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e-Books
Understanding and countering new threats in cybersecurity
Apr 2012
The Internet has brought us great wonders and great capabilities, but has also introduced a new and dark threat to our theaters of operation. How can you make certain that your primary mission...
Provided by AT&T
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Whitepapers
In Control at Layer 2: a Tectonic Shift in Network Security
Apr 2013
This paper analyses the threats to fibre optic Ethernet networks – both at the LAN and WAN level. Due to a number of known optical hacking methods, and several documented cases of corporate and...
Provided by senetas AU
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Whitepapers
Antivirus Evaluation Guide
Jan 2013
Selecting the right antivirus solution for your company is as simple as 1, 2, 3. IT administrators are now faced with a unique set of challenges keeping their organization as well as their user...
Provided by GFI Software
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Case Studies
GFI Case Study: Brevard Public Schools
Jan 2013
Learn how one school district achieved total endpoint security for its PCs and servers. After using an antivirus product for 6 years, Brevard Public Schools hit the point where they nearly had to...
Provided by GFI Software
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White Papers
The 10 myths of safe web browsing
Jun 2010
Are you suffering from misconceptions about safe web browsing? You might think you're being safe, but with a newly infected webpage discovered every few seconds, it's next to impossible to stay up...
Provided by Sophos
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Whitepapers
Top Five Reasons to Deploy a Dedicated Database Security Solution
Jan 2013
This McAfee whitepaper highlights the top 5 reasons why protecting the valuable and confidential information stored within databases is vital for maintaining the integrity and reputation of...
Provided by McAfee
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Whitepapers
Online Enemy #1: Blackhole Exploit Kit
Feb 2013
There’s a new cyber bully out there that not only has frightened users, but continues to frustrate IT departments with its knack for exploiting the latest software vulnerabilities and infect...
Provided by GFI Software
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White Papers
Control IT risk from the inside
Oct 2011
The usefulness of the cloud and virtualisation has a dark side: businesses are more susceptible to insider security and privacy breaches. From privileged administrators to regular users with...
Provided by CA Technologies
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Whitepapers
Exchange 2010: Your audit strategy
Aug 2012
Auditing is a key tool for advancing security and compliance. Today's environment is increasingly competitive, and you must vigorously protect your intellectual assets, as well as comply with...
Provided by Quest Software, now a part of Dell
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Whitepapers
Protect your Brand against Today's Malware Threats with Code Signing
Oct 2012
Download this guide - Protect your Brand against Today's Malware Threats with Code Signing - to learn about malware threats, the impact they can have on your business and how to protect your...
Provided by Symantec
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Research
Emerging threats: How to protect your business
Nov 2012
IT security risks are increasing in number and growing in sophistication. Not only are external threats - such as distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and viruses - continuing to evolve,...
Provided by ZDNet
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White Papers
Five Tips to Reduce Risk from Modern Web Threats
Dec 2011
User education and awareness, preventive measures and a modern web security solution are all integral components of a comprehensive defense against today's web threats. This guide covers some...
Provided by Astaro
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Whitepapers
Why Upgrading from XP to Windows 7 Makes Business Sense
Jan 2013
Many large enterprises still rely on Windows XP-based PCs. For some, reliance on legacy applications made it easy to delay an operating system upgrade and migration. Others just never got around...
Provided by Dell & Microsoft
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Whitepapers
Good for security, good for business
Apr 2013
Cyber threats continue to increase. Criminals are getting smarter, but when it comes to small businesses they are getting an easy ride. Symantec's 2012 National Small Business Study found that 83%...
Provided by Symantec
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Whitepapers
Securing and controlling laptops
Aug 2012
This technical brief explores the need for remote devices carry confidential data on the front line, which is far from the defences layered into the corporate network. It explores the driving...
