Security Vulnerabilities in Web Application - An Attack Perspective
May 2013
Security is the essential and important topic in web applications. The choice of communication made the web technology an essential one in the environment. The importance of web application and...
Provided by Engg Journals Publications
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Whitepapers
An Intelligent Intrusion Detection for Detecting Unauthorized Malware Over the Network
May 2013
Monitoring Internet traffic is critical in order to acquire a good understanding of threats and in designing efficient security systems. It is the most important issue to monitor the traffic in...
Provided by Engg Journals Publications
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Whitepapers
Fuzzy Modelling of a Network Denial of Service (DOS) Attack Phenomenon
May 2013
This paper presents the fuzzy modeling of a network Denial of Service (DoS) attack characteristics. Conventional methods for achieving same purpose were showcased. Also, the need for a fuzzy logic...
Provided by Engg Journals Publications
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Whitepapers
A Stationary Wavelet Transform Approach for Improved Fingerprint Recognition Scheme
May 2013
Fingerprint recognition, a known biometrics for personal identification is used in securing confidential data contents. Fingerprint exhibits textured like patterns of whorls, loop etc in sector...
Provided by Engg Journals Publications
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Whitepapers
Multilayer Intrusion Detection System in Web Application Based Services
May 2013
Web based services having a data transfer from different layer. Web services separate layer for the data transfer and the process is difficult in the service. Service transferring data is having...
Provided by Engg Journals Publications
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Whitepapers
Secure Adhoc Routing for Data Transfer Using Neuro Fuzzy
May 2012
In the present world the security vulnerabilities are highly challenging in MANET. To get the maximum security and minimum threat there is lots of work going on. To effectively isolate the...
Provided by Engg Journals Publications
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Whitepapers
Prevention of Worm at Router Level for Providing Seamless Communication in Network Environment
May 2013
Worm is the major hurdle, which restricts the comfortable communication in any networks. Worm is a malicious software program that destroys the normal communication in the networking systems....
Provided by Engg Journals Publications
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Whitepapers
NIDS Based on Multi Agent Systems in DataMining
Apr 2013
Network Intrusion Detection System is used to detect any intruder which might have entered into the computer system. Data mining refers to data from large amounts of data. Data mining can be used...
Provided by International Journal of Scientific Research Engineering &Technology (IJSRET)
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Whitepapers
Privacy Preserving Recommendation System Based on Groups
May 2013
Recommendation systems have received considerable attention in the recent decades. Yet with the development of information technology and social media, the risk in revealing private data to...
Provided by Princeton Software
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Whitepapers
Limiting the Neighborhood: De-Small-World Network for Outbreak Prevention
May 2013
In this paper, the authors study a basic and practically important strategy to help prevent and/or delay an outbreak in the context of network: limiting the contact between individuals. In this...
Provided by Kent State University
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Whitepapers
Battle Against Phishing
Mar 2013
Phishing is a model problem for usability concerns in privacy and security because both system designers and attackers battle in the user interface space. Careful analysis of the phishing problem...
Provided by Auricle Technologies
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Whitepapers
SQL Injection Attacks and Prevention Techniques
Apr 2013
SQL injection attacks are a serious security threat to Web applications. They allow attackers to obtain unrestricted access to the databases underlying the applications and to the potentially...
Provided by Auricle Technologies
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Whitepapers
Improving IP Geolocation by Crawling the Internet PoP Level Graph
Mar 2013
The geographical location of Internet IP addresses is important for academic research, commercial and homeland security applications. While commercial databases claim to have a very high level of...
Provided by Tel Aviv University
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Whitepapers
Chess Game as a Tool for Authentication Scheme
Jul 2012
First phase for information security is authentication and the main phase for authentication is memorability of password and rules that will be used for authentication purpose. The most commonly...
Provided by International Journal of Scientific Research Engineering &Technology (IJSRET)
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Whitepapers
VPN: To Make Private Networks Through Public Networks
Jun 2012
Today whole world is connected via internet for worldwide communication. Public networks are used to give network connectivity and different ISP (Internet Service Provider) companies are working...
