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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
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
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White Papers
Artificial Malware Immunization Based on Dynamically Assigned Sense of Self
Sep 2010
Computer malwares (e.g., botnets, rootkits and spyware) are one of the most serious threats to all computers and networks. Most malwares conduct their malicious actions via hijacking the control...
Provided by George Mason University
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Whitepapers
How Webroot SecureAnywhere Business-Endpoint Protection and Windows 8 Change Everything
Jul 2012
Endpoint Protection compliments this screening approach perfectly. With difficult to classify 'unknown' files, or those that have fooled the reputation filtering, the added power of the Webroot...
Provided by Webroot Software
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Whitepapers
User Rights Management
Nov 2012
End-users are demanding greater flexibility with respect to the applications they need to access and the daily tasks they need to perform. AppSense User Rights Management empowers IT to deliver a...
Provided by AppSense
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Whitepapers
On the Feasibility of Online Malware Detection with Performance Counters
Apr 2013
The proliferation of computers in any domain is followed by the proliferation of malware in that domain. Systems, including the latest mobile platforms, are laden with viruses, rootkits, spyware,...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
The Online Shadow Economy: A Billion Dollar Market For Malware Authors
Oct 2007
In an online black market worth more than $105 billion, malware authors can produce new, unique threats targeting businesses and employees every 45 seconds. This free white paper examines the...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
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White Papers
MessageLabs Intelligence: October 2007--"MP3 Stock Spam Is Up...More Spammers Sent Down"
Nov 2007
Top line results of this report include: Spam - 74.5% in October (an increase of 1% since September) Viruses - One in 161.5 emails in October contained malware (a decrease of 1.4% since...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
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Webcasts
Invisible Attackers: Stop the Bot
Jan 2008
Massive distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) and phishing attacks get the headlines, but invisible attackers pose a far more common threat to your network. This 60-minute TechWiseTV video on...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Webcasts
IT Manager Webcast: Microsoft Security Intelligence Report: Latest Trends in Vulnerabilities and Malicious Software (Level 100)
Nov 2007
Data from hundreds of millions of Internet-connected systems and some of the Internet's busiest online services gives Microsoft a unique view of the security threats facing Internet users. This...
Provided by Microsoft
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Whitepapers
Defeating spam in enterprise email
Sep 2011
Enterprises should expect the onslaught of spam to continue. Botnets aren't going away. Criminal syndicates won't abandon a profitable business. In 2011 and beyond, attacks will likely become more...
Provided by Proofpoint
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Whitepapers
Cybercrime risk management helps protect the enterprise
Sep 2011
Organisations need solutions to help protect key business information, whether it's a USB drive full of company information or just being cautious. Today's enterprise needs tools to avoid...
Provided by HP
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Case Studies
Healthcare Company Simplifies Management, Boosts Protection With New Security Solution
Feb 2008
Allina Hospitals & Clinics, based in Minnesota, is a large network of hospitals and healthcare facilities. Thousands of Allina employees use a computerized data system to access patient medical...
Provided by Microsoft Tips
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Webcasts
Securing Your Messaging Environment From External and Internal Threats
Feb 2008
The presenter of this webcast explains how Symantec's 8300 series appliances can help to protect the messaging infrastructure from external and internal threats. Messaging technologies have become...
Provided by Symantec
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Whitepapers
Stop Spam, Viruses and Spyware: Endpoint and Perimeter Malware Guide
Feb 2008
IT systems are under constant, increasingly sophisticated attack. Today's cyber criminals are using highly evolved, blended malware to access corporate and customer data at an alarming rate....
Provided by Webroot Software
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Whitepapers
State of Internet Security Report: Protecting Business Email
Mar 2008
Business dependence on email is greater than ever before and the volume of threats has spiked dramatically. For this State of Internet Security report, Webroot surveyed 1,500 email security...
Provided by Webroot Software
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Whitepapers
Web Security SaaS: The Next Generation of Web Security
Apr 2008
The Web is the new threat vector of choice for hackers and cybercriminals to distribute malware and perpetrate identity theft, financial fraud, and corporate espionage. This IDC paper outlines...
Provided by Webroot Software
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Whitepapers
How to Protect Business From Malware at the Endpoint and the Perimeter
Feb 2008
Financial motives are triggering a massive explosion of malware variants and spam designed to evade traditional signature-based detection mechanisms. In the early days, it was all about the...
