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John Aycock considers Internet censuses and a tool that can scan almost the entire IPv4 address space in search of the answer to a given census question in less than 45 minutes.
Read moreRunning an iframe injector on a compromised virtual hosting server can easily result in the infection of hundreds of web servers in just a few seconds. Aditya Sood and colleagues look at the design of a basic injector: NiFramer.
Read moreUK banks' cyber defences put to the test in large-scale simulated attack.
Read moreDespite recent declines, spam still accounts for more than 70% of all email sent. Why does this happen? He Xu exposes the tip of the iceberg by analysing a recent spambot which is driven by the Andromeda botnet: Win32/Nedsym.G.
Read moreAll kinds of amazing things can be done in JavaScript, especially when the size is constrained. However, when you take size-optimization techniques, combine them with structure and variable-name obfuscations and cram in every malicious action that…
Read moreAditya Sood and colleagues discuss the details and design of the Styx exploit pack.
Read moreStephen Cobb (ESET)
‘Government-sponsored efforts to improve cybersecurity are underway ... but will they accomplish their goals?' Stephen Cobb, ESET.
Read moreIn the latest of his 'Greetz from Academe' series, highlighting some of the work going on in academic circles, John Aycock looks at academic focus on hackers.
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