Provided by International Journal of Scientific Research Engineering &Technology (IJSRET)
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Whitepapers
Privacy-Security Trade-Offs in Biometric Security Systems-Part II: Multiple Use Case
Mar 2011
In this paper, the performance of reusable biometric security systems, in which the same biometric information is reused in multiple locations, is analyzed. The scenario in which the subsystems...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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Whitepapers
Privacy-Security Trade-Offs in Biometric Security Systems-Part I: Single Use Case
Mar 2011
In this paper, the design of single-use biometric security systems is analyzed from an information theoretic perspective. A fundamental trade-off between privacy, measured by the normalized...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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Whitepapers
An Economic Analysis of Regulating Security Investments in the Internet
Jan 2013
Regulating the ISPs to adopt more security measures has been proposed as an effective method in mitigating the threats of attacks in the Internet. However, economic incentives of the ISPs and the...
Provided by Ohio State University
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Whitepapers
On the Application of Cooperative Transmission to Secrecy Communications
Feb 2012
Information theoretic security has recently emerged as an effective physical layer approach to provide secure communications. The outage performance of such a secrecy communication system is...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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Whitepapers
E-Commerce Systems Security for Small Businesses
Mar 2013
Small business e-commerce websites make an excellent target for malicious attacks. Small businesses do not have the resources needed to effectively deal with attacks. Large and some mid-size...
Provided by Capella University
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Whitepapers
Improved IDS Using Layered CRFS With Logon Restrictions and Mobile Alerts Based on Deviant System Behaviour
Mar 2013
With the ever increasing number and diverse type of attacks, including new and previously unseen attacks, the effectiveness of an intrusion detection system is very important. Hence there is high...
Provided by Indian Institute of Science
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White Papers
Attack Prevention Technology White Paper
Apr 2008
This paper introduces the common network attacks and the corresponding prevention measures, and describes the features and network applications of the H3C firewall attack prevention technology. It...
Provided by H3C Technologies
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Case Studies
East Grand Rapids Schools Find Security and Economy With the TippingPoint X505 From 3Com
Jan 2009
East Grand Rapids Public Schools is located in East Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA with 350 employees and 2,800 students. School is posed security risks to the suburban Grand Rapids school system....
Provided by 3Com
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White Papers
Panda Managed Office Protection: Switching From AV to SaaS
Mar 2008
SMBs know they are exposed to the same risks and subject to the same regulations as large organizations. And with more threats in circulation, their protection requirements are increasingly...
Provided by Panda Security
-
White Papers
Enhancing Interoperability and Stateful Analysis of Cooperative Network Intrusion Detection Systems
Dec 2007
A traditional Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) is based on a centralized architecture that does not satisfy the needs of most modern network infrastructures characterized by high traffic...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
-
White Papers
Experiences With Specification-Based Intrusion Detection
Jan 2009
Specification-based intrusion detection, where manually specified program behavioral specifications are used as a basis to detect attacks, have been proposed as a promising alternative that...
Provided by State University of New York, Stony Brook
-
White Papers
Gnort: High Performance Network Intrusion Detection Using Graphics Processors
Jun 2008
The constant increase in link speeds and number of threats poses challenges to Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS), which must cope with higher traffic throughput and perform even more...
Provided by Foundation for Research and Technology - FORTH
-
White Papers
Intrusion Detection Using Open Source Tools
Jan 2008
The traditional form of securing the network, the firewall proved to be insufficient. Given the nature and the complexity of the attacks, new ways of protecting the network had to be developed....
Provided by Academy of Economic Studies
-
White Papers
A Hybrid Approach to Efficient Detection of Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks
Jun 2008
An automated system for detecting network traffic anomalies caused by Denial-of-Service attacks is proposed. The system is designed as a two-stage architecture incorporating the change-point...
Provided by Colorado State University
-
White Papers
Evaluating the Utility of Anonymized Network Traces for Intrusion Detection
Sep 2008
To intelligently create policies governing the anonymization of network logs, one must analyze the effects of anonymization on both the security and utility of sanitized data. This paper focuses...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
-
White Papers
Detection of Slow Malicious Worms Using Multi-Sensor Data Fusion
Jan 2009
Detection of slow worms is particularly challenging due to the stealthy nature of their propagation techniques and their ability to blend with normal traffic patterns. This paper, proposes a...
