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Careful picking your color from the viral marketing rainbow

2008-06-25 11:48:34 by Scott in Scott Wright's Security Views
 
Viral marketing is a broad term used to describe methods for spreading ideas and messages through the internet at blazing speeds. Methods range from online contest promotions for canned spaghetti to subtle, clever videos on Youtube with website subtitles from the sponsor, to social networking site tools for scouring your email address book...
 
Tags: email address book, methods range, site tools, describe methods, clever videos, broad term, viral, website subtitles, subtle
 
 
 
 
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Where Computers and Biology Intersect What is Life?

2008-08-07 11:52:28 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...viral factory, a hub where new viral particles are made. Sputnik infects this viral factory and seems to hijack its machinery in order to replicate. The team found that cells co-infected with Sputnik produce fewer and often deformed mamavirus particles, making the virus less infective. This suggests that Sputnik is effectively a viral...
 
Tags: giant virus, virus, biological virus, sputnik, sputnik produce fewer, computer virus, life, mamavirus, mamavirus particles
 
 
 
 
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Thwarting a large-scale phishing attack

2007-06-11 11:35:00 by Niels Provos in Google Online Security Blog
 
...viral growth of the phishing attack, linking directly off of real MySpace content added to the appearance of legitimacy of these phishing pages. In fact, we received thousands of complaints from confused users along the lines of " Why won't it let any of my friends look at my pictures? " regarding our warnings on these phishing pages,...
 
Tags: myspace, myspace profiles, real myspace content, myspace account, attack, dummy myspace account, phishers move, phishers, lower-value sites
 
 
 
 
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WiFi flu: viral router attack could hit whole cities

2008-01-03 16:40:07 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
New research from a team at Indiana University suggests that malware attacks specifically focused on wireless routers could do significant damage on a city-wide scale. There are tools to limit the damage such attacks could causebut only if consumers use them
 
Tags: attacks, damage, indiana university suggests, malware attacks, significant damage, city-wide scale, wireless routers, causebut, tools
 
 
 
 
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Benevolent Worms

2008-02-19 06:57:11 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Viral propagation mechanisms are inherently bad, and giving them beneficial payloads doesn't make things better. A worm is no tool for any rational network administrator, regardless of intent A good software distribution mechanism has the following characteristics People can choose the options they want Installation is adapted to the host...
 
Tags: software worms spread, worms, software, bad software distribution, worm, successful worm, beneficial worms, software distribution mechanism, worm quieter
 
 
 
 
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This is Probably Viral

2008-02-23 00:10:07 by mcurphey in Mark Curphey - SecurityBuddha.com
 
I Google someones name and a ZomInfo link is in the top rankings. I click and land. I inquisitively type in my name and up comes some real history and background on me. Suddenly I see I am also a researcher for Full Trust UK LTD. Is Full Trust UK LTD just someone pulling one
 
Tags: google someones, zominfo link, trust, top rankings, inquisitively type, real history, background, land, click
 
 
 
 
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Why didn't we think of this?

2008-02-07 21:57:16 by HASH0x8b584d0 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...viral video from the folks over at Palo Alto Networks poking fun at Juniper and Check Point. Pay attention to the words, as it is good stuff. What could be next, Dancing with the Security Stars? I would like to see Amrit, Tom Ptacek and Mike Rothman (I hear he has been practicing dancing with his daughter for this) as the contestants ...
 
Tags: palo alto, palo alto networks, tom ptacek, security stars, mike rothman, stuff, viral video, amrit, daughter
 
 
 
 
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Why didn't we think of this?

2008-02-07 22:56:36 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...viral video from the folks over at Palo Alto Networks poking fun at Juniper and Check Point. Pay attention to the words, as it is good stuff. What could be next, Dancing with the Security Stars? I would like to see Amrit, Tom Ptacek and Mike Rothman (I hear he has been practicing dancing with his daughter for this) as the contestants ...
 
Tags: palo alto, palo alto networks, tom ptacek, security stars, mike rothman, stuff, viral video, amrit, daughter
 
 
 
 
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Visualizing Viruses

2008-04-12 01:00:00 by Ryan Singel in Wired Security
 
Internet threats ruin hard drives and clog inboxes. But in the hands of an MIT graduate student, viruses and Trojans become menacing beauties. Art goes viral, really
 
Tags: viruses, clog inboxes, art, beauties, hands, student, viral, mit, trojans
 
 
 
 
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Malware and Office Documents Joining Forces

The Article has images
2008-07-14 11:20:34 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...viral code defined antivirus Sgenerirovanny and attached to the body of the document macro can be protected with a pas