Provided by Webroot Software
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Webcasts
Lavasoft and the Antispyware Industry
Nov 2008
In this webcast, the speaker CEO Jason King offers a brief history of Lavasoft and its role in the antispyware industry, the growth of the company, the shift in the marketplace as well as details...
Provided by HELP NET SECURITY
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White Papers
EMS Email Security: Spam and virus-free email without the need for constant IT administration
May 2008
While most email filtering solutions have barely evolved over the last few years, Dell MessageOne has broken the mold with a completely new generation of email filtering technology that is more...
Provided by Dell MessageOne
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White Papers
Archdiocese of New Orleans: A customer success story
Dec 2011
Archdiocese of New Orleans plays it safe. Sophos Astaro Security Gateway doubles bandwidth and reduces administration time tremendously.
Provided by Astaro
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Whitepapers
The Impact of Messaging and Web Threats - An Osterman Research White Paper
Apr 2008
Messaging, internal, and Web-based threats are increasing in number and severity. The risks to organizations large and small are not theoretical -- there are real problems that users and their...
Provided by McAfee
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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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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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Whitepapers
Unraveling Web Malware
Sep 2008
Security researchers and IT administrators have recently witnessed a rapid rise in the use of Web-based blended threats-for example, dangerous (and potentially obfuscated) JavaScript and ActiveX...
Provided by FireEye
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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
F-Secure DeepGuard 2.0
Sep 2008
Today's Internet threat landscape is dominated by criminals. A few years ago, they were only just beginning to adopt the use of malicious software (malware). Since then, it has seen extraordinary...
Provided by F-Secure
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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
The Passing Storm: The Storm/Nuwar Botnet
Jan 2009
While security software can mitigate the direct impact of Nuwar and other bot-related malware on individual systems, the wider effects of botnet activity need additional countermeasures. DDoS...
Provided by Eset
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White Papers
Testing Testing: Anti-Malware Evaluation for the Enterprise
Apr 2009
Anti-malware software remains an essential defensive component for most enterprises, understandably anxious to get the right balance of affordability and effectiveness. Unfortunately, journalists,...
Provided by Eset
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White Papers
From Fun to Profit: The Evolution of Malware
Apr 2009
Digital threats have evolved from a bizarre hobby for computer geeks into a huge source of profit for organized cyber-crime. From a technical point of view, malware has diversified to enable...
Provided by Eset
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White Papers
Understanding and Teaching Heuristics
Apr 2009
This paper is designed to provide a basic understanding of what heuristics are and how they are used in the anti-malware industry. Topics covered include signature based detection, generic...
Provided by Eset
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White Papers
GuardedID
Jun 2009
Keyloggers are a serious security threat that can be extremely harmful to both businesses and consumers. Current mechanisms do not provide adequate protection to the user from these threats. It...
Provided by StrikeForce Technologies
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White Papers
2008 Internet Security Outlook
Jan 2008
Malware is at an all-time high. The security industry is in an arms race with malware creators and distributors. If business or home computers were fortunate enough to have not been attacked...
Provided by CA
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White Papers
SpySaver: Using Incentives to Address Spyware
Aug 2008
This paper presents SpySaver - a novel anti-spyware approach that reduces the incentive to deploy spyware. The approach does not prevent spyware installations, nor does it recover from them....
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
Tangled Web: Undercover Threats, Invisible Enemies
Apr 2008
The best-known example of an undercover threat is spyware, which first appeared around five years ago. Essentially, spyware is software that gets onto a computer's hard drive without the user's...
Provided by Symantec
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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
Toward Automatic Discovery of Malware Signature for Anti-Virus Cloud Computing
Feb 2009
Security vendors are facing a serious problem of defeating the complexity of malwares. With the popularity and the variety of zero-day malware over the Internet, generating their signatures for...
Provided by Trend Micro
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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
Rethink Endpoint Security
Jun 2009
Watch this informative video on endpoint security solutions straight from Trend micro. Think your endpoints are secure? Think Again.
Provided by Trend Micro
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White Papers
Data Leak Assessment
Jun 2009
The Trend Micro Data Leak Assessment Practice, developed by Trend Micro-certified data leak prevention consultants, will provide you with a detailed, written analysis of your data leak risks. The...
Provided by Trend Micro
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White Papers
Trend Micro Email Encryption Client Free Download
Jun 2009
Trend Micro Email Encryption Client is a software plug-in for popular email clients that deploys without modifying existing business processes and integrates seamlessly with the existing email...