Provided by Carleton University
-
White Papers
SMM Rootkits: A New Breed of OS Independent Malware
Sep 2008
The emergence of hardware virtualization technology has led to the development of OS independent malware such as the Virtual Machine Based Rootkits (VMBRs). This paper draws attention to a...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
-
White Papers
How Spamhaus Cost-Effectively Eliminates Spam
Mar 2008
If one uses email, one receives spam. While the problem is onerous for individual users, it is dramatically worse for companies, network operators, Internet service providers and other that...
Provided by Osterman Research
-
White Papers
A Dose by Any Other Name
Oct 2008
Years ago, when alt.comp.virus was still useful, 'Name that virus' was a popular virtual party game, and virus names were, if not standardized, at least easy to cross-reference with tools like...
Provided by Eset
-
White Papers
EAD Technology White Paper
Sep 2008
EAD is a solution to network endpoint access control. By cooperation of the security clients, access devices, security policy server, and third-party server, it enhances the active defense ability...
Provided by H3C Technologies
-
White Papers
Designing a Hardware-Accelerated Firewall With Two 10 Gbps Ports
Dec 2008
High-speed packet filtering should be one of the first steps in securing any modern computer network. However, solutions over 1 Gbps are practically impossible to implement in software, and must...
Provided by CESNET
-
White Papers
Towards Automating Malware Classification and Characterization
Jan 2009
Spam has become a problem of global impact. Most spam messages are currently sent out by captured machines organized in bot networks, which are infected with malicious software and are therefore...
Provided by Seewald Solutions
-
White Papers
Ghost Turns Zombie: Exploring the Life Cycle of Web-Based Malware
Apr 2008
While the web provides information and services that enrich their lives in many ways, it has also become the primary vehicle for delivering malware. Once infected with web-based malware, an...
Provided by Google
-
White Papers
Impeding Malware Analysis Using Conditional Code Obfuscation
Dec 2007
Malware programs that incorporate trigger-based behavior initiate malicious activities based on conditions satisfied only by specific inputs. State-of-the-art malware analyzers discover code...
Provided by Georgia Institute of Technology
-
Webcasts
IT threats of today and tomorrow and how to stop them
Jun 2009
Keeping your IT infrastructure secure is a top priority for any business. But with so many threats to your systems, it's hard to know what to focus on first. This webcast will look at some of the...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
-
White Papers
The End of Antivirus as You Know It: A First Look at VIPRE Enterprise
Jan 2009
This paper describes the rapidly evolving malware landscape facing enterprises today, as well as the next-generation software that addresses today's malware in the most comprehensive, highly...
Provided by GFI Software, formerly Sunbelt Software
-
Whitepapers
Access Protection in McAfee VirusScan Enterprise and Host Intrusion Prevention
Jan 2009
Securing networks against a wide range of threats - viruses, spyware, worms, rootkits, and Trojans - is more challenging than ever. Whether it's a global enterprise or a small or medium-sized...
Provided by McAfee
-
White Papers
An In-depth Analysis of Spam and Spammers
Apr 2008
Electronic mail services have become an important source of communication for millions of people all over the world. Due to this tremendous growth, there has been a significant increase in spam...
Provided by Hannam university
-
White Papers
It's Time to Fix the Firewall: Re-Establishing the Firewall as the Cornerstone of Enterprise Network Security
Feb 2009
For the last 15 years, port-blocking firewalls have been the cornerstone of enterprise network security. But much like a stone, they've stood still in the face of rapidly evolving applications and...
Provided by Palo Alto Networks
-
White Papers
Fast Algorithms for Local Inconsistency Detection in Firewall ACL Updates
Jun 2008
Filtering is a very important issue in next generation networks. These networks consist of a relatively high number of resource constrained devices with very special features, such as managing...
Provided by Universidad de Sevilla
-
White Papers
Temporal Correlations Between Spam and Phishing Websites
Jan 2009
To implement a phishing scam, attackers must create a fake website and send spam to attract visitors. To date, empirical research into phishing's impact has studied either the spam being sent or...
