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Bitcoin Seems to Be a Great Way to Hide Cash
Aug 30, 2013On the surface, Bitcoin seems to be a great way to hide cash. Actually, it's a terrible way to launder money. That's the conclusion of a?new academic study?that analyzed Bitcoin's blockchain, or the public ledger that records bitcoin ...
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McAfee Plans to Acquire Stonesoft for $389 Million in Cash
May 7, 2013McAfee plans to acquire Stonesoft, a Helsinki-based maker of firewalls, for US$389 million in cash, the companies said Monday. The Intel subsidiary said firewalls are one of the fastest growing products in network security, which it plans ...
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Researchers From Security Vendor FireEye Have Uncovered a New APT
Apr 3, 2013Researchers from security vendor FireEye have uncovered a new APT (advanced persistent threat) that uses multiple detection evasion techniques, including the monitoring of mouse clicks, to determine active human interaction with the ...
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APT Uses Multiple Detection Evasion Techniques to Determine Active Human Interaction
Apr 2, 2013Researchers from security vendor FireEye have uncovered a new advanced persistent threat (APT) that uses multiple detection evasion techniques, including the monitoring of mouse clicks, to determine active human interaction with the ...
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A Tool for Testing Was Released at The Black Hat USA 2010 Security Conference on Wednesday
Dec 31, 2012IDG News Service - A tool for testing if web application firewalls (WAFs) are vulnerable to around 150 protocol-level evasion techniques was released at the Black Hat USA 2010 security conference on Wednesday. The tool and the research ...
Tags: web application firewalls, Black Hat USA 2010, cyber security
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It Is Time for It Security Experts to Reflect on What Has Been
Dec 28, 2012An increase in hacktivism and a greater prevalence of Advanced Evasion Techniques will form part of the backdrop of IT security in 2013, according to Stonesoft With 2013 just around the corner, it is time for IT security experts to reflect ...
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10 Articles Illustrate Some of Key Challenges and Strategies Around Information Security
Dec 28, 2012Enterprise IT security professionals faced increasingly sophisticated, stealthy and dynamic threats in 2012, but numerous surveys revealed that knowledge and understanding of the latest attack techniques are lacking in many organisations. ...
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Security Vendor Damballa Have Identified Malicious Internet Traffic
Dec 20, 2012Researchers from security vendor Damballa have identified malicious Internet traffic that they believe is generated by a new and elusive variant of the sophisticated TDL4 malware. The new threat, which has been assigned the generic name ...
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Many Organisations Continue to Rely on IPS for Defending Information Systems
Dec 17, 2012Many organisations continue to rely on ineffective intrusion prevention systems (IPS) for defending information systems, says security firm Stonesoft. Advanced evasion techniques (AETs) – which combine several known evasion ...
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Eastern European Cybercriminals Remain a More Sophisticated Threat to The Global Internet
Sep 21, 2012Despite an increasing number of successful cyberattacks launched by East Asian hackers against companies and government institutions around the world in recent years,Eastern European cybercriminals remain a more sophisticated threat to the ...
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Security Firm Stonesoft Releases an AET Defence System & Testing Tool in Quick Succession
Jul 24, 2012Security firm Stonesoft has released an Advanced Evasion Technique (AET) defence system and testing tool in quick succession. Stonesoft describes AETs as a new generation of hacking techniques that enable malware, viruses, worms and other ...
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