Provided by Trend Micro
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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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Whitepapers
Securing Virtual Worlds Against Real Attacks: The Challenges of Online Game Development
Jul 2008
Most of the attacks that have been witnessed in real life will surface in virtual worlds unless the environment is built with security in mind. It needs to leverage knowledge and work together -...
Provided by McAfee
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White Papers
MessageLabs Intelligence : 2009 security Predictions
Jun 2009
Having analyzed the global threat landscape for almost a decade, MessageLabs Team Skeptic™ is comprised of many world-renowned malware and spam experts who have a global view of threats across...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
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White Papers
Tangled Web : Undercover Threats, Invisible Enemies
Jun 2009
MessageLabs offers integrated web and email security services proven to stay a step ahead of the bad guys. Its Web Security service, for example, includes anti-spyware and anti-virus protection,...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
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White Papers
Your Computer Is Now Stoned (...Again!): The Rise of MBR Rootkits
Jan 2009
The war against invisible malware has been taken down to a new battleground, the lowest level seen so far in the wild: the Master Boot Record. The MBR rootkit, a.k.a. Mebroot, appeared in the wild...
Provided by Symantec
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Downloads
Sophos Security Assessment Tools
May 2009
Put the diagnostic power of these FREE security tools to work in your enterprise today. From endpoint assessment and threat detection to identifying rootkits and unauthorized applications, these...
Provided by Sophos
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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
AVG: 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
New Web Threats for 2009
Feb 2009
Email threats such as spam are well known, but there's another major entry point into your network, the Web! As companies have become more adept at stopping email threats, cyber-criminals have...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
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White Papers
Top 5 Tips for Email and Web Security in 2009
Feb 2009
The Internet and email bring many advantages, however the ever increasing number of Internet-based security threats such as viruses, spyware and spam pose significant danger to your organization....
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
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White Papers
Securing and Managing the Endpoints: The Case for Convergence
Sep 2008
Best practices of IT organizations require you to efficiently secure all your endpoints and gain confidence that corporate assets and business operations are protected—all while controlling costs....
Provided by Symantec
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Case Studies
State University Decreases Call Escalation by 80% Using Appliance-Based Remote Desktop Support Solution
Aug 2008
Texas State University's IT team deals with support issues ranging from Microsoft Word issues to viruses and spyware. Up until the end of 2005, helpdesk technicians had to walk end-users through...
Provided by Bomgar
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Case Studies
VIPRE Enterprise Case Study
Jan 2009
Frustrated with the resources being consumed by antivirus/antispyware solutions, Comox Valley School District searched for a new solution and found Sunbelt's VIPRE Enterprise, which offered...
Provided by GFI Software
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Downloads
Quantify Your Insider Risk with Lumension Device Scanner
Jul 2008
In today's borderless enterprise, your data is more at risk from insiders than ever before. With removable devices like USB sticks continuing to increase in storage capacity, it has never been...
Provided by Lumension
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Whitepapers
Enabling business growth with expert security solutions. Protecting your systems and your data
Jan 2009
Hackers, viruses, worms, spams, spy ware and inside attacks can stop organisations growing. This white paper deals with these vunerabilities and how to achieve cost effective soultions.
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
GetCodec Multimedia Trojan Analysis
Aug 2008
A new trojan was spotted spreading in the wild, infecting multi-media files on end-user PCs with malicious content. The interesting detail about the malware is that its code embedding...
Provided by HISPASEC SYSTEMS
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Case Studies
Bloxx Internet Filtering Proves Best Fit for Easton-Bell Sports
Sep 2008
Easton-Bell Sports was growing increasingly concerned about its bandwidth consumption, as well as the time IT staff members were spending removing malware from employees' computers. In addition,...
Provided by Bloxx
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Case Studies
IronPort Takes a Bite Out of Web Threats
Oct 2008
United States Beef Corporation is a leading franchise operator for the Arby's Restaurant Group, with more than 260 Arby's restaurants located throughout the central U.S. To ensure its continued...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Case Studies
IronPort Web Security Technology Protects a Leading Health Care Provider
Apr 2008
To ensure satisfaction without compromising its network, Four Seasons Health Care looked for a new appliance-based Web security solution that required little daily maintenance or management time...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Case Studies
Integrated Web Security for an Integrated Creative Services Provider
Apr 2008
Creative services provider Proximity London has prospered by supplying its discerning client-base with effective strategies to reach their target audiences. Proximity London had tried other...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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White Papers
Artificial Malware Immunization Based on Dynamically Assigned Sense of Self
Sep 2010
Computer malwares (e.g., botnets, rootkits and spyware) are one of the most serious threats to all computers and networks. Most malwares conduct their malicious actions via hijacking the control...
