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The AVIEN Malware Defense Guide has been written by members of the AVIEN/AVIEWS online communities with the aim of passing on knowledge that they believe will be both interesting and useful to those involved in the real-world battle against malware…
Read moreThe popularity of anonymous proxies is rising rapidly, as is the number of sites offering anonymous proxy services, but what impact do they have on corporate security? Rony Michaely explains the risks.
Read more'Search engines are free, powerful and efficient tools that can be used to find vulnerabilities and hacked sites on the web, and even in your own organization.' Alex Eckelberry, Sunbelt Software.
Read moreÁngela Blanco and Manuel Martín-Merino describe how anti-spam filters can be boosted by using an ensemble of SVM classifiers.
Read more'Why is the number of malicious attachments decreasing - and why shouldn't I be happy about it?' Paul Dickens, Institute of Physics Publishing.
Read moreJohn Hawes puts 10 anti-malware products through their paces on Novell NetWare 6.5.
Read moreThe blacklisting of exepackers by AV products is a controversial subject with opinions among the AV community varying widely. Gabor Szappanos takes a balanced view and discusses the pros and cons of exepacker detection.
Read moreBy blocking port 25 at the firewall, an organization can prevent a mass-mailer from spreading. However, by blindly blocking outgoing SMTP traffic, valuable data is lost on threats that use port 25. Vinoo Thomas and Nitin Jyoti discuss the benefits of…
Read moreIn the conclusion of his two-part article presenting an up-to-date evaluation of the security of OpenOffice, Eric Filiol looks at security issues in OpenOffice integrity management and draws conclusions about the overall security of OpenOffice.
Read moreHelen Martin reports on three packed days of presentations, networking, a little bit of gambling and a lot of fun at VB2007 in Vienna.
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