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- Happy 20th birthday, internet worm!
- Happy 20th birthday, internet worm!Thanks for the history...Thanks for the history, but I don't think I'll be drinking in celebration this Nov. 2nd... I'll be drinking that day to ease the pain of removing all that junk off my computer... lol...Ah, the start of the rot began where?[i]"On November 2nd,...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, worm, Internet, Internet worm
- Discussion threads 2008-10-31
- News to know: Internet worm's 20th birthday; Windows 7; Apple patents; Ubuntu
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 to scale to 256 processors Add Windows Mobile 6.5 to the Microsoft roadmap John Carroll: Windows 7 - user interface...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Patent, Internet, Microsoft Windows 7, Internet Worm, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-31
- Happy 20th birthday, internet worm!
- This weekend marks the 20th anniversary of the Internet Worm, the first major worm that propagated on the Internet. Even though many years have passed and underlying media has changed, worms are still able to wreak havoc and keep system administrators up at night. Today the damage done...
- Tags: Internet Worm, Worm, Cyberthreats, Internet, Viruses And Worms, Security, Adam O'Donnell
- Blog posts 2008-10-30
- Detecting Internet Worms Using Data Mining Techniques
- Internet worms pose a serious threat to computer security. Traditional approaches using signatures to detect worms pose little danger to the zero day attacks. The focus of malware research is shifting from using signature patterns to identifying the malicious behavior displayed by the malwares. This paper presents a novel idea...
- Tags: Internet Worm, Malware, Instruction, Worm, University Of Central Florida, Cyberthreats, Data Mining, Internet, Viruses And Worms, Business Intelligence, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Marketing Research, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing
- White papers 2008-05-22
- Capturing and Analyzing Internet Worms
- This paper explains about malware analysis, with a particular focus on exploit-based Internet worms that spread from one host to another over the network by exploiting software vulnerability in the new host being attacked. Based on experiences analyzing real worms that use this method of worm propagation it developed a...
- Tags: Internet Worm, Worm, Analysis, University Of California, Attack, Internet, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- White papers 2007-06-01
- 16 candles for first Internet worm
- 16 candles for first Internet wormInternet not WWWJust wanted to make a correction. The Internet and the World Wide Web are two different things. The Internet did not "become" the World Wide Web, or WWW. There are still other services out there other than web pages WWW...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, WWW, Internet, computer, Internet worm
- Discussion threads 2004-11-03
- Choosing Anti-Virus Software
- There are a number of companies that provide software solutions to virus, Trojan, and internet worm attacks. It can be really confusing when one compares three different software packages from five different companies trying to find the one that is right for. With that in mind, this paper explains several...
- Tags: Software, Antivirus, Internet Worm, Extreme Personal Finance.com, Internet, Viruses And Worms, Tools & Techniques, Security, Management
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- Computer Virus and Internet Worms Explained
- This paper will explain what is virus, Trojan Horse, worm and gives examples of each one. A virus is a parasitic program written to intentionally enter a computer without the user's permission or knowledge. Besides being a large wooden horse used in the Trojan war 2500 years ago (and more...
- Tags: Computer Virus, Internet Worm, Trojan Horse, Computer, Kaizen Publishing, Worm, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Productivity, Security
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- Worm Mitigation Technical Details
- Internet worms have had a severe impact on many enterprise customers. Recently developed tools and architectural techniques can be employed to assist with the mitigation of worm activity in an enterprise environment. This paper provides; a conceptual overview of worm mitigation techniques; details for deployment of these techniques into an...
- Tags: Technique, Internet Worm, Mitigation, Tool, Productivity, Internet, Viruses And Worms, Security
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- News to know: Cisco; Azure; Smartphones; Twitter lists; Facebook; Skype; Twitter device
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: Cisco unveils collaboration, e-mail and social tools for the enterprise Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft puts more...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Twitter Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Skype Technologies S.A., Cisco Systems Inc., Smartphone, Sam Diaz, E-mail, Web Browsers, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Online Communications, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
- Open source needs successful champions
- Open Source powers the Internet period!Open_Source powers the ENTIRE Internet withrouters/switches/servers you name it like Microsoft sitting behind caching Linux distroname servers.Now you tell me what does it need now???It is the FUTURE of smart devices, appliancedriven infrastructure, just like VMware using a Linux derived kernel and it is #1...
