CommentaryIn Search of Malware
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You've Been Hacked, But For How Long?
March 14, 2013 One of the big themes at the recent RSA Conference was awareness of threats already inside the network. The way you learn about these threats and lower your ‘Mean Time To Know’ (MTTW) about an intrusion is with profile-based network monitoring
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Mass-Meshing A Gumblar Creation
June 30, 2011 By Mary Landesman
Who doesn't love a new buzzword? 'Mass-meshing' is a new term that describes an old problem first presented by the Gumblar attacks in 2009
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Lizamoon SQL Injection: Dead From The Get-Go
March 31, 2011 The latest round of headline-grabbing SQL injection attacks aren't new, and they aren't very effective; in fact, Lizamoon might as well be called the little injection that couldn't
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The Truth About Malvertising
March 10, 2011 We tend to think of malvertising as short lived, one-oft attacks that somehow managed to momentarily breach the ad network's defenses. The reality is, malvertising is more norm than anomaly and can easily persist on major ad networks for months, even years, at a time.
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The Relative Risk Of Malware
January 18, 2011 Trend Micro reports there are 3.5 new malware released every second, up from 1 new malware every 1.5 seconds a year ago. But what's your actual risk?
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What The Gawker Compromise Really Reveals
December 13, 2010 Passwords are only half of the defense against compromise --unfortunately, the other half is being crippled by the login policies of many online providers.
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Avast, Ye Pirates: It's Free
December 07, 2010 Pirated installations of free Avast software included two in Vatican City
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The Politics Of Malware
November 08, 2010 I recently saw a provocative tweet from @mikkohypponen that reminded me malware is still quite often politically motivated.
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'Here You Have' A Lesson
September 24, 2010 It's been interchangeably called spam, or a targeted attack that spun out of control, or a form of cyber-jihad with alleged geopolitical implications. But regardless of what you call it, the "Here You Have" email worm is an excellent example of just how well today's security can work. Here are a few justifications for that optimism.
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In This Issue
- The Future Of Web Authentication: Password technology is out of steam. We need safer ways to prove who's who online.
- Rethink ID Management: If the technology continues to improve, it might soon be OK for all of us to be one person on the Web.