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The corporate threat posed by email Trojans
Describing what Trojans are and why they pose a danger to corporate networks, this paper discusses the need and method to protect your network from the threat of Trojans.
Written by: GFI Software and added on March 2, 2011Protecting your network against email threats
This white paper explains why anti-virus software alone is not enough to protect your organization against the current and future onslaught of email viruses and threats. Examining the different kinds ...
Written by: GFI Software and added on Feb. 23, 2011Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing Networks: Security Risks
The popular peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing networks, which have appeared in the past few years, are introduced. The rise and evolution of these networks is discussed, along with some of the ...
Written by: William Couch and added on Jan. 3, 2011Viruses and how to protect yourself from them
A detailed introduction to viruses and how to protect against them by using practical techniques and anti-virus software. Some technical discussion at the end. Aimed at users on computers running ...
Written by: Donal O'Driscoll and added on Feb. 24, 2011The Complete Windows Trojans Paper
The Complete Trojans Text is a paper about Windows Trojans, how they work, their variations and, of course, strategies to minimise the risk of infection. Links to special detection software ...
Written by: Dancho Danchev and added on June 2, 2011Malware - It's Getting Worse
The recent MyDoom Worm successfully infected enough victims in order to shut down SCO's web site, followed by new variants that targeted Microsoft's web site. This paper isn't intended to ...
Written by: Dancho Danchev and added on April 18, 2011The Spread of the Witty Worm - CAIDA
Contains an analysis of the spread of the Witty Worm, based on packets received by UCSD's "network telescope". Fairly interesting, since Witty exploited a firewall vulnerability that appeared in only ...
Written by: Colleen Shannon, David Morre and added on May 26, 2011A Platform Independent Computer Virus
A master's thesis on construction of a platform independent computer virus. Not as scary as it sounds, since the virus infects TeX documents, and uses GNU Emacs as a "help ...
Written by: Keith Allen McMillan and added on May 1, 2011SPAN-027, The Father Christmas Worm Report
Definitive coverage of a December, 1988 DECNet worm, the "Father Christmas" or HI.COM worm. The worm itself has some interest: the author wrote it in DCL, the VAX/VMS scripting language, ...
Written by: Pat Sisson and added on June 5, 2011ELF Virus Writing HOWTO
Linux has remained remarkably virus-free for years, yet the anti-virus experts always warn that "malware" will target Linux next. In this paper, Alexander Bartolich taunts the anti-virus experts by writing ...
Written by: Alexander Bartolich and added on Jan. 12, 2011