Provided by McAfee
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Whitepapers
Reinventing Antivirus: How cloud architecture and behavior recognition are changing the security
Dec 2012
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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Whitepapers
Secure Web Gateways Buyer's Guide
Mar 2013
The web is the number one source for malware distribution. With more than 2 million new pages added every day and 10,000 new malicious Web sites found on a daily basis, how do you keep up with the...
Provided by Blue Coat Systems
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White Papers
Ethical Hacking: Teaching Students to Hack
Apr 2006
One of the fastest growing areas in network security, and certainly an area that generates much discussion, is that of ethical hacking. The purpose of this paper is to examine the literature...
Provided by East Carolina University
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Whitepapers
From Least Privilege to Best Privilege on your Windows Desktops
Oct 2010
Balancing the needs of the user with the needs of the security folks has always been a huge challenge. This incongruity often comes to a head on the Windows desktop, which is the main entry point...
Provided by BeyondTrust
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White Papers
Eight threats your antivirus won't stop: Why you need endpoint security
Oct 2011
News headlines are a constant reminder that malware attacks and data loss are on the rise. This paper outlines eight common threats that traditional antivirus alone won't stop, and explains how to...
Provided by Sophos
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Resource Center
Small Business Firewall: Frequently Asked Questions
Aug 2008
Small business firewall technology is an essential part of your network's security. If you haven't added a small business firewall to your network, your computers are vulnerable to attack from...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Webcasts
Hosted VoIP: What about Service Quality?
Nov 2010
Listen to this podcast and Learn the basics on how hosted voice services work. Join Joel Thomas and get insight into small business advantages for adopting hosted voice, types of businesses that...
Provided by Megapath
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White Papers
Attack of the PDF Documents: How Adobe's PDF Format has become one of the top carriers of malware
Mar 2011
PDFs have become one of the most common methods for infecting systems with malware. The PDF standard now supports JavaScript, along with tighter connections into user systems from the Adobe Reader...
Provided by Sophos
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Research
Hacktivism: Threats and reality for IT managers
Dec 2011
In 2011, the Anonymous and LulzSec collectives made front-page news. Similarly, data breaches from lost laptops and malware seemed to pop up on a weekly basis. But using DDoS attacks and other...
Provided by ZDNet
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Resource Center
Phishing: How to Keep Your Business from Biting
Dec 2008
Phishing, or fraudulent attempts to acquire passwords and financial information by masquerading as a trusted organization, is on the rise. According to the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), the...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Whitepapers
Spear Phishing Attacks: Why They are Successful and How to Stop Them
Oct 2012
Spear phishing is on the rise - because it works. Cyber criminals have moved from broad, scattershot attacks to advanced targeted attacks like spear phishing. This has proven to be highly...
Provided by FireEye
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White Papers
Secure Managed Hosting Now Available. Protect web applications from cybercrime.
Nov 2010
How Hackable is Your Website? Achieving a secure hosting environment for confidential data starts with knowing the threats you face. Identifying vulnerabilities lets you attack them head on,...
Provided by FireHost Inc.
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White Papers
Ethical Hacking Techniques
Jul 2002
As public and private organizations migrate more of their critical functions to the Internet, criminals have more opportunity and incentive to gain access to sensitive information through the Web...
Provided by Sanctum
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Whitepapers
Meeting the Challenges of Endpoint Security
Nov 2012
Growing businesses face real difficulties in protecting their users, especially remote workers, while keeping management costs down. Majority use some kind of anti-virus software and firewall on...
Provided by Symantec.cloud
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Whitepapers
Enhancing security through a trust-based approach
Jan 2013
Cyberthreats are becoming ever more insidious and affect organisations of all sizes, spanning all industries. In many cases, the organisation will not know that it has been a victim of an attack...
Provided by Bloor Research
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Whitepapers
Making the Case for DDoS Protection
Feb 2013
This white paper, jointly produced by Arbor Networks and Gartner, is intended to educate and inform IT decision makers about the nature and scope of the threat posed by distributed denial of...
