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Author :: Mario Ramis  |
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| Article Title :: Internet/Network Security |
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Homogeneous symmetries and congestion control have garnered limited interest from both cryptographers and computational biologists in the last several years [1]. In fact, few steganographers would disagree with the investigation of spreadsheets. Our focus in this work is not on whether write-back caches and evolutionary programming [13] can cooperate to achieve this intent, but rather on exploring an analysis of Markov models (Eale).Table of Contents
1) Introduction
2) Related Work
3) Eale Investigation
4) Implementation
5) Results5.1) Hardware and Software Configuration5.2) Dogfooding Eale6) Conclusion1 Introduction (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: Stan Seecrets |
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| Article Title :: Secrets On Security: A Gentle Introduction To Cryptography |
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| Let us take the example of scrambling an egg. First, crack the shell, pour the contents into a bowl and beat the contents vigorously until you achieved the needed result - well, a scrambled egg. This action of mixing the molecules of the egg is encryption. Since the molecules are mixed-up, we say the egg has achieved a higher state of entropy (state of randomness). To return the scrambled egg to its original form (including uncracking the shell) is decryption. Impossible?However, if we substitute the word “egg” and replace it with “number”, “molecules” with “digits”, it is POSSIBLE. This, my friend, is the exciting world of cryptography (crypto for short). It is a (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: Kevin Souter |
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| Article Title :: Spyware - Your Web Browser is the Culprit! |
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| My first experience with a spyware BHO based infection was several months ago. I had gone through all of the usual steps with the client’s machine to clean it. Ad-Aware was run, Spybot: Search and Destroy was as well. Nothing looked suspicious in the system’s startup. All appeared well, but it wasn’t.After extensive testing and no further symptoms I returned the computer to my client’s home. I hooked it back up, and dialed the internet. Everything so far was progressing smoothly. But, as SOON as I loaded Internet Explorer: BAM the same pop-up advertisements and other annoying things started happening again. With much embarrassment I had to take the computer back to my offic (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: Vickie Scanlon |
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| Article Title :: SCAMS - Be Aware - And Report When Necessary |
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| The Internet is a vast International Network of people and businesses – and a place where people can make a fairly decent living. However, it is also a place where certain unsavory characters can freely roam – to take your dollars and run. Scams – the human mind can be either pure or devious – and it is the devious mind that you have to look out for and be aware of at all time.The easy marks to a scam are those that are new, inexperienced, or those that are desperately looking for a way to make some money, that the swindler will usually target. Emotional hype and false sincerity are their ticket to a scam. Some are obvious, but others are not. Now, I mean no insult if (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: Vickie Scanlon |
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| Article Title :: Phishing - Its Signs and Your Options |
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| Phishing is the act of some individual sending an email to a user in an attempt to scam the user to release personal information. Is it easy to determine if it’s a scam? Sometimes – but not always. I hope to give you enough examples and information to help you to safeguard yourself from these unsavory individuals.In addition, sometimes the email is sent to malicious software so as to render your computer helpless. Thus, it is important that you do not click on the link they provide, because that is the trigger that will load the software to your system.EXAMPLES OF PHISHINGYou receive hundreds of emails in your mailbox, but one email catches your eye – it dir (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: Lisa Smith |
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| Article Title :: Email Scams - Ten Simple Steps To Avoiding Them |
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| According to the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) email scams also known as phishing attacks claim more than 2,000 victims each day from more than 75 million phishing emails that are sent each day. The APWG also claims that these email scams steal close to $1 billion a year from its victims.Phishing (pronounced fishing), is online identity theft that uses spoof emails, fraudulent websites and crimeware to trick unsuspecting internet users into providing financial data, credit card numbers, social security numbers, account logins and passwords, etc.These email scams (spoof email) mimic legitimate companies such as banks, credit card companies, investing companies, paypal, (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: C. Bailey-Lloyd |
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| Article Title :: Computer Viruses, Worms, and Hoaxes |
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| In recent days, I was one of the unfortunate persons to receive the "Mydoom" worm emails. Not just one, but at least forty appeared in my popserver mailbox. As frustrating as it was deleting all of these nasty little boogers, I realized that some of these "worm" emails even came from persons I knew - or so I thought I knew.The problem with the "Mydoom" email worm is that it specifically targets email addresses with the following extensions:
.htm
.sht
.php
.asp
.dbx
.tbb
.adb
.pl
.wab
.txt
Furthermore, it sends "get" requests to target domains and uses direct connec (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: Andrew Wroblewski |
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| Article Title :: Knowing What A Trojan Horse Is |
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| Just like the original Trojan Horse that was built by the Greeks, the Trojan Horse Virus for your computer is actually something that is evil and bad concealed within something that seems good and positive. For anyone that might not know, a quick history lesson, the original Trojan Horse was given as a gift to the City of Troy by the Greeks who were losing the war but within this large wooden horse that was rolled into the gates of Troy was the Greek Army that came out at night when no one was looking and destroyed the city.The computer virus variety of the Trojan Horse was first discovered in 2002 within sendmail and OpenSSH packages both included the Trojan Horse. It was done b (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: Mitch Johnson |
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| Article Title :: Two Companies Merge To Provide Higher Security Against Spyware Threats |
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| In an effort to offer computer users who utilize Internet Explorer an initial protection device against spyware, Jayde Online Inc. and Xblock Software announced a partnership they planned to take on in 2004. The two companies planned to merge the spyware tool X-Cleaner, provided by XBlock, into Jayde’s Internet Explorer search engine toolbar, ExactSeek.com. The ExactSeek toolbar already provided features including web search, pop-up blocking, highlighting and drag and search along with Alexa ranking information.Executives at Jayde Online are seeking to provide internet users with multiple new features upon the release of each new free toolbar. By working with XBlock the compan (read full article) |
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| Category :: Security Articles |
Author :: Mitch Johnson |
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| Article Title :: Battling Spyware Threats |
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| Surpassing viruses as the number one internet threat is spyware which can install itself in your computer and monitor your usage as well as record private information. Though the threats of spyware are endless, there are several measures you can take to guard your computer and personal information from being hijacked by spyware.Spyware is able to get into your system by several methods, one being with downloads you select off the internet. Music, game and other file sharing programs commonly contain spyware that is downloaded in your computer upon your approval to download the main program. Many other types of freeware and screen saver or other image downloads are linked to spyw (read full article) |
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