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White Papers
Concurrent Architecture for Automated Malware Classification
Nov 2009
This paper introduces a new architecture for automating the generalization of program structure and the recognition of common patterns in the area of malware analysis. By using massively parallel...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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White Papers
Server-Side Detection of Malware Infection
Sep 2009
The paper reviews the intertwined problems of malware and online fraud, and argues that the fact that service providers often are financially responsible for fraud causes a relative lack of...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
pBMDS: A Behavior-Based Malware Detection System for Cellphone Devices
Mar 2010
Computing environments on cellphones, especially smartphones, are becoming more open and general-purpose, thus they also become attractive targets of malware. Cellphone malware not only causes...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
The Real Cost of Free Email
Jun 2010
Learn the risks associated with using the POP and free email systems and how a hosted Microsoft Exchange solution can provide guaranteed availability and make email users in even the smallest...
Provided by Verio
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Case Studies
I've Been Infected By An Auto-Dialer Virus
Jan 2010
Defending the Net receives hundreds of e-mails every day in relation to computer safety issues. This case study focuses on the Auto-Dialer virus and describes how defending the Net received an...
Provided by Defending The Net
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White Papers
Malware Today and Mail Server Security
Jan 2008
The deal of this paper is to talk about highly effective mail server security with an aim to create awareness among all IT users. It discusses various threats that are included in the emails in...
Provided by Trend Micro
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White Papers
Against Spyware Using CAPTCHA in Graphical Password Scheme
Jan 2010
With the aim of introducing new schemes with graphical passwords, this paper proposes CAPTCHA that is a text-based scheme. Text-based password schemes are provided with in-built security and...
Provided by University of Nottingham
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Downloads
Antivirus Software- VIPRE Enterprise Antivirus Download a Free Trial
Aug 2010
VIPRE Enterprise Premium combines high-performance antivirus, antispyware, and a client firewall into a single agent so you get comprehensive endpoint malware protection with low system resource...
Provided by GFI Software, formerly Sunbelt Software
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Downloads
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LogMeIn Central.Aug 2010
Sit back at your command center and take control of your IT universe. From one powerful web-based console, you can deploy unlimited amounts of remote access software to computers you support, then...
Provided by LogMeIn
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Case Studies
One of Nation's Most "Unwired" Campuses Blocks Malware for Wireless Users
Aug 2009
Trinity University wanted to reduce malware and virus infections and enforce security policies for wireless users. The challenge was to strengthen security without impeding academic freedom....
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Case Studies
Toshiba Taps Webroot to Provide Web Security in the Cloud
Jul 2009
The Tokyo-based Toshiba Corporation is a brand recognized for its innovative electronic and electrical products. At the Toshiba branch in France, Jerome Jasmin, Director of the Information...
Provided by Webroot Software
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Case Studies
Technical Outsourcing Firm Chooses Webroot for Layered Web and Endpoint Security
Apr 2010
System One's IT staff consists of four people managing a network of 160 employees, almost all laptop users, along with over 20 remote office locations. Protection for the users was the...
Provided by Webroot Software
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Case Studies
In the State V. Malware, the Supreme Court of Georgia Wins With Webroot
Jun 2010
The Supreme Court of Georgia located in Atlanta has seven justices and approximately 80 employees, including staff attorneys, administrators, docket clerks and IT staff. Supreme Court of Georgia...
Provided by Webroot Software
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Case Studies
Aspire to a Network Free of Malicious Programs
Jun 2010
Aspire of Western New York has served children and adults with cerebral palsy, intellectual disabilities, epilepsy, autism and other neurological impairments, striving to let them live as...
Provided by Webroot Software
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Case Studies
Scottrade and McAfee Partner to Provide Security for Customer Data
Mar 2009
Scottrade, a leading branch-supported online investment firm, uses a complete suite of McAfee security risk management solutions to safeguard customer data. The company wanted to overhaul its...
Provided by McAfee
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Case Studies
Community South Bank Protects Endpoints, Data, and Network With Minimal IT Resources Using McAfee Total Protection for Secure Business
Oct 2009
Community South Bank is a fast-growing community bank headquartered in Parsons, Tennessee. The Bank knew it needed more than endpoint protection but had limited IT resources to manage a wide range...
