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Spyware Is A Blended Threat: Your Security Demands A Layered Approach
White Papers Many organizations are becoming aware of the spyware threat, but not all of them appreciate its full implications. Beyond the immediate impact of spyware on network resources, data security, and the victims of the crimes it facilitates, the mere...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Blended Security Threats: What Are They And How Can You Stop Them?
White Papers This white paper briefs on the issues surrounding today's growing computer threats and vulnerabilities as well as introduce a new blended threat solution equation, AntiVirus + AntiVulnerability = Blended Threat Security Solution.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
'Blended' Attacks Pose Serious Security Threat
News Vendors say the blended threat problem is just getting rolling. In a blended threat, malicious code can take many forms and can attack your enterprise in a number of different ways. Though the term is new -- "blended" security threats aren't.
[April 29, 2002, 10:32]
Hacker Exploits Make PC Worms More Deadly
News Code Red and Nimda marked the demise of socially engineered worms, by combining a blended threat of proven hacker exploits. Chien predicts that by next year, the "blended" threat of computer worms could be enough to cause a serious Internet slowdown.
[October 18, 2001, 12:20]
Flaws Quickly Turn Into Attacks
News The number of attacks that could be classified as a blended threat in the first half of 2003 was 20 percent higher than in the previous six months, according to the report. The report also found that more-complex worms and viruses -- known in the...
[October 2, 2003, 12:25]
Linux Servers 'attacked More Often'
Talkback One blended threat alone, Slammer, disrupted systems worldwide in less than a few hours. Blended-Threat Targets Blended Threats BLENDED THREATS INCREASING IN SPEED AND FREQUENCY Blended threats, which use combinations of malicious code to begin...
[February 20, 2004, 19:14]
Is That A Virus, Or A Malfunction?
News It may or may not do any additional harm.m: A "mailer" is a type of worm that attaches itself to e-mail that a user sends.mm: A "mass mailer" is a type of worm that automatically sends itself to multiple addresses from a user's address book.Back...
[October 28, 2002, 17:03]
Blocking Malware And Spyware Without Signatures
White Papers Contending with malware - a term that encompasses everything from viruses and worms to spyware and blended-threat attacks - is the most taxing burden on IT staff today. Businesses large and small suffer productivity losses, delays, service outages...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
W32.Sasser B Worm
White Papers W32.Sasser.B.Worm is a network aware blended threat that exploits the LSASS Microsoft vulnerability (MS04-011). View this webcast to gain detailed information on the threat, mitigating strategies to prevent this worm from infecting your systems, as...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
The Enterprise Strikes Back: Defending Against Blended Threats
White Papers McAfee Security's integrated, proactive solution for combating blended threats affords the industry's first proactive platform for eradicating vulnerabilities, protecting the enterprise before blended threats strike.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Network-Based Security Requires Firewall, IPS And AV
White Papers The terms being used to describe network defense capabilities are just as blurry and hard to pin down as the latest flavor of blended threat. When it comes to information security these days, it's a mixed up muddled up world out there.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
The New Danger: Blended Threats — Vulnerability Management
White Papers A blended threat utilizes multiple methods and techniques to transmit and spread an attack. These days, traditional anti-virus protection is not enough to stay protected from the new proliferation of attacks that Symantec calls "blended threats.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Malicious Threats And Vulnerabilities In Instant Messaging
White Papers The paper will also demonstrate a variety of live attacks against instant messaging, including hijacking and monitoring entire instant messaging sessions, unauthorized remote access and control, and blended threat and classic worm propagation.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Responding To The Nimda Worm: Recommendations For Addressing Blended Threats
White Papers The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature of blended threats using the Nimda and CodeRed worms as examples of these new dangers. The Nimda worm is the latest example of how the Old World strategy of “one threat, one cure” has become outdated.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Primary Response Technical Whitepaper
White Papers To counteract the blended threats of today, a combination of out-of-the-box configurations, adaptive profiling and behavioral heuristics is required. Learn about the latest in enterprise threat protection software.
[July 20, 2008, 1:18]
Microsoft Warns Of Blended Safari Attack
News The end result is the victim's desktop is populated with a variety of malicious files.Microsoft says it is the combination of the default download file location in Safari and how the Windows desktop handles the files that creates the blended...
[June 4, 2008, 12:18]
Malware Trends: The Attack Of Blended Spyware Crime
White Papers The tactics employed by the authors of these threats have also become increasingly sophisticated, the latest being a "Blended Threat" - which combines spam, virus and spyware tactics into a single, well coordinated attack.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Spam: An Enterprise Financial Drain
White Papers Spam has also become a considerable security threat as it is being used as a propagation tool for blended threats. This paper presents some challenges faced by enterprises because of spam as it has extended to more than a simple annoyance - it is a...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Lower Costs And Reduce Risk With Symantec Endpoint Protection
White Papers It can also result in increased risk, as hackers develop new tactics and use blended threats to gain unauthorized access to an organization's systems and information. Antivirus, antispyware, network threat protection, and proactive threat...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Blended Attacks On The Increase
News According to Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report, blended threats, such as viruses, worms or Trojans which combine with an Internet or server vulnerability to affect an attack, pose the greatest cyberthreat to company security.
[February 4, 2003, 12:03]
