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Antivirus programs unreliable during critical coverage gapOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 37 days ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: security | Tags antivirus, programs, unreliable, malware, fireeye, mcafee, detection,
Joel Hruska talks about the ever-present anti-malware problem of reactivity. The fact that antivirus providers can't preemptively write cures for viruses not yet invented and that analytical algorit read more »
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Scientists Want Your MacBook for Earthquake DetectionOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 226 days ago (http://www.wired.com)
Category: software | Tags scientists, macbook, earthquake, detection, , , ,
Eric Vance writes over at Wired about scientists utilization of distributed computing to detect earthquakes. read more »
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Botnet agent plays lost sheep to avoid detectionOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 253 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: security | Tags botnet, agent, plays, lost, sheep, avoid, detection,
The latest revisions of the Kraken bot agent include advanced avoidance techniques that help it slip around anti-virus, IPS, and firewalls. This includes utilization of HTTP instead of IRC for communications and a seek and find method of communicating with multiple, random master servers. read more »
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