Provided by McAfee
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White Papers
Unmasking FAKEAV
Jun 2010
This white paper aims to educate companies' IT department staff on how rogue antivirus or FAKEAV applications arrive on systems. It aims to arm them with the right Trend Micro solutions that can...
Provided by Trend Micro
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White Papers
The Case for a New Benchmark Testing Methodology
Sep 2009
An expanded method for testing AV products is described and demonstrated. The proposed method expands AV product protection scoring from malware file detection rates to include credit for blocking...
Provided by Trend Micro
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White Papers
Ghosts in the Machine: Today's Invisible Threats
Sep 2009
Viruses are invisible without a microscope, yet remain one of the most deadly organisms that exist in nature. The term "Computer Virus" is aptly named to describe one of the greatest challenges of...
Provided by Trend Micro
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White Papers
2009's Most Persistent Malware Threats
Jan 2009
Enterprises are raring to harness the benefits of the Internet's connectivity and infrastructure for both core operations and support activities. The generally positive response toward moving into...
Provided by Trend Micro
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White Papers
Virt-ICE: Next-Generation Debugger for Malware Analysis
May 2010
Dynamic malware analysis is an important method to analyze malware. The most important tool for dynamic malware analysis is debugger. However, because debuggers are originally built by software...
Provided by National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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White Papers
Study on Activities Undertaken to Address Threats That Undermine Confidence in the Information Society, Such as Spam, Spyware and Malicious Software
Nov 2009
Bringing together the technical and investigative expertise of Different government agencies and establishing close cooperation with network operators and ISPs. The Commission further stresses the...
Provided by European Commission
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White Papers
Spyware and Adware: How Do Internet Users Defend Themselves?
Jan 2009
The spread of broadband Internet has resulted in the increase of spyware and adware. This study highlights their damaging effects and proposes a model that captures defensive measures adopted by...
Provided by Rochester Institute of Technology
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White Papers
Self-Healing Spyware: Detection, and Remediation
Dec 2007
Spyware has become a significant threat to most Internet users as it introduces serious privacy disclosure, and potential security breach to the systems. It has not only utilized critical areas of...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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White Papers
Cell Phone Spyware and Security
Jul 2010
The new trend on the block that totally compromises user cell phones is cell phone spy software. The ramifications of this new trend are endless. User conversations, text messages, videos,...
Provided by NDS
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White Papers
An Interorganizational Social Network Analysis of the Michigan Diabetes Outreach Networks
Sep 2009
Public health has always relied on partnerships to conduct organized community efforts for the purpose of improving community health. Traditional methods for measuring partnerships collect...
Provided by Michigan State University
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Whitepapers
EchoSign whitepaper
Nov 2011
Electronic signatures and web-based contracting represent an inexpensive and automated way to finalize. Electronic signatures deliver a proven ROI of a 200-400% decrease in close cycles allowing...
Provided by Adobe Systems
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White Papers
The Rise of PDF Malware
Sep 2010
The PDF file format has become a popular file format since its release as an open standard. Its portable nature, extensive feature list, and availability of free tools to read and author them have...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
Using Spybot Search & Destroy to Protect Your Computer Against Spyware
Aug 2009
Spyware refers to software installed on the computer - often without ones knowledge or consent - that is used to collect and distribute information. Spyware can track which Web sites one visit,...
Provided by University of Pittsburgh
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White Papers
A New Graphical Password Scheme Against Spyware by Using CAPTCHA
May 2009
The security and usability problems inherent in text-based password schemes have resulted in the development of graphical password schemes as a possible alternative. However, most of the current...
Provided by Xidian University
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White Papers
Targeted Trojans: The silent danger of a clever malware
Nov 2010
This paper will discuss the history and progression of the modern Trojan attack. It will explore the methodology used by hackers in selecting a target and developing a compelling attack and will...
Provided by Symantec
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Webcasts
A Brief History of Malware
Aug 2010
Just when one thought it was safe to rely on the Internet again, attackers have unleashed a new set of exploits. Today's malware now hides not only in blacklisted websites and email attachments -...
Provided by Webroot Software
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Webcasts
Controlling Malware With Security Analytics
Jan 2010
In today's business world, partners, customers, networks, applications, computers and mobile devices must all be connected through many points of access, making enterprises vulnerable to hackers....
