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In the world of Web 2.0, Java, .NET and other hot technologies we are often guilty of forgetting about the core components that make it all possible. Aleksander Czarnowski describes a simple attack scenario based on a high-privilege Windows service…
Read moreThe prediction scam has yet to make it into electronic format. A group of researchers from the University of Calgary get ahead of the game and explain how they believe it will work.
Read moreOver the last few years anti-virus researchers have faced an increasing volume of malware samples arriving at their research labs on a daily basis. Víctor Álvarez presents a simple, rule-driven approach to malware identification and classification…
Read moreJohn Hawes discovers how firewall expert Agnitum has fared having added malware detection to its Outpost Security Suite product.
Read moreDespite the best efforts of the IT security industry it looks like the malicious bot is here to stay. Andrei Gherman looks at how botnet monitoring can provide information about bots as well as helping to keep the threat under control.
Read more'The accessing of media-rich, collaborative sites by employees is already cause for concern in terms of both employee productivity and security.' Mark Murtagh, Websense.
Read moreMartin Overton looks at how malware authors have started to borrow techniques from phishers.
Read moreAs malicious web ads become increasingly common, Dennis Elser and Micha Pekrul take a close look at a Flash advertising banner belonging to the SWF.AdHijack family.
Read moreThe author of MSIL/Yakizake claimed that ‘very few implementations of multi-platform malware exist up until now'. Peter Ferrie lists a dozen multi-platform viruses and explains why Yakizake does not qualify for the category.
Read moreThese days we are used to seeing interactive multimedia content on websites - but unfortunately it is possible for these file formats to contain more than one might expect. Christoph Alme and Dennis Elser present a round-up of recent multimedia…
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