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Crimeware defense strategies: how to protect your network (and yourself)

2008-05-29 00:00:00 by Julie Bort in Network World on Security

Internationally acclaimed security scientists and authors Markus Jakobsson and Zulfikar Ramzan were recently guests for a live Network World chat. The two, co-authors of the book Crimeware: understanding new attacks and defenses (published April 6), discussed defenses against financially motivated attacks, otherwise known as crimeware. The offered suggestions on how to protect your network (and yourself) against e-mail-by pharming, phishing attacks, identity theft, wireless network vulnerabilities and more