Provided by Unisys
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White Papers
Managed Compliance: Streamlining Multiple Compliance Mandates with Visibility, Intelligence and Auto
Oct 2010
A perfect storm is brewing, with increasingly complex, persistent cyber threats and more numerous and prescriptive compliance mandates to protect against them. In this white paper, learn how to...
Provided by Tripwire
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White Papers
Cyberwar Threats: New Security Strategies for Governments
Nov 2010
Threats posed by cyberwar cannot be defended using the traditional all-or-nothing security that's aimed solely at keeping attackers out of the government enterprise. Learn why that's so, what's...
Provided by Tripwire
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White Papers
Transparent Detection of Computer Malware Using Virtualization
May 2010
In this paper, the author explores malware detection using a combination of virtualization- and storage-based intrusion detection techniques. By monitoring disk activity of a virtual machine and...
Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Webcasts
Protecting Your Network from Rogue Security Software
Jan 2011
In this webinar, Chris Boyd, GFI Software's Senior Threat Researcher will provide an in-depth look into rogue antivirus. He will detail the damage it can cause, including an exclusive look behind...
Provided by GFI Software
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White Papers
Evaluation of a Spyware Detection System Using Thin Client Computing
Nov 2010
In previous work, the authors introduced a bait injection system designed to delude and detect crimeware by forcing it to reveal itself during the exploitation of monitored information. Although...
Provided by Columbia University
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White Papers
Large-Scale Malware Indexing Using Function-Call Graphs
Nov 2009
A major challenge of the Anti-Virus (AV) industry is how to effectively process the huge influx of malware samples they receive every day. One possible solution to this problem is to quickly...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Automatic Generation of String Signatures for Malware Detection
Jun 2009
Scanning les for signatures is a proven technology, but exponential growth in unique malware programs has caused an explosion in signature database sizes. One solution to this problem is to use...
Provided by Symantec
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Case Studies
McAfee Vulnerability Manager Remediates System Vulnerabilities and Mitigates Risks at CSU, Chico
Feb 2009
At California State University, Chico, (CSU, Chico), popularly known as "Chico State," the Information Security Office (ISEC) is tasked with protecting the university's more than 500 servers,...
Provided by McAfee
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Case Studies
Wyeth Enlists McAfee to Protect Global IT Environment From Pervasive Threats
Mar 2009
Wyeth, headquartered in Madison, New Jersey, is one of the largest research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare-product companies in the world, dedicated to solving the world's most critical...
Provided by McAfee
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Case Studies
McAfee Total Protection for Endpoint - Advanced Simplifies Security Risk Management at Ellis Hospital
Feb 2009
Ellis Hospital, based in Schenectady, New York, includes a 360-bed, full-service health care facility, a School of Nursing, a mental health clinic, the 40-bed Bellevue Women's Center, and three...
Provided by McAfee
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Case Studies
Abtran Meets Its Clients' Increasing Security Requirements With McAfee Security Risk Management Solutions
Feb 2009
Abtran is a market leader in delivering Business Process Outsourcing (BPO). Its focus is on strategic, mutually beneficial partnerships with major corporate and government clients in domestic and...
Provided by McAfee
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Case Studies
Georgia Department of Human Resources Relies on McAfee to Protect Against Incoming Spam and Malware
Apr 2009
The Georgia Department of Human Resources is the state's largest agency with 19,000 employees in 159 counties. It provides health and social services to the state's citizens. It needed to manage...
Provided by McAfee
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Case Studies
Purdue University Protects 25,000 Systems in Highly Distributed Environment With McAfee Total Protection for Endpoint
Apr 2009
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, is the flagship university of the five campuses within the Purdue University System, and one of the largest university systems in the United...
Provided by McAfee
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Case Studies
Texas' Largest Undergraduate Institution Finds e-Mail Security With Webroot SaaS
Sep 2008
With seven colleges that have served more than 1.5 million students since 1965, Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) is the largest undergraduate institution in the state of Texas. The...
Provided by Webroot Software
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Case Studies
Richmond Ambulance Authority Turns to Webroot to Protect Mobile Devices
Mar 2009
Richmond Ambulance Authority (RAA) provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to more than 200,000 people across Richmond, Va., making it one of the busiest per-capita systems in the nation. RAA...