- Tags: Linux, software cost, Linux Distro, open source, operating system, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- LHC cooled to operational temperatures
- these experiments should be abolishedthese arrogant Eurocrats are putting the world at risk and are performing acts against nature and God.Where are the greenies when you need them???The amount of power this thing is using, where are the "global warming" theorists? Why aren't the greenies upset?Hoping someone shuts this...
- Tags: LHC, collider
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Fake 'Conficker.B Infection Alert' spam campaign drops scareware
- An ongoing spam campaign is once again attempting to impersonate Microsoft's security team -- the same campaign was first seen in April -- by mass mailing Conficker.B Infection Alerts (install.zip), which upon execution drop a sample of the Antivirus Pro 2010 scareware. Whereas the theme remains the...
- Tags: Infection, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Internet, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, E-mail, Security, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- Verizon unveils 30-second ad for Droid Android phone; slams iPhone
- Too bad it's another locked in carrier!I love Verizon for its reliable service, and fast internet. But, Verizon is just as guilty as ATT/Apple with locked in phones. vCast sucks terribly, and at times you are forced to use that. Verizon cripples the Bluetooth functionality so you...
- Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, Verizon Smartphones, VCast, Verizon Communications Inc., advertisement, Apple iPhone, GPS, Apple Inc., phone
- Discussion threads 2009-10-18
- Android opens doors for Google's next-gen search, ads and tools
- Current problem with Android devicesI am Android fan, but nevertheless my next mobile phone will be HTC HD2 - i.e. Windows device. And the reason: all Andorid devices currently available have relatively small screen size and resolution. I am wandernig why Google doesn't urge on phone makers to offer...
- Tags: INTERNET, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Cellular phones, Smart phones, advertisement, tool, Android Devices, phone, smart phone, Linux, operating system, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- Red Hat CEO vs. Torvalds: More Linux features don't equate to bloat
- Linux distro appliances are the futureCompanies are wising up and getting away from MS 20G worm/virus operating systems and going to Linux distro driven appliances.It is the future with appliances no one needs a Windows OS with Office for someone to open a (.doc) to edit it is a security...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, COMPANIES, Red Hat Inc., Linux, desktop, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- Google Chrome Frame ... Chrome performance for IE users!
- Global governments should move this forwardGlobal governments should take the lead, to promote open web standards, by requiring all government agencies still utilizing IE to install this plug-in (or alternatively, upgrade to a modern web browser).This would:1. Bring government browsers into compliance, with the latest modern web standards.2. Increase agency...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Chrome, Web browser, IE Users, Chrome performance, Web, performance, Google Chrome, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-23
- Remote exploit released for Windows Vista SMB2 worm hole
- Time for an out-of-cycle patch Microsoft. nt.This exploit doesn't countIf the exploit was created by security researchers, it doesn't count.Cue the double standards...It's called "Proof of concept".Originally classified as "Denial of Service", it is now proved to be wormable in every version of Windows currently on the market.But feel free...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, NonZealot, TODAY XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-09-17
- Give me one good reason not to just move them all to Linux
- RE: Give me one good reason not to just move them all to LinuxAs a roaming tech helper and trainer, I completely concur. Over the past few years, I have moved quite a few of my clients to Mac or Linux and they couldn't be happier. And lately, the infestation...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Linux, malware
- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
- Microsoft patches gaping Windows worm holes
- So basically all of them......affecting Vista or 7 require user intervention just like all other modern operating systems these days?OK.RE: Microsoft patches gaping Windows worm holesAll of the bulletins specifically say that Win7 is not affected.Two require no user interaction whatsoever.The first two listed require user interaction only in that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), INTERNET, Patches, UAC, user interaction, OS X., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, patch management
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
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