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Symbian OS - mysterious playground for new malware

In the last year or two, an increasing number of Symbian threats have been reported. While there are not yet many malware writers who are interested in the Symbian OS, this may soon change. Robert Wang asks: is the Symbian OS in danger of further…

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The trouble with rootkits

Rootkits are a fast-emerging security threat which can hide malware from conventional security tools. So how do they do this, and what can you do about them?

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Code emulation in network intrusion detection/prevention systems

Aleksander Czarnowski (AVET Information and Network Security)

In this article Aleksander Czarnowski looks into one of the problems in detecting attacks for new vulnerabilities: code emulation.

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VB Comparative: Netware 6.5 - August 2005

Matt Ham finds NetWare 6.5 to be significantly more tolerable than previous versions of the operating system. Find out whether the products for NetWare show similar improvement.

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Deconstructing Windows Mobile

Not satisfied by the answers provided by a Microsoft representative in last month's interview about security issues surrounding the Windows Mobile platform, Michael Moser takes matters into his own hands and delves a little deeper.

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Evolution from a honeypot to a distributed honey net

For increased intrusion detection efficiency, more and more honeypots must be set up in different locations, especially in different subnets. Usually this requires a large amount of administration effort, involving fine-tuning each of the honeypots'…

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The Microsoft Windows CE platform

Since there is a lot of confusion over what, exactly, encompasses the Microsoft Windows Mobile platform, VB’s Technical Editor Morton Swimmer has provided the following brief run-down of the variations of the system.

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The future's bright for (ex-)virus writers

Costin Raiu (Kaspersky Lab)

Sasser author Sven Jaschan walked away free from a German court last month after receiving a 21-month suspended sentence for his crimes. With a job offer already in the bag, his future could be rosy. Costin Raiu looks at the fate of Jaschan and other…

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Got [Mac]root

No doubt to the surprise of some in the Macintosh community, the MacOS X platform has a rootkit. Peter Ferrie provides all the details of OSX/Weapox.

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Threats to online banking

Candid Wueest (Symantec)

Incidents of malicious applications that steal financial account information have increased dramatically over the last year. Candid Wueest demonstrates that the biggest threat to online banking is malicious code executed carelessly on the end-user's…

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