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Impeding Malware Analysis Using Conditional Code Obfuscation
White Papers This paper presents a malware obfuscation technique that automatically conceals specific trigger-based behavior from these malware analyzers. Malware programs that incorporate trigger-based behavior initiate malicious activities based on conditions...
[June 20, 2009, 1:21]
MSDN Webcast: Microsoft .NET Application Obfuscation: Raising the Security Bar - Level 300
White Papers Are the Microsoft .NET applications providing ways for hackers to infiltrate the systems the apps run on? This webcast provides the techniques that help secure and compact the Microsoft .NET Application code.
[June 9, 2006, 0:00]
Obfuscation
Talkback This entire debate shows why there should be only one ISO standard. Even if Alex Brown is entirely genuine in his views, there is always the nagging thought that perhaps he has some commercial vested interest in promoting OOXML.
[May 22, 2008, 11:36]
Fighting Unicode-Obfuscated Spam
White Papers In the last few years, obfuscation has been used more and more by spammers to make spam emails bypass filters. This paper demonstrates the ease with which Unicode polymorphism can be used to circumvent spam filters such as SpamAssassin, and then...
[October 14, 2008, 1:01]
My main objections to OOXML are not technical
Talkback The reason OOXML is undesirable is not to me a technical issue so getting bogged down in technically detailed arguments that most people don't understand is simple obfuscation. Obfuscation suits them because it buys them time maintaining their...
[May 6, 2008, 9:37]
Image Spam Filtering by Detection of Adversarial Obfuscated Text
White Papers Many spammers' tricks are based on techniques that they can call of "Content obfuscation". This paper proposed an approach based on OCR tools and text categorization techniques which showed to be effective on the first generation of image spam...
[October 14, 2008, 1:01]
Cybercrooks get better at concealing code
News Their obfuscation tools are primitive but effective," Nazario said. They use obfuscation to avoid simple signatures," he said, referring to security techniques based on signatures to detect malicious websites.
[April 19, 2007, 10:53]
SWF Encrypt Windows
Downloads SWF Encrypt 5.0 uses Advanced Obfuscation Techniques along side proven Encryption Technology to provide security and protection for your Adobe Flash SWF Files. Put simply, SWF Encrypt 5.0 prevents other people from decompiling or reverse...
[May 8, 2008, 8:00]
'Smoke test' or 'Smoke screen'?
Talkback Politicized issues make fertile ground for obfuscation and digressions. The issue of ODF adherence to ISO raised by Alex Brown is different in context and scope to that of OOXML. Comments suggests the following:
[May 6, 2008, 9:39]
Cobblers
Talkback This is public sector obfuscation at its most sinister - what the hell to they want my child's biometric data for? Engage with parents, pupils and teachers? Very unlikely. As our society embraces the 'freedoms' and 'choices' of the Internet age...
[July 24, 2007, 17:03]
The Home Office
Talkback statement appears to be an exercise in Semantics and obfuscation. What else might we expect these days? Gary is just being thrown to the lions!
[September 3, 2008, 21:07]
Intel confirms chip-naming change
Talkback While I heartily agree that Intel's new naming convention is all about obfuscation, let's not fall prey to the same temptation there anonymous! Whoa! Your comparison of an Intel P4 to a 64-bit Athlon applies as much misrepresentation as Intel's new...
[March 22, 2004, 16:16]
Why Microsoft code leak worries me
Talkback Any IT professional should know that security through obfuscation is NO substitute for writing good, secure code. I suppose the idea behind this article is alright, but fundamentally flawed. This is why the code that people truly feel they can rely...
[February 24, 2004, 10:17]
SWF Encrypt
Downloads SWF Encrypt 5.0 uses Advanced Obfuscation Techniques along side proven Encryption Technology to provide security and protection for your Adobe Flash SWF Files. Put simply, SWF Encrypt 5.0 prevents other people from decompiling or reverse...
[May 7, 2008, 8:00]
Unpicking Microsoft's patchwork
Talkback Netscape, Mozilla and Opera also have reported vulnerabilities and patches, but their developers don't practice the same level of obfuscation with regards to vulnerabilities of testing of their 'patch' code.
[July 6, 2004, 13:08]
secureSWF
Downloads Publish with confidence and stop giving away your source code with every SWF file.secureSWF protects SWF files from decompilers and reverse engineering by providing the most advance Flash and Flex ActionScript obfuscation, optimization, and...
[October 27, 2009, 17:52]
Malware Normalization
White Papers In order to evade detection by malware detectors, malware writers use various obfuscation techniques to transform their malware. Malware is code designed for a malicious purpose, such as obtaining root privilege on a host.
[June 9, 2006, 1:00]
A Dynamic Birthmark for Java
White Papers In an evaluation, API Birthmark reliably identified XML parsers and PNG readers before and after obfuscating them with state-of-the-art obfuscation tools. Code theft is a threat for companies that consider code as a core asset.
[January 3, 2009, 0:00]
Zend Guard
Downloads Zend Guard 4 not only encodes the source code of your application, but also increases source code protection through obfuscation of the various application name components. Zend Guard, formerly known as Zend Encoder, protects your commercial PHP 4...
[January 4, 2007, 7:00]
40 million iPhone OS devices
Talkback Very disappointing obfuscation coming from such an "objective" analyst, although knowing Forrester's history re Apple, not terribly surprising. Why do analysts like Forrester persist in ignoring the 13 million iPod Touchs sold when talking about...
[May 21, 2009, 9:32]