Provided by George Mason University
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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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Whitepapers
Double I/O for Windows 7/8/server 2012 - No Hardware Required
Oct 2012
openBench Labs benchmarks and validates read/write optimization for the latest Windows environments (7/8/server 2012) that results in a 2X performance boost from workstations to servers. No...
Provided by Condusiv Technologies
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Whitepapers
How Webroot SecureAnywhere Business-Endpoint Protection and Windows 8 Change Everything
Jul 2012
Endpoint Protection compliments this screening approach perfectly. With difficult to classify 'unknown' files, or those that have fooled the reputation filtering, the added power of the Webroot...
Provided by Webroot Software
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Whitepapers
User Rights Management
Nov 2012
End-users are demanding greater flexibility with respect to the applications they need to access and the daily tasks they need to perform. AppSense User Rights Management empowers IT to deliver a...
Provided by AppSense
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Whitepapers
Antivirus Management in the Cloud for Small Businesses
Jan 2013
Learn which malware defense is best for your small business. Thanks to cloud computing, centrally managed antivirus is now available to SMBs (businesses with 500 employees or less) and SMBs that...
Provided by GFI Software
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Whitepapers
GFI Case Study: Mitsubishi Polysilicon
Jan 2013
Learn how Mitsubishi Polysilicon solved their need for malware protection. Unhappy with their current antivirus product, Mitsubishi Polysilicon set out to find a malware solution that would not...
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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Whitepapers
IDC Whitepaper: Gaining Business Value and ROI: Automated Change and Configuration Management
Jan 2011
The explosion of mobile devices, in a user-centric world, requires support for Windows, Mac, Android, BlackBerry, and other platforms. In order to help quantify the benefits of using LANDesk...
Provided by LANDesk Software, Inc.
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Whitepapers
Anatomy of a Botnet
Feb 2013
Because of the damage they cause and the bewildering speed with which they mutate, botnets and DDoS attacks are not only perceived as being malevolent (which they are) but also unstoppable (which...
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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Whitepapers
2012 IBM X-Force Mid Year Trend and Risk Report
Feb 2013
The IBM X-Force Trend and Risk Report is produced twice per year: once at mid-year and once at year-end. This report provides statistical information about all aspects of threats that affect...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
McAfee Explains how to Neutralise Advanced Malware
Mar 2013
Today's malware is a malleable tool in the hands of a clever cybercriminal who uses it to attack through vulnerabilities that standard antivirus solutions don't monitor or aren't designed to...
Provided by AU: McAfee
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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
On the Feasibility of Online Malware Detection with Performance Counters
Apr 2013
The proliferation of computers in any domain is followed by the proliferation of malware in that domain. Systems, including the latest mobile platforms, are laden with viruses, rootkits, spyware,...
Provided by Association for Computing Machinery
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White Papers
The Online Shadow Economy: A Billion Dollar Market For Malware Authors
Oct 2007
In an online black market worth more than $105 billion, malware authors can produce new, unique threats targeting businesses and employees every 45 seconds. This free white paper examines the...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
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White Papers
MessageLabs Intelligence: October 2007--"MP3 Stock Spam Is Up...More Spammers Sent Down"
Nov 2007
Top line results of this report include: Spam - 74.5% in October (an increase of 1% since September) Viruses - One in 161.5 emails in October contained malware (a decrease of 1.4% since...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
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Webcasts
Invisible Attackers: Stop the Bot
Jan 2008
Massive distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) and phishing attacks get the headlines, but invisible attackers pose a far more common threat to your network. This 60-minute TechWiseTV video on...
Provided by Cisco Systems
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Webcasts
IT Manager Webcast: Microsoft Security Intelligence Report: Latest Trends in Vulnerabilities and Malicious Software (Level 100)
Nov 2007
Data from hundreds of millions of Internet-connected systems and some of the Internet's busiest online services gives Microsoft a unique view of the security threats facing Internet users. This...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Social Networking: Brave New World or Revolution from Hell? A look at the phenomenon of Social Networking and the implications for Businesses
Jan 2008
According to recent surveys, employee social networking is growing rapidly, on hot sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and more. Reactions among businesses vary widely, from outright bans on social...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
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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
Defeating spam in enterprise email
Sep 2011
Enterprises should expect the onslaught of spam to continue. Botnets aren't going away. Criminal syndicates won't abandon a profitable business. In 2011 and beyond, attacks will likely become more...