Provided by Webroot Software
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White Papers
Stealthy Video Capturer: A New Video-Based Spyware in 3G Smartphones
Mar 2009
This paper investigates video-based vulnerabilities in 3G Smartphones. Particularly, it designed a new video-based spyware, called Stealthy Video Capturer (SVC). SVC can secretly record video...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Web 2.0 - The New Generation of Web Threats
Jun 2008
Unfortunately, malicious software (malware) has also evolved. Just as technology has been replaced by users as the driving force behind websites, the computer is no longer the ultimate target of...
Provided by ScanSafe
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White Papers
The Vertical Risk: Web-Delivered Malware Impact by Industry
Oct 2008
The type and frequency of Web-delivered malware changed dramatically in 2008. Chief among the causative factors was the marriage of profit-motivated attackers to automated tools that streamline...
Provided by ScanSafe
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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
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
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
The Tip of the Spyware Iceberg
Jan 2009
Spyware is a pervasive threat. 85% of all computers are infected with spyware according to PEW Internet Survey. Many businesses are unknowingly susceptible to spyware, including organizations that...
Provided by Process Software
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Whitepapers
Spyware: A Clear and Present Danger
Jun 2008
Used to be, a virus would tear through computer systems worldwide and within days, trash hundreds of thousands of systems, garnering global headlines before an antidote was created and distributed...
Provided by Webroot Software
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Whitepapers
Spyware: A Morphing Campaign
Nov 2007
Spyware and other Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) are a relatively new, albeit quick-to-flourish concept in the history of the Internet. Adware and spyware have been a natural, and very...
Provided by McAfee
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White Papers
Revealing Packed Malware
Sep 2008
The past few years have witnessed a significant increase in malware threats to computer users, threats that also pose a serious risk to the Internet's integrity. Malware exploits software...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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White Papers
The Snooping Dragon: Social-Malware Surveillance of the Tibetan Movement
Mar 2009
This paper says about a case of malware-based electronic surveillance of a political organisation by the agents of a nation state. While malware attacks are not new, two aspects of this case make...
Provided by University of Cambridge
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White Papers
Analysis of an Attack of Web-Based Malware
Jan 2009
Internet has become an ally platform of attack for malware creators, who through the use of different techniques such as Drive-by-Download, Drive-by-Update, scripting, exploit, among others, and...
Provided by Evilfingers
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White Papers
The Ecology of Malware
Sep 2008
The fight against malicious software (or malware, which includes everything from worms to viruses to botnets) is often viewed as an "Arms Race." Conventional wisdom is that one must continually...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Free But Fake: Rogue Anti-Malware
Feb 2009
Most antivirus products are commercial and typically offer, as is the case with ESET solutions, free trial versions for a 30-day period. This limitation is the perfect excuse for criminals to...
Provided by Eset
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Whitepapers
The McAfee Gateway Anti-Malware Engine: Protecting Users From Emerging Malware Threats
Jan 2009
Malware is a sophisticated business. Unlike the good old days when attacks were perpetrated by individual malcontents, today's malware developers are organized into sophisticated, disciplined...
Provided by McAfee
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White Papers
The Role of the Internet in the Propagation of Malware
Jan 2009
Computer threats have been a part of daily computing lives since 1986, when the boot sector virus Brain was discovered. Boot sector viruses propagated by writing themselves to floppy disks, then...
Provided by NETGEAR
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White Papers
Global Threat Report 2007
Jan 2008
ESET's product line has, traditionally, been focused on the detection and removal of viruses and other forms of malicious software, though notice as one reads through this paper that it do rather...
Provided by Eset
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White Papers
People Patching: Is User Education of Any Use at All?
Apr 2009
In general, the anti-malware community splits dramatically into two camps when it comes to the evergreen debate about the effectiveness of user education and security awareness as a protective...
Provided by Eset
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White Papers
Web Threats: Focus on Malicious URLs
Oct 2008
At the heart of many Web threats today is the seemingly innocuous URL in an email. Called a "Malicious URL" by cyber security experts, this link can lead to a range of unwanted eventualities....
Provided by Trend Micro
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White Papers
The Perils of Using the Wrong Approach to USB Flash Drive Security: Only Hardware Ensures That Data Stays in and Malware Stays Out
Jan 2008
A seemingly endless string of headlines trumpeting high-profile data breaches has helped to make organizations aware of the risk of data loss inherent in portable storage devices. In addition to...
Provided by IronKey
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White Papers
Anchiva Network Threat Defence
Apr 2009
The RapidRx Labs is Anchiva's professional malware research team that focuses on virus, malicious threats, and security lapse research. Since starting research operations in 2005, Anchiva's...
