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'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]
Email Security Success
White Papers Whether the attack is simply spam based or a complicated,directed blended threat, the intention is frequently financially. Email is a popular tool for criminals on the Internet. Discover the four main types of email attack and learn how you can...
[November 10, 2008, 23:00]
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.
[April 26, 2008, 1:02]
Trend Micro Smart Protection Network - Security Made Smarter
White Papers Trend Micro leverages patent-pending technology to correlate the threat data gathered through a network of proactive email, Web, and file reputation technologies, Web Crawlers, honeypots and global threat sensors of customers, partners, and threat...
[October 2, 2009, 1:23]
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.
[September 1, 2009, 1:23]
The CA Threat Management Solutions
White Papers Viruses and spyware are the main threats to business IT systems, but blended threats, where different types of malicious software are used in combination, are now very common. The CA Threat Management Solutions presents a complete set of protection...
[June 20, 2009, 1:21]
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...
[May 9, 2008, 1:02]
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]
'We have a lot more work to do' - Microsoft
News The real threat, he said, will come from a blended, co-ordinated threat, for example an attack on telephone infrastructure prior to a physical attack -- like the World Trade Center disaster -- and would be intended to disrupt emergency response...
[August 14, 2003, 9:05]
Corporations eye up security threats
News She thinks that blended threats will continue to grow in importance as an emerging threat, and also expects to see a renewed focus on issues like due diligence and adherence to standards. This year, Gordon has seen blended threats and worms to have...
[November 29, 2002, 8:48]
Microsoft patches Excel, Windows, Word flaws
News Attack details have been made public for the SearchPath blended threat vulnerability. Other patches address less critical holes in Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004 and 2006 and the medium business edition of Forefront Threat...
[April 15, 2009, 8:22]
Businesses told: Beware multi-component malware
News Jens Andreassen, vice president for Asia-Pacific at Fortinet, told ZDNet Asia in an email that multi-component threats have existed for several years, but today's blended threats have many more components or functionalities "to maximise the...
[July 1, 2008, 10:31]
AMD melting under price war - analyst
News As such, we expect blended average selling prices (ASPs) exiting the March quarter to drop to $60, a 30 percent sequential decline. With blended ASPs approaching $50 by summer, AMD is expected to drop into the red," said Kumar.
[February 4, 1999, 14:29]
'Important' Windows flaw could turn critical
News EEye's Nagy agrees that to exploit the vulnerability, a virus will most likely be distributed as an email attachment, but the vulnerability could also be 'blended' with another attack. I don't think either vulnerability could create a Sasser or...
[July 14, 2004, 14:30]
Linux servers 'attacked more often'
Talkback Symantec examined an automated tool like this, which accounted for supposable Nimda (blended threat) traffic, after it was captured in a Honeypot network3. The evidence in this report clearly shows that the risk of blended threats and attacks is...
[February 20, 2004, 19:15]