Provided by Arbor Networks
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Whitepapers
Why Anti-DDoS Products and Services are Critical for Today's Business Environment
Feb 2013
This white paper will look at DDoS attacks in detail. It will illustrate the attack vectors being used and describe why the threat to organizations is greater than ever before.
Provided by Arbor Networks
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Research
IBM X-Force 2012 Mid Year Trend and Risk Report
Feb 2013
The IBM X-Force 2012 Mid Year Trend and Risk provides a detailed analysis and summary of the latest internet threats including vulnerability disclosures, exploits and active attacks, viruses and...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Fighting malware threats with a proactive network defence
Oct 2011
It's easy to exchange information with our friends, our co-workers and even our governments. But these interactions are just as valuable to attackers. Spam, scams, spyware and malware are all...
Provided by Blue Coat Systems
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White Papers
The Dark Art of Spam
Dec 2008
The threat posed by unsolicited emails continues to evolve. Money laundering and malware delivery mean spam is no longer just an irritant and a time waster. The goals are now more destructive as...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
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White Papers
Socket Hijacking
Dec 2008
This white paper discusses the socket hijacking vulnerability on Windows, the impact of the vulnerability and what it takes to successfully exploit the vulnerability. It also reviews existing...
Provided by Foundstone
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White Papers
CASCADIA LABS URL FILTERING AND WEB RESULTS
Jun 2009
More and more companies now rely on web security products to protect their most important business and network resources from explicit, violent and unwanted content. In many cases, these...
Provided by Trend Micro
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White Papers
How to Defend Against New Botnets
Jun 2009
According to Symantec's MessageLabs Intelligence, botnets were responsible for 90% of spam in 2008. More importantly, these compromised "robot" computer networks do not seem to be going away...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
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White Papers
Underground Economy Report
Jan 2009
This survey of cybercrime activity in the underground economy includes a discussion of some of the more notable groups involved, as well as an examination of some of the major advertisers and the...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
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White Papers
Using Honeypots to Reduce IT Security Violations
Jan 2009
Honeypots are becoming a widely used resource in Information Technology Security to gather data on hackers and their methodology of attacking a particular organization. This paper presents a...
Provided by East Carolina University
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Whitepapers
Security Brief: Evolving Threats Demand New Approaches To Security
May 2013
The threat environment we ae seeing today is radically different from what existed just six months ago. Six months from now, I expect to say the same thing. The actors behind the threats are...
Provided by Akamai
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Whitepapers
EMA: Closing Critical IT Security Gaps for More Effective Defense
May 2013
An ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES (EMA) White Paper. In the last few years, the scale and sophistication of IT security threats have grown at an explosive rate. Organizations have to contend...
Provided by FireEye
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Whitepapers
A Study Paper on IDS Attack Classification Using Various Data Mining Techniques
Sep 2012
Over the past several years, the Internet environment has become more complex and untrusted. Enterprise networked systems are inevitably exposed to the increasing threats posed by hackers as well...
Provided by ACCENTS
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Whitepapers
IP Prefix Hijacking and Available Solutions
Jan 2013
IP prefix Hijacking is an issue regarding to computer network. IP Prefix Hijacking can be defines as illegitimate takeover of groups of IP addresses by corrupting Internet routing tables. Prefix...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
Technology and approach for providing real-time, comprehensive protection for all types of databases.
Apr 2013
Every database, from the largest corporate data store to a small-scale MySQL deployment, contains valuable information. Hackers remain as determined as ever in their efforts to cash in on this...
Provided by McAfee
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Whitepapers
Practical Control Flow Integrity & Randomization for Binary Executables
Mar 2013
Control Flow Integrity (CFI) provides a strong protection against modern control-flow hijacking attacks. However, performance and compatibility issues limit its adoption. The authors propose a new...