Provided by Proofpoint
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Whitepapers
Cybercrime risk management helps protect the enterprise
Sep 2011
Organisations need solutions to help protect key business information, whether it's a USB drive full of company information or just being cautious. Today's enterprise needs tools to avoid...
Provided by HP
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Case Studies
Healthcare Company Simplifies Management, Boosts Protection With New Security Solution
Feb 2008
Allina Hospitals & Clinics, based in Minnesota, is a large network of hospitals and healthcare facilities. Thousands of Allina employees use a computerized data system to access patient medical...
Provided by Microsoft Tips
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Webcasts
Securing Your Messaging Environment From External and Internal Threats
Feb 2008
The presenter of this webcast explains how Symantec's 8300 series appliances can help to protect the messaging infrastructure from external and internal threats. Messaging technologies have become...
Provided by Symantec
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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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Whitepapers
Stop Spam, Viruses and Spyware: Endpoint and Perimeter Malware Guide
Feb 2008
IT systems are under constant, increasingly sophisticated attack. Today's cyber criminals are using highly evolved, blended malware to access corporate and customer data at an alarming rate....
Provided by Webroot Software
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Whitepapers
State of Internet Security Report: Protecting Business Email
Mar 2008
Business dependence on email is greater than ever before and the volume of threats has spiked dramatically. For this State of Internet Security report, Webroot surveyed 1,500 email security...
Provided by Webroot Software
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Whitepapers
Web Security SaaS: The Next Generation of Web Security
Apr 2008
The Web is the new threat vector of choice for hackers and cybercriminals to distribute malware and perpetrate identity theft, financial fraud, and corporate espionage. This IDC paper outlines...
Provided by Webroot Software
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Whitepapers
Sharing Simplified - Consolidating Multiple File-sharing Technologies
Oct 2011
A primary reason for this dissatisfaction is that traditional Enterprise Content Management (ECM) technologies are purchased and deployed to control business content, while most workers need to...
Provided by Box.net
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Whitepapers
How to Protect Business From Malware at the Endpoint and the Perimeter
Feb 2008
Financial motives are triggering a massive explosion of malware variants and spam designed to evade traditional signature-based detection mechanisms. In the early days, it was all about the...
Provided by Webroot Software
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Webcasts
Lavasoft and the Antispyware Industry
Nov 2008
In this webcast, the speaker CEO Jason King offers a brief history of Lavasoft and its role in the antispyware industry, the growth of the company, the shift in the marketplace as well as details...
Provided by HELP NET SECURITY
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White Papers
EMS Email Security: Spam and virus-free email without the need for constant IT administration
May 2008
While most email filtering solutions have barely evolved over the last few years, Dell MessageOne has broken the mold with a completely new generation of email filtering technology that is more...
Provided by Dell MessageOne
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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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White Papers
Archdiocese of New Orleans: A customer success story
Dec 2011
Archdiocese of New Orleans plays it safe. Sophos Astaro Security Gateway doubles bandwidth and reduces administration time tremendously.
Provided by Astaro
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Whitepapers
The Impact of Messaging and Web Threats - An Osterman Research White Paper
Apr 2008
Messaging, internal, and Web-based threats are increasing in number and severity. The risks to organizations large and small are not theoretical -- there are real problems that users and their...
Provided by McAfee
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Case Studies
Barracuda Networks Quashes Alarm Over Spyware at EMS
Oct 2007
EMS provides state-of-the-art, wireless fire and security alarms. Re-occurring spyware infections across many user machines posed not only a potential data security threat, but was also slowing...
Provided by Barracuda Networks
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White Papers
The Botnet Threat: Targeting Your Business
Jul 2008
The objective of a robot network or "botnet" is simple: Enlist your computers into the armies of zombies that will, on command from some faraway place, bombard other computers with fraudulent spam...
Provided by MessageLabs, now part of Symantec
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White Papers
Productivity, Internet Abuse, and How to Improve One by Eliminating the Other
Sep 2008
This white paper does not focus on Internet highlights, but on some of the considerable downsides--and how to eliminate them. Specifically, it explains the effect of Internet abuse on employee...
Provided by Bloxx
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Case Studies
All-in-One Internet Filtering Solution Solves Costly Problems for Easton-Bell Sports
Sep 2008
After extensively evaluating a number of different Web filtering solutions, Network Operations Manager Matt Baskett and his team at Easton-Bell Sports (EBS) selected Bloxx's Web filtering...
Provided by Bloxx
