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  • How to assess and mitigate information security threats

    Learn how to assess and mitigate information security threats, like rootkits, worms and Trojans in the tip series created in collaboration with Realtimepublishers and Dan Sullivan, author of The Shortcut Guide to Protecting Business Internet Usage.  Book Chapter

  • Balancing the cost and benefits of countermeasures

    The final tip in our series, "How to assess and mitigate information security threats," excerpted from Chapter 3: The Life Cycle of Internet Access Protection Systems of the book "The Shortcut Guide to Protecting Business Internet Usage published by ...  Book Chapter

  • Threats to physical security

    This is tip No. 6 in our series, "How to assess and mitigate information security threats," excerpted from Chapter 3: The Life Cycle of Internet Access Protection Systems of the book "The Shortcut Guide to Protecting Business Internet Usage" publishe...  Book Chapter

  • Malware: The ever-evolving threat

    The first tip in our series, "How to assess and mitigate information security threats, excerpted from Chapter 3: The Life Cycle of Internet Access Protection Systems of the book The Shortcut Guide to Protecting Business Internet Usage published by Re...  Book Chapter

  • Network-based attacks

    The second tip in our series, "How to assess and mitigate information security threats," excerpted from Chapter 3: The Life Cycle of Internet Access Protection Systems of the book The Shortcut Guide to Protecting Business Internet Usage published by ...  Book Chapter

  • Countermeasures for malicious email code

    Today's malware continues to raise the security stakes. Enterprises are now facing numerous evolving threats like targeted and blended attacks, zero-day exploits, botnets and phishing schemes. The attacks aren't the only things evolving; so are today...  Messaging Security School

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  • Tilded platform

    The Tilded platform is a malicious software communicator specifically designed as a vessel for transmitting malware undetected.  Definition

  • Duqu (W32.Duqu)

    Duqu is a remote access Trojan (RAT) that is designed to steal data from computers it infects.  Definition

  • malvertisement (malicious advertisement or malvertising)

    A malvertisement (malicious advertisement) is an advertisement on the Internet that delivers a malicious payload.   Definition

  • TDL-4 (TDSS or Alureon)

    TDL-4 is sophisticated malware that facilitates the creation and maintenance of a botnet.  The program is the fourth generation of the TDL malware, which was itself based on an earlier malicious program known as TDSS or Alureon.  Definition

  • memory-scraping malware

    Memory-scraping malware is a type of malware that helps hackers to find personal data. It examines memory to search for sensitive data that is not available through other processes.  Definition

  • domain rotation

    Domain rotation is a technique use by malware distributors to drive traffic from multiple domains to a single IP address that is controlled by the distributor. The goal of domain rotation is to make it harder for a network administrator to blacklist ...  Word

  • advanced persistent threat (APT)

    An advanced persistent threat is a network attack in which an unauthorized person gains access to a network and stays there undetected for a long period of time.  Word

  • metamorphic and polymorphic malware

    Metamorphic and polymorphic malware are two categories of malicious programs that have the ability to change their code as they propagate.  Word

  • Zeus Trojan (Zbot)

    Zeus, also known as Zbot, is a malware toolkit that allows a cybercriminal to build his own Trojan Horse. A Trojan Horse is programming that appears to be legitimate but actually hides an attack.  Word

  • RAT (remote access Trojan)

    A remote access Trojan (RAT) is a malware program that gives an intruder administrative control over a target computer. RATs are usually downloaded invisibly with a user-requested program -- such as a game -- or sent as an email attachment. Once the ...  Word

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