Provided by Peking Duck Software
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Whitepapers
Stealthy IP Prefix Hijacking: Don't Bite Off More Than You Can Chew
Oct 2009
In prefix hijacking, an Autonomous System (AS) advertises routes for prefixes that are owned by another AS, and ends up hijacking traffic that is intended to the owner. While misconfigurations...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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Whitepapers
Multiple Secret Sharing Scheme with Gray-Level Mixing Using EVCS
Nov 2012
Visual Secret Sharing (VSS) encrypts secret images into n shares and decryption is done through the human vision. But, traditional visual cryptography scheme is restricted to the number of secret...
Provided by International Journal of Computer Applications
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Whitepapers
In Control at Layer 2: a Tectonic Shift in Network Security
Apr 2013
This paper analyses the threats to fibre optic Ethernet networks – both at the LAN and WAN level. Due to a number of known optical hacking methods, and several documented cases of corporate and...
Provided by senetas AU
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Whitepapers
Good for security, good for business
Apr 2013
Cyber threats continue to increase. Criminals are getting smarter, but when it comes to small businesses they are getting an easy ride. Symantec's 2012 National Small Business Study found that 83%...
Provided by Symantec
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Whitepapers
Review and Measuring the Efficiency of SQL Injection Method in Preventing E-Mail Hacking
Jun 2012
E-mail hackers use many methods in their work, in this paper, most of such efficient methods are demonstrated and compared. Different methods and stages of such methods are listed here, in order...
Provided by Scientific Research
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Whitepapers
Advances in Intrusion Detection System for WLAN
Oct 2011
A wireless network is not as secure as compare the wired network because the data is transferred on air so any intruder can use hacking techniques to access that data. Indeed, it is difficult to...
Provided by Scientific Research
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Whitepapers
Legal Issues of Cloud Forensics
Mar 2013
Cloud forensics involves exploring issues a company and its forensic examiner may face when suffering a breach of company information in the cloud. If they need to collect information from the...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Whitepapers
Providing Security for The Credit Card Users Using Machine Learning Technique
Mar 2012
The authors' paper deals with the security for the credit card users in online purchasing. Now-a-days, the credit card usage might be increasing in online and at the same time, the fraudulent...
Provided by International Journal of Communications and Engineering
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Whitepapers
Secure Web Gateways Buyer's Guide
Mar 2013
The web is the number one source for malware distribution. With more than 2 million new pages added every day and 10,000 new malicious Web sites found on a daily basis, how do you keep up with the...
Provided by Blue Coat Systems
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Whitepapers
Longline Phishing - Email-borne Threats, Cloud Computing, Big Data, and the Rise of Industrial Phishing Attacks
Mar 2013
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
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Whitepapers
Longline Phishing
Mar 2013
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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Whitepapers
Secure Web Gateway Buyers Guide
Dec 2012
More than 2 million web pages are added every day, tens of thousands malicious. How do you keep up with the volume & increasing sophistication of web-based threats? Deploying modern web security...
Provided by Blue Coat Systems
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Whitepapers
Implementation Of Multipath Routing And Max-Min Fair Qos Provisioning In Distributed Systems
Mar 2012
Main aim of the author's paper is to send and receive packets without any problems such as hacking, congestion, traffic, overloading etc., There are many techniques were introduced to avoid these...
Provided by International Journal of Communications and Engineering
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Whitepapers
A Defensive Technique for Prefix Hijacking Attack Based on Route Reliability for BGP
Mar 2012
In internet, prefix hijacking is the type of network attack that can give malicious parties access to untraceable IP addresses. To defend against Prefix Hijacking Attack which is a category of...
Provided by International Journal of Communications and Engineering
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Whitepapers
Terminator for E-mail Spam - A Fuzzy Approach Revealed
Jul 2011
In this information technology world, the highest degree of communication happens through e-mails. Realistically most of the inboxes are flooded with spam e-mails as most of transactions through...
