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Difference Between of Adware, Spyware and Anti-virus

2007-04-18 04:24:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
Difference Between Adware, Spyware and Anti-virus Adware, spyware and computer virus share some similarities, one of which is that all three are major nuisances for computer users. Let's differentiate the three Spyware is software that does not intentionally harm your computer. What they do is that they create pathways wherein someone else...
 
Tags: virus, spyware, computer virus share, adware, anti-virus, computer, spyware author, computer system, system
 
 
 
 
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Bruce Schneier's Security Matters: The Difference Between Feeling and Reality

2008-04-03 01:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
We use the same word, security , to describe a feeling, and a reality. Knowing the difference is key. Commentary by Bruce Schneier
 
Tags: bruce schneier, difference, reality, security, describe, key, commentary, word
 
 
 
 
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Know the Difference Between a NAC Client and a 1X Supplicant

2008-06-05 17:01:00 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
...difference between a NAC Client and an 802.1X Supplicant can save you much time, confusion and - yes - MONEY How does it save money ? I figured most of you would glob on to that one first- hang on, Ill get to it in a minute NAC Clients. Most network-based NAC vendors, such as Cisco , Juniper , StillSecure and ProCurve have some type of NAC...
 
Tags: client, nac client license, nac, nac client licenses, nac solution, nac client, supplicant, licenses, supplicant licenses
 
 
 
 
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Exaggerating Timing Attack Results Via GET Flooding

2007-12-10 04:04:33 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...difference of a few microseconds could be the difference of seconds. Who cares? Because Im always curious if there are any practical applications in hacking for DoS and this appears to be one of them - at least in theory
 
Tags: server load, server, requests, practical applications, time, bandwidth latency, url, times versus, difference
 
 
 
 
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What Does SHA1 is Broken Mean?

2007-12-12 07:35:00 by Eric Marvets in The Security Samurai
 
...difference is that between the 23 people, there are 253 unique combinations. In one way functions, this is the difference between finding what we call a pre-image value versus a collision The reason we say the strength of SHA1 is 2 80 , is because we are talking about finding collisions (any two values for x with the same f(x)). When we are...
 
Tags: sha1, choose sha1, sha1 protects, hash data, data, sha1 drops, hash function, hash, function
 
 
 
 
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Links for 2007-12-20 [del.icio.us]

2007-12-21 00:00:00 by Editor in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...difference. If the indications I am receiving from readers and friends are true, the ideas in this p ha.ckers.org web application security lab - Archive Why PCI Is Good For Business Perhaps in practice well find that the end result is that well stop seeing small hacks and start seeing a lot more huge ones to make up the difference in any...
 
Tags: security, security investments, application security, information security, application, users data, data, data protection, security growth
 
 
 
 
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Computer Misuse in Scotland

2008-02-14 20:25:22 by Richard Clayton in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...difference in the way that the law stands in Scotland Although on the face of it, both Acts do not extend to Scotland (Computer Misuse is a devolved matter) in practice the Scottish Parliament has used a Sewel motion ( here for the Police and Justice Act , and here for the Serious Crime Act ) to keep the law in both jurisdictions the same...
 
Tags: act, computer misuse act, computer misuse, justice act, crime act, scotland, law, law stands, offences stops
 
 
 
 
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Should We Treat Contractors The Same as Employees?

2008-03-26 13:47:43 by Alex in RiskAnalys.is
 
...difference that comes to me right away is that Value factor may be less for our W2s, as the concept of job security and salary creates a larger competing Value figure the threat will compare against. The utility of that difference will, of course, vary depending on the need/circumstances of the person 3.) Increase our ability to resist their...
 
Tags: threat, threat communities, threat agent applies, threat agents, threat event results, threat community, employees, risk tolerance, risk
 
 
 
 
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Clouding and Confusing the CEP Community

2008-04-20 11:16:38 by Greg Reemler in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...difference between a cloud and a stream is that there is no event relationship that totally orders the events in a cloud. A stream is a cloud, but the converse is not necessarily true Note : CEP usually refers to event processing that assumes an event cloud as input, and thereby can make no assumptions about the arrival order of events Oddly...
 
Tags: event cloud, event, event relationship, event data, event stream, event types, event streams, streamof market data, market data
 
 
 
 
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Is Microsofts SDL Working?