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'Proof of concept' emerges for 64-bit virus
News Representatives at the company were quick to point out that the threat was merely a so-called proof-of-concept virus -- a worm developed by someone to show that vulnerabilities are present in a particular type of system -- and not a virus already...
[May 28, 2004, 8:55]
iPod proof of concept virus
Blog It's a proof of concept program and "does not pose a real threat," according to Kaspersky. Security software vendor Kaspersky Labs claims to have discovered the first virus designed to infect iPods. Kaspersky has named it Podloso.
[April 10, 2007, 16:50]
A Metascheduler Proof of Concept Using Tivoli Workload Scheduler
White Papers This paper describes a proof of concept (PoC) project that was conducted in the Poughkeepsie, NY, Design Center for On Demand business. The purposes of this paper are to identify the existing capabilities of TWSfVDC 8.2, and to describe how the...
[November 9, 2005, 0:00]
First Step for Your Virtual Desktop Initiative: Conduct a Proof-of-Concept
White Papers Proof-of-Concept and intelligence gathering are the first steps. When it comes to the Proof-of-Concept, addressing the critical success factors and making sure "Ducks are in a row" before Proof-of-Concept kicks off one can avoid confusion and...
[November 13, 2009, 0:21]
MTC Helps Real Estate Company Save $70,000 on Proof of Concept
White Papers It chose a solution from Xiotech based on a proof of concept engagement at a Microsoft Technology Center, where the solution performed to its pre-defined specifications in a replicated environment. American Campus Communities wanted a data storage...
[February 20, 2008, 0:02]
Detailed Descriptions of New Proof-of-Concept Bluetooth Security Analysis Tools and New Security Attacks
White Papers This paper describes the details of two new proof-of-concept Bluetooth security analysis tools and two new attacks against Bluetooth security. Brute-Force BD ADDR Scanning script is a security analysis tool for brute-force discovery of the...
[November 11, 2005, 0:00]
RFID-Enabled Inventory Control Optimization: A Proof of Concept in a Small-to-Medium Retailer
White Papers This study examines the impact of Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) technology on the inventory control practices of a small-to-medium retailer using a Proof of Concept (PoC) approach. The basis for the proof of concept was a future mode of...
[November 20, 2009, 0:25]
Accelerating Deployment of IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS): IMS Telco Server Proof of Concept
White Papers To explore this promise and to demonstrate the applicability of Intel products and the products of the AdvancedTCA ecosystem, Intel is creating a series of Proof of Concept platforms for IMS. Because of the heavy technical demands placed on an IP...
[December 26, 2006, 0:00]
Proof-of-concept malware targets Windows PowerShell
Talkback Might as well wait until Q4 2006 and see what kind of RTW version will be available by then. And if it'll run on W2K as well by then because there's plenty of that to maintain out there as well. Why would I want to download and install a Release...
[August 3, 2006, 23:59]
Proof-of-concept malware targets Windows PowerShell
Talkback Learn the details about this issue by visiting the Windows PowerShell team blog at: http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/archive/2006/08/03/687838.aspx Experience the real-deal by downloading and installing Windows PowerShell yourself by going to...
[August 3, 2006, 22:17]
iPod proof of concept virus
Blog Comment And fewer of them are going to want to run malware on it voluntarily. Hi John, Valid points, well made. I thought when I wrote the post that it was evident I was being tongue-in-cheek -- rereading it perhaps it's not so obvious.
[April 12, 2007, 14:19]
iPod proof of concept virus
Blog Comment