Provided by Harvard University
-
White Papers
Extracting Spam Blogs With Co-Citation Clusters
Apr 2008
This paper reports the estimated number of spam blogs in order to assess their current state in the blogosphere. To extract spam blogs, they developed a traversal method among co-citation clusters...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
-
White Papers
Flow-Level Characteristics of Spam and Ham
Aug 2008
Despite a large amount of effort devoted in the past years trying to limit unsolicited mail, spam is still a major global concern. Content-analysis techniques and blacklists, the most popular...
Provided by ETH Zurich
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White Papers
Spam Filtering With Several Novel Bayesian Classifiers
Nov 2008
This paper presents spam filtering with three novel bayesian classification methods: Aggregating One-Dependence Estimators (AODE), Hidden Naïve Bayes (HNB), Locally Weighted learning with Naïve...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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White Papers
A Spamicity Approach to Web Spam Detection
Jan 2008
Web spam which refers to any deliberate actions bringing to selected web pages an unjustifiable favorable relevance or importance is one of the major obstacles for high quality information...
Provided by Simon Fraser University
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White Papers
Fighting Spam With the NeighborhoodWatch DHT
Jan 2009
This paper presents DHTBL, an anti-spam blacklist built upon a novel secure Distributed Hash Table (DHT). They show how DHTBL can be used to replace existing DNS-based Blacklists (DNSBLs) of IP...
Provided by University of Maryland
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White Papers
Using Language Models for Spam Detection in Social Bookmarking
Aug 2008
This paper describes the approach to the spam detection task of the 2008 ECML/PKDD Discovery Challenge. Their approach focuses on the use of language models and is based on the intuitive notion...
Provided by Tilburg University
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White Papers
Exploring Linguistic Features for Web Spam Detection: A Preliminary Study
Apr 2008
This paper studies the usability of linguistic features in the Web spam classification task. The features were computed on two Web spam corpora: Webspam-Uk2006 and Webspam-Uk2007, they make them...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Intrusion Defense Firewall: Network-Level HIPS at the Endpoint
Oct 2008
Mobile computers that connect directly to the Internet outside of a company's firewall can introduce risk into the corporate network and thus require a higher level of security to protect against...
Provided by Trend Micro
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White Papers
Mail Defense Against Spam Via a Scheme of Distributed Merit Accumulation
Jan 2009
Infringement of privacy and denial of service attacks can take various forms. Coercing unsolicited emails upon an individual or an organisation is one of those not so obvious forms. Their approach...
Provided by University of Western Sydney
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Whitepapers
Malware Detection Using Data Mining Techniques
Jun 2012
Anti-virus systems traditionally use signatures to detect malicious executables, but signatures are over fitted features that are of little use in machine learning. Other methods seek to utilize...
Provided by Kurukshetra University
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White Papers
Denial of Service Attacks and the Emergence of Intrusion Prevention Systems
Nov 2007
In an age of political unrest and war, the internet is being used as a source of constant communication and even attack. Since 2000, Denial of Service (DoS) and Distributed Denial of Service...
Provided by tylerAreber.com
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Webcasts
Spam, Botnets and Spyware - An Overview of the Current Threat Landscape
Jan 2009
The presenter of this webcast will discuss what to look out for next in terms of spam attacks against the network. With a consistently evolving threat landscape, it becomes imperative to stay...
Provided by Symantec
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Webcasts
Are Spyware and Phishing Secretly Compromising Your Network?
Jan 2009
Spyware and phishing are quickly becoming the most costly online threats for organizations across all industries. In fact, by 2010, 70% of all IT security incidents will be spyware-related. By...
Provided by Symantec
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Webcasts
Combat Spyware Effectively Before It Infiltrates Your Network
Jan 2009
While less visible to users than spam and virus attacks, Spyware constitutes a serious and increasing threat to enterprise networks. Silently installed Spyware can subject the company and...
Provided by Finjan
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Webcasts
How Does the State of Spam Affect Your Small Business?
Aug 2009
Spammers use popular events to cover their tracks?. The recent death of Michael Jackson and its subsequent public interest show that spammers are willing to use any notable event as a cover to...
Provided by Symantec