Provided by Anna University
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Whitepapers
Password Cracking Based on Special Keyboard Patterns
Jan 2012
Passwords are still the most commonly used mechanism for user authentication. This paper proposes an efficient and effective method to attack passwords generated from some special keyboard...
Provided by National Taiwan University
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Webcasts
Mark Kawakami: Finger Tips: Lessons Learned From Building a Touch-Based Experience
Apr 2012
In this webcast, the presenter takes the user through some lessons learned in building touch-based experiences for one of the most popular websites on the internet. The presenter also going to...
Provided by Oleksiy Kovyrin
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Whitepapers
Reinventing Antivirus: How cloud architecture and behavior recognition are changing the security
Dec 2012
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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Research
IBM X-Force 2012 Mid Year Trend and Risk Report
Feb 2013
The IBM X-Force 2012 Mid Year Trend and Risk provides a detailed analysis and summary of the latest internet threats including vulnerability disclosures, exploits and active attacks, viruses and...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
IDPF for IP Hacking Technique
Jan 2013
The Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack is a serious threat to the legitimate use of the Internet. In this paper, the authors propose an Inter Domain Packet Filter (IDPF) architecture that...
Provided by IJCSMR
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Whitepapers
Design and Implementation of a Compiler with Secure Coding Rules for Secure Mobile Applications
Oct 2012
The dissemination and use of mobile applications have been rapidly expanding these days. And in such a situation, the security of mobile applications has emerged as a new issue. Especially, the...
Provided by Science and Development Network (SciDev.Net)
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Whitepapers
Top Ten Cybersecurity Risks: How Prepared Are you for 2013?
Jan 2013
Rather than looking back over the past year, organizations and individuals need to start assessing cyber security threats that lie ahead in the New Year. While there is always the chance for a new...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Whitepapers
Protected Bio-Cryptography Key Invention From Multimodal Modalities: Feature Level Fusion of Fingerprint and Iris
Feb 2011
Human users find hard to remember lengthy cryptographic keys. Therefore, researchers, for a long time period, have been investigating ways to use biometric features of the user rather than...
Provided by EuroJournals
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Whitepapers
Improved IP Trace Back Using Pre-Shared Key Authentication Mechanism
Feb 2011
Cyber Crime is one of the major threats for IT Security. Internet Crime refers to criminal exploitation of the Internet. Issues surrounding this type of crime has become high-profile, particularly...
Provided by EuroJournals
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Whitepapers
Enhanced E-Mail Authentication Against Spoofing Attacks to Mitigate Phishing
Jun 2011
Phishing is the combination of social engineering and technical exploits which has adverse effects aiming at the monetary gain of the attacker (phisher). E-mail authentication is a technology...
Provided by EuroJournals
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Whitepapers
Online Enemy #1: Blackhole Exploit Kit
Feb 2013
There’s a new cyber bully out there that not only has frightened users, but continues to frustrate IT departments with its knack for exploiting the latest software vulnerabilities and infect...
Provided by GFI Software
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Whitepapers
Arbor Networks Enables DDoS Protection for Cloud Service and Hosting Providers
Feb 2013
This Frost & Sullivan white paper provides an overview of the latest DDoS attack trends, and offers examples of how cloud service and hosting providers can use Arbor Networks solutions to protect...
Provided by Arbor Networks
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Whitepapers
Why Anti-DDoS Products and Services are Critical for Today's Business Environment
Feb 2013
This white paper will look at DDoS attacks in detail. It will illustrate the attack vectors being used and describe why the threat to organizations is greater than ever before.
Provided by Arbor Networks
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Whitepapers
Making the Case for DDoS Protection
Feb 2013
This white paper, jointly produced by Arbor Networks and Gartner, is intended to educate and inform IT decision makers about the nature and scope of the threat posed by distributed denial of...
