Malware Evolving Too Fast for Antivirus Apps
Bad guys use sophisticated testing to create malware that can evade even the best security programs
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Links for 2008-01-16 [del.icio.us]
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Top ten information security risks fo
Wall of Shame: TIME CRIME
Rational Survivability: Security and Disruptive Innovation Part II: Examples of Disruptive Innovation/Technology in the Security Space
Rational Survivability: Security and Disruptive Innovation Part III: Examples of Disruptive Innovation/Technology in the...
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When it comes to security, chaos may be your friend
Viruses and other malware are getting better at evading antimalware systems despite the sophisticated behavioral-analysis systems that are used to detect them. This week a rogue trader in France was able to hide a growing loss until it reached $7 billion and was impossible to hide. What do these two events have in common? Both exploit the...
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What's the Snag Behind the Spyware
...evade something that will disrupt the mobility of cash flow of the mother host
Why is Spy ware Deceptive
1. It does not self-replicate; instead, it invades infected computers for commercial gains purposes
2. It monitors Web browsing activity (sales strategy) and routes of all HTTP to advertising agencies
3. Delivery of pop-up...
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Throw away your digital picture frames
...evade hundreds of anti-malware and firewall products, including the Windows Firewall. I suspect that this succeeds only when users are logged in as administrators, so here's yet another reason to stop doing this altogether, as is the US Government with its new Federal Desktop Core Configuration for Windows XP and Windows Vista
The virus...
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The Security Mindset
...evade this particular security device, how would I do it? Could I follow the letter of this law but get around the spirit? If the person who wrote this advertisement, essay, article or television documentary were unscrupulous, what could he have done? And then, how can I protect myself from these attacks
The security mindset is a valuable...
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The Security Mindset
...evade this particular security device, how would I do it? Could I follow the letter of this law but get around the spirit? If the person who wrote this advertisement, essay, article or television documentary were unscrupulous, what could he have done? And then, how can I protect myself from these attacks
The security mindset is a valuable...
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Blended Attacks and The Tiger Team
...evade detection. The most significant example of this trend was a string of attacks on Stop & Shop supermarkets in Rhode Island. Attackers broke into and vandalized supermarkets, leading police to believe the events were largely petty crimes. But during the break-ins, attackers tampered with the stores card readers to collect credit card...
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Drugs in Prisons
Good article on the difficulty of keeping drugs out of prisons. Lots of ways to evade security, including making use of corrupt guards
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The RSA Conference
...evade over 350 exhibitors vying to sell them stuff
Talk to the exhibitors, though, and the most common complaint is that the attendees aren't buying
It's not the quality of the wares. The show floor is filled with new security products, new technologies, and new ideas. Many of these are products that will make the attendees' companies more...