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Read moreTerry Zink (Microsoft)
Sender authentication is a hot topic in the world of email. It has a number of uses and a number of suggested uses. Which ones work in real life? Which ones don’t quite measure up? Can we use authentication to mitigate spoofing? Can we use it to…
Read moreAbhijit P. Kulkarni (Quick Heal Technologies)
Prakash D. Jagdale (Quick Heal Technologies)
Abhijit Kulkarni and Prakash Jagdale discuss why most real-time anti-virus scanners are ineffective at detecting malware written using the TxF facility and propose a working solution for the problem.
Read moreLast year, a series of articles described some tricks that might become common in the future, along with some countermeasures. Now, the series continues with a look at tricks that are specific to debuggers and emulators.
Read more‘[The security industry] has made great strides in attempting to get information across to the general populace in a palatable format..’ Helen Martin, Virus Bulletin
Read moreAfter introducing a multitude of exploit frameworks used in drive-by browser-based attacks in his last article, this month Mark Davis details the functionality of frameworks, focusing on attack vectors (exploits) and counter-intelligence efforts.
Read moreSymantec makes purchases, Sophos sells majority interest and rumours rumble about McAfee.
Read moreXSS vulnerability in site of project aimed at plugging cyber security skills gap.
Read moreThe TDSS/TDL rootkit is the cause of many a headache for anti-virus vendors. Here, Alisa Shevchenko presents a report and analysis of statistics collected from the users of a TDSS removal tool during the first quarter of 2010.
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