Provided by Arbor Networks
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Whitepapers
Detecting the Source of TCP SYN Flood Attack Using IP Trace Back
Feb 2012
Computers connected to networks are exposed to potentially damaging access by unauthorized "Hackers". Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks throw up an uprising threat to today's internet. TCP SYN flood...
Provided by EuroJournals
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Whitepapers
Geographical Division Traceback for Thwarting DDoS Using Normal Distribution and Tautological Theorem
Feb 2012
Mitigation is one of the countermeasure to overcome the Distributed Denial of service (DDoS) attack. The delay in the availability of services to the intended users is mainly caused by DDoS...
Provided by EuroJournals
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Whitepapers
A Hierarchical Two-Tier One-way Hash Chain Protocol for Secure Internet Transactions
Nov 2012
One-way hash chains are a popular cryptographic technique used in many security applications. In this paper, the authors present a Two-Tier One-way Hash Chain (TTOHC) protocol to secure...
Provided by Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
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Whitepapers
UR5: A Novel Symmetrical Encryption Algorithm with Fast Flexible and High Security Based on Key Updation
Nov 2012
The hacking is the greatest problem in the Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). Many algorithms like DES, 3DES, AES, CAST, UMARAM and RC6 have been used to prevent the outside attacks to eavesdrop...
Provided by EuroJournals
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Whitepapers
Cloud Computing Based Optimized Sensor Nodes for Effective Data Management
Sep 2012
The security problem with cloud computing is based on the fact that the application is open to anyone. Without security measures, the cloud computing application is vulnerable to attacks from...
Provided by EuroJournals
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White Papers
IP Spoofing: An Introduction
Mar 2003
IP spoofing is one of the most common forms of on-line camouflage. In IP spoofing, an attacker gains unauthorized access to a computer or a network by making it appear that a malicious message has...
Provided by SecurityFocus
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Webcasts
Hosted VoIP: What about Service Quality?
Nov 2010
Listen to this podcast and Learn the basics on how hosted voice services work. Join Joel Thomas and get insight into small business advantages for adopting hosted voice, types of businesses that...
Provided by Megapath
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White Papers
Ethical Hacking Techniques
Jul 2002
As public and private organizations migrate more of their critical functions to the Internet, criminals have more opportunity and incentive to gain access to sensitive information through the Web...
Provided by Sanctum
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Research
Emerging threats: How to protect your business
Nov 2012
IT security risks are increasing in number and growing in sophistication. Not only are external threats - such as distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks and viruses - continuing to evolve,...
Provided by ZDNet
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Whitepapers
Antivirus Evaluation Guide
Jan 2013
Selecting the right antivirus solution for your company is as simple as 1, 2, 3. IT administrators are now faced with a unique set of challenges keeping their organization as well as their user...
Provided by GFI Software
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White Papers
Socket Hijacking
Dec 2008
This white paper discusses the socket hijacking vulnerability on Windows, the impact of the vulnerability and what it takes to successfully exploit the vulnerability. It also reviews existing...
Provided by Foundstone
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White Papers
CASCADIA LABS URL FILTERING AND WEB RESULTS
Jun 2009
More and more companies now rely on web security products to protect their most important business and network resources from explicit, violent and unwanted content. In many cases, these...
Provided by Trend Micro
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White Papers
How to Defend Against New Botnets
Jun 2009
According to Symantec's MessageLabs Intelligence, botnets were responsible for 90% of spam in 2008. More importantly, these compromised "robot" computer networks do not seem to be going away...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
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White Papers
Underground Economy Report
Jan 2009
This survey of cybercrime activity in the underground economy includes a discussion of some of the more notable groups involved, as well as an examination of some of the major advertisers and the...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
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White Papers
Using Honeypots to Reduce IT Security Violations
Jan 2009
Honeypots are becoming a widely used resource in Information Technology Security to gather data on hackers and their methodology of attacking a particular organization. This paper presents a...