Provided by Anchiva Systems
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Whitepapers
2009 Threat Predictions: Slumping Economy Drives Malware Threats
Jan 2009
Malware is a business, and that business is thriving. Gone are the days of virus writing for notoriety. More than 90 percent of the malware written today consists of password-stealing Trojans and...
Provided by McAfee
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White Papers
Anti-Spyware: How to Prevent Spyware With Finjan's Active Real-Time Code Inspection
Apr 2008
Cybercrime is booming and money is the driving force behind the growth of targeted attacks against corporate networks that steal business data that can be sold on to other criminals. Spyware has...
Provided by Finjan
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White Papers
AVG: Protecting Your Computer From Tomorrow's Threats Today
Apr 2009
Security used to be a straightforward matter. E-mail was the primary attack vector and simply installing an anti-virus product and exercising caution when opening attachments mitigated the...
Provided by AVG Technologies
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White Papers
Protecting You From Today's Rapidly Evolving, Web-Borne Threats
Feb 2008
The challenge for personal and business computer users alike today is to stay ahead of the rapidly evolving array of viruses, spyware, phishing scams and other threats collectively referred to as...
Provided by AVG Technologies
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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
VIPRE Takes a Bite Out of Bloatware
Oct 2008
Hackers and rogue code writers will continue to ply their trade and create new, ever more efficient and pernicious viruses and blended malware threats. This will in turn, cause many of the...
Provided by GFI Software
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White Papers
A Lightweight Hypervisor for Malware Analysis
May 2008
Malicious software is rampant on the Internet and is costing billions of dollars each year. Safe and thorough analysis of malware is key to protecting systems and cleaning those that have already...
Provided by University of Illinois
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White Papers
Network Monitoring Tool to Identify Malware Infected Computers
Aug 2006
These days most of the Organizational Networks are facing a critical problem. Lately there has been a lot of increase in Malwares such as worms, adwares, spywares etc., which get installed on the...
Provided by Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
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White Papers
On the Limits of Information Flow Techniques for Malware Analysis and Containment
Feb 2008
Taint-tracking is emerging as a general technique in software security to complement virtualization and static analysis. It has been applied for accurate detection of a wide range of attacks on...
Provided by Universita degli Studi di Milano
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White Papers
Evaluation of Malware Clustering Based on Its Dynamic Behaviour
Jan 2008
Malware detection is an important problem today. New malware appears every day and in order to be able to detect it, it is important to recognize families of existing malware. Data mining...
Provided by Australian Computer Society
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White Papers
Economics of Malware: Epidemic Risks Model, Network Externalities and Incentives
May 2009
Malicious softwares or malwares for short have become a major security threat. While originating in criminal behavior, their impact is also influenced by the decisions of legitimate end users....
Provided by French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control
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White Papers
Self-Healing Spyware: Detection, and Remediation
Dec 2007
Spyware has become a significant threat to most Internet users as it introduces serious privacy disclosure, and potential security breach to the systems. It has not only utilized critical areas of...
Provided by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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White Papers
Cell Phone Spyware and Security
Jul 2010
The new trend on the block that totally compromises user cell phones is cell phone spy software. The ramifications of this new trend are endless. User conversations, text messages, videos,...
Provided by NDS
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White Papers
An Interorganizational Social Network Analysis of the Michigan Diabetes Outreach Networks
Sep 2009
Public health has always relied on partnerships to conduct organized community efforts for the purpose of improving community health. Traditional methods for measuring partnerships collect...
Provided by Michigan State University
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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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Whitepapers
EchoSign whitepaper
Nov 2011
Electronic signatures and web-based contracting represent an inexpensive and automated way to finalize. Electronic signatures deliver a proven ROI of a 200-400% decrease in close cycles allowing...
Provided by Adobe Systems
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White Papers
The Rise of PDF Malware
Sep 2010
The PDF file format has become a popular file format since its release as an open standard. Its portable nature, extensive feature list, and availability of free tools to read and author them have...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
Using Spybot Search & Destroy to Protect Your Computer Against Spyware
Aug 2009
Spyware refers to software installed on the computer - often without ones knowledge or consent - that is used to collect and distribute information. Spyware can track which Web sites one visit,...