Provided by East Carolina University
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White Papers
Containing an Outbreak: How to Clean Your Network After an Incident
Jul 2009
It's not the sort of statement want to hear in regards to network. Whether a network admin plans a containment strategy or an executive assessing the damage done, one knows that such situations...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
Achieving Compliance with Massachusetts Data Protection Law
Jul 2009
As of March 1, 2010, all organizations with operations and/or customers in the state of Massachusetts will be required to follow comprehensive information security requirements regarding both...
Provided by Lumension
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Whitepapers
Methodologies & Tools For Web Application Security Assessment
Sep 2009
Web application security assessments are a crucial phase in the development life-cycle of any web application. The process of assessing a web application should be handled using the same approach...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Red Hat Open Source Security
Sep 2009
No software is perfect—even the most rigorously tested and secured operating system or application will contain flaws and vulnerabilities. Open source technology gives administrators control over...
Provided by Red Hat
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White Papers
Security Scanning Tools Overview: An Introduction to the Tools
Aug 2009
This white paper describes features of the Open Source Vulnerability Assessment tools that are provided on line by HackerTarget.com. Vulnerability Analysis is an important part of the security...
Provided by hackertarget.com
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White Papers
The Web Hacking Incidents Database 2008: Annual Report
Feb 2009
The Web Hacking Incident Database (WHID) is a project dedicated to maintaining a list of web application-related security incidents. The WHID's purpose is to serve as a tool for raising awareness...
Provided by Breach Security
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Webcasts
Best Practices in Intrusion Prevention
Jan 2005
Detecting a network intrusion is great, but wouldn't your organization be better off if you could prevent such an intrusion from happening in the first place? That's where intrusion prevention...
Provided by ZDNet
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White Papers
A Comparative Study of Security Level of Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo Mail by Using Session Hijacking Hacking Test
Jun 2008
This research presents the results of the experimental about security level of three famous Web Mails - Hotmail, Gmail and Yahoo Mail. These three Web Mails were hacked by means of Session...
Provided by Mahasarakham University
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White Papers
Toll Fraud Prevention - Lock Thieves Out of Your Phone System
Mar 2009
They're called "Hackers", "Phone Phreaks", "Dump Bin Divers" and "Shoulder Surfers". They sell information between themselves and they cost businesses millions of dollars each year. They use...
Provided by Nortel Networks
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Webcasts
Moving Beyond AV to Ensure Secure and Compliant Endpoints
Dec 2009
In today's Web 2.0 world, software is more distributed than ever before. Employees download a variety of Internet applications on a regular basis, with each new download altering system...
Provided by Lumension
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White Papers
Intrusion Detection and Cyber Security Monitoring of SCADA and DCS Networks
Apr 2004
Governments and industry organizations, including ISA, have recognized that Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Distributed Control Systems (DCS), and other process control networks,...
Provided by Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society
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White Papers
A Practical Guide to Web Application Security: Mitigating the OWASP Ten Most Critical Web Application Security Problems With Check Point Solutions
Jun 2004
As Web applications become increasingly prevalent, so do the security risks and requirements for comprehensive Web security solutions. The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), a group...
Provided by Check Point Software Technologies
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White Papers
Hacking the Smart Grid
Jul 2009
The city of Miami and several commercial partners plan to rollout a "Smart Grid" citywide electrical infrastructure by the year 2011. This rollout was announced on the heels of news that foreign...
Provided by FYRM Associates
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White Papers
The Web Hacking Incidents Database 2008
Feb 2009
While financial gain is certainly a big driver for web hacking, ideological hacking cannot be ignored. Government and other organizations especially suffer from ideological hacking. Internet...
Provided by Breach Security
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White Papers
Hijacking Mobile Data Connections
Apr 2008
The use of data connections on mobile phones keeps growing at a steady rate. New services are continuously deployed and mobile phones keep getting smarter. Its work shows how an attacker may be...