Provided by University of Pittsburgh
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White Papers
A New Graphical Password Scheme Against Spyware by Using CAPTCHA
May 2009
The security and usability problems inherent in text-based password schemes have resulted in the development of graphical password schemes as a possible alternative. However, most of the current...
Provided by Xidian University
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White Papers
Targeted Trojans: The silent danger of a clever malware
Nov 2010
This paper will discuss the history and progression of the modern Trojan attack. It will explore the methodology used by hackers in selecting a target and developing a compelling attack and will...
Provided by Symantec
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Webcasts
A Brief History of Malware
Aug 2010
Just when one thought it was safe to rely on the Internet again, attackers have unleashed a new set of exploits. Today's malware now hides not only in blacklisted websites and email attachments -...
Provided by Webroot Software
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Webcasts
Controlling Malware With Security Analytics
Jan 2010
In today's business world, partners, customers, networks, applications, computers and mobile devices must all be connected through many points of access, making enterprises vulnerable to hackers....
Provided by Unisys
-
White Papers
Managed Compliance: Streamlining Multiple Compliance Mandates with Visibility, Intelligence and Auto
Oct 2010
A perfect storm is brewing, with increasingly complex, persistent cyber threats and more numerous and prescriptive compliance mandates to protect against them. In this white paper, learn how to...
Provided by Tripwire
-
White Papers
Cyberwar Threats: New Security Strategies for Governments
Nov 2010
Threats posed by cyberwar cannot be defended using the traditional all-or-nothing security that's aimed solely at keeping attackers out of the government enterprise. Learn why that's so, what's...
Provided by Tripwire
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White Papers
Transparent Detection of Computer Malware Using Virtualization
May 2010
In this paper, the author explores malware detection using a combination of virtualization- and storage-based intrusion detection techniques. By monitoring disk activity of a virtual machine and...
Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Webcasts
Protecting Your Network from Rogue Security Software
Jan 2011
In this webinar, Chris Boyd, GFI Software's Senior Threat Researcher will provide an in-depth look into rogue antivirus. He will detail the damage it can cause, including an exclusive look behind...
Provided by GFI Software
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White Papers
Evaluation of a Spyware Detection System Using Thin Client Computing
Nov 2010
In previous work, the authors introduced a bait injection system designed to delude and detect crimeware by forcing it to reveal itself during the exploitation of monitored information. Although...
Provided by Columbia University
-
White Papers
Large-Scale Malware Indexing Using Function-Call Graphs
Nov 2009
A major challenge of the Anti-Virus (AV) industry is how to effectively process the huge influx of malware samples they receive every day. One possible solution to this problem is to quickly...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
-
White Papers
Automatic Generation of String Signatures for Malware Detection
Jun 2009
Scanning les for signatures is a proven technology, but exponential growth in unique malware programs has caused an explosion in signature database sizes. One solution to this problem is to use...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
Gone Rogue: An Analysis of Rogue Security Software Campaigns
Nov 2009
In the past few years, Internet miscreants have developed a number of techniques to defraud and make a hefty profit out of their unsuspecting victims. A troubling, recent example of this trend is...
Provided by University of California
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White Papers
Knowing Where Your Input Is From: Kernel-Level Data-Provenance Verification
Apr 2010
This paper describes a cryptographic provenance verification approach for ensuring system properties and system-data integrity at kernel-level. Its two concrete applications are demonstrated in...
Provided by Virginia Tech
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White Papers
Poster: CompareView - A Provenance Verification Framework for Detecting Rootkit-Based Malware
Apr 2009
Using rootkit mechanisms to hide malware presence is pervasive in today's computer attacks. This paper proposes the CompareView framework, a host-based solution to detect stealthy outbound traffic...
Provided by Rutgers University
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White Papers
User-Assisted Host-Based Detection of Outbound Malware Traffic
Oct 2009
Conventional network security solutions are performed on network layer packets using statistical measures. These types of traffic analysis may not catch stealthy attacks carried out by today's...
Provided by Rutgers University
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White Papers
On Optimal AV System Strategies Against Obfuscated Malware
May 2009
Many Anti-Virus (AV) Systems are heterogeneous compositions of components, with each component specially tuned to work on a certain class of threat. Each component may have individually tunable...
Provided by University of Louisiana
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White Papers
The Economics of Cybersecurity: Principles and Policy Options
Dec 2010
Economics puts the challenges facing cybersecurity into perspective better than a purely technical approach does. Systems often fail because the organizations that defend them do not bear the full...