Provided by Black Hat
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White Papers
The Anatomy of an Attack: The Re-Emergence of Attacks We Thought Had Disappeared
Oct 2009
Hackers are returning to once forgotten exploits to gain access to corporate networks. This white paper explores the anatomy of these attacks and proposes an explanation for why they are once...
Provided by SureCloud
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White Papers
Network Box White Paper: Hacks, Hoaxes and Horrors
Jul 2009
Most of the hoaxes people encounter these days come to them via the Internet. The number of opportunistic and targeted Internet-based crimes and misdemeanors carried out every day results in...
Provided by Network Box
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White Papers
Moving toward unified communications:Pave the way for the future with Adobe® Acrobat® Connect™ Pro 7.5
Sep 2009
The Unified Communication (UC) vision will benefit marketing professionals by making it easier to communicate, collaborate and provide rich interactive experiences for their customers and...
Provided by Adobe Systems
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White Papers
Risky Business - Hacking the Trading Floor
Sep 2008
Drawing on the author's experience of working on large Forex, over-the-counter and proprietary trading systems for Fortune 500 banks, this paper aims to highlight the current application security...
Provided by Information Risk Management
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White Papers
Qualys - The Need for Vulnerability Management
Jan 2010
This guide describes the need for vulnerability management. It introduces the sources of vulnerabilities and their related fallout, then relates why the nature of modern threats to the network...
Provided by Qualys
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White Papers
Qualys - Dynamic Best Practices of Vulnerability Management
Jan 2010
Yankee Group research reveals best practices in proactively identifying and correcting network weaknesses. Guidelines are based on Qualys' "Laws of Vulnerabilites" research.
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White Papers
4 Key Steps to Automate IT Security Compliance A Unified Approach for IT, Audit and Operation Teams
Jan 2010
This paper provides a detailed discussion of the internal and external regulatory challenges now faced by organizations, the scope of these challenges, and 4 key ways in which they can be...
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White Papers
The Top 10 Reports for Managing Vulnerabilities
Jan 2010
New network vulnerabilities appear constantly and the ability for IT security professionals to handle new flaws, fix misconfigurations and protect against threats requires constant attention....
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White Papers
Qualys- Strengthening Network Security with On Demand Vulnerability Management & Policy Compliance
Jan 2010
Despite defensive efforts with firewalls, intrusion detection, antivirus and the like, criminals, careless employees and contractors have exposed more than 158 million digital records of...
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White Papers
Effective Remediation of Network Vulnerabilities & Policy Compliance
Jan 2010
Consistent, ongoing execution of vulnerability management and policy compliance is difficult, if not impossible to do on a manual basis. There are simply too many ""moving parts"" to juggle and...
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White Papers
Key Strategies for Safeguarding IT Resources From Interior and Exterior Threats
Jul 2009
Systems will never be totally secure, as hackers keep coming up with new uses for old methods of attack. Over the past several years, there has also been an erosion of network perimeters as...
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White Papers
Vulnerability Management Buyer's Checklist
Jan 2010
Key Questions to Ask Before You Select a VM Solution Choosing a solution for Vulnerability Management (VM) is a critical step toward protecting your organisation's network and data. Without...
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Webcasts
Fast Track: Planning & Deploying an Effective Vulnerability Management Program
Jan 2010
Speaker: Jonathan Bitle, Qualys This webcast covers the essential components of a successful Vulnerability Management program that allows you proactively identify risk to protect your network and...
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Webcasts
Proactive Vulnerability Management
Jan 2010
Speaker: Dr. Chenxi Wang, Principal Analyst, Security and Risk Management, Forrester Research, Inc. In this talk, Dr. Chenxi Wang, Principal Analyst for Security and Risk Management at Forrester...
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Webcasts
On Demand Vulnerability Management
Jan 2010
Speaker: Jonathan Bitle, Senior Product Manager, Qualys This podcast examines what to look for in a self-auditing solution, how to use vulnerability management to ease the pain and why your...
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