Provided by Harvard University
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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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White Papers
Enterprise Mobility Guide 2011 Enterprise Mobility Guide 2011
Apr 2011
This guide features articles by industry experts, analysts and top executives on subjects including an outlook for the mobile enterprise, market projections and forecasts, real-world examples of...
Provided by Sybase Inc.
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White Papers
One-Time-Password-Authenticated Key Exchange
Sep 2009
To reduce the damage of phishing and spyware attacks, banks, governments, and other security-sensitive industries are deploying one-time password systems, where users have many passwords and use...
Provided by Queensland University of Technology
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White Papers
Case Study on Social Engineering Techniques for Persuasion
Jun 2010
There are plenty of security software in market; each claiming the best, still the authors daily face problem of viruses and other malicious activities. If they know the basic working principal of...
Provided by BVM Engineering College
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Webcasts
Defeating the Cyber Mutants: Protecting Your Business from Modern Malware
Apr 2011
Modern malware rarely strikes the same way twice. Today's malicious code rapidly mutates, bypassing traditional defences. This webcast will examine these threats and the new technology that...
Provided by Symantec
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White Papers
SpyShield: Preserving Privacy From Spy Add-ons
Jun 2007
Spyware infections are becoming extremely pervasive, posing a grave threat to Internet users' privacy. Control of such an epidemic is increasingly difficult for the existing defense mechanisms,...
Provided by Indiana University
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White Papers
Empirical Study of Drive-By-Download Spyware
Dec 2007
The ability of spyware to circumvent common security practices, surreptitiously exporting confidential information to remote parties and illicitly consuming system resources, is a rising security...
Provided by Naval Postgraduate School
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White Papers
Consumer Motivations in Taking Action Against Spyware: An Empirical Investigation
Dec 2008
Proliferation of spyware offer new threats and challenges for the consumers and the online companies that endeavor to attract prospective consumers. Privacy concerns are expected to fuel the...
Provided by Emerald Group Publishing
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White Papers
Remotely Keyed Cryptographics Secure Remote Display Access Using (Mostly) Untrusted Hardware - Extended Version
Jan 2011
Software that covertly monitors user actions, also known as spyware, has become a first-level security threat due to its ubiquity and the difficulty of detecting and removing it. Such software may...
Provided by Columbia University
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White Papers
Using application control to reduce risk with endpoint security
Jun 2011
Unwanted applications, like games, result in productivity loss. This is often the primary consideration when applying application control. But unauthorized applications also increase your...
Provided by Sophos
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White Papers
Cognitive Authentication Schemes for Unassisted Humans, Safe Against Spyware
Jan 2011
Can the authors secure user authentication against eavesdropping adversaries, relying on human cognitive functions alone, unassisted by any external computational device? To accomplish this goal,...
Provided by Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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White Papers
Using Low-Rate Flow Periodicities for Anomaly Detection: Extended
Aug 2009
As desktops and servers become more complicated, they employ an increasing amount of automatic, non-user initiated communication. Such communication can be good (OS updates, RSS feed readers, and...
Provided by Colorado State University
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Whitepapers - Video
Watch this 5-minute video to learn more about the benefits of VIPRE Antivirus Business
Jul 2011
Until now antivirus has been slow and hard to manage - but there is a fast and easy solution, VIPRE Antivirus Business! VIPRE Business offers - Fast endpoint protection - Easy deployment and...
Provided by GFI Software
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Whitepapers
Malware Security Report: Protecting Your Business, Customers, and the Bottom Line.
Jun 2010
Malware code is not easily detectable and may infect consumers' computers when they simply browse your web site. Protect your business and customers by understanding the threat from malware and...
Provided by VeriSign
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Case Studies
Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh Saves Time and Money With 8e6 Technologies' R3000 Internet Filter
Jun 2007
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh (FHLBank Pittsburgh) works behind the scenes, helping to make the communities of Delaware, Pennsylvania and West Virginia better places to live and work....
Provided by 8e6 Technologies
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White Papers
10 Essential Steps to Web Security
Jul 2007
The Web is changing fast from a one-way medium for "brochure-ware" to a highly interactive, sophisticated, mission-critical platform. The new, "Web 2.0" applications - from social networking to...
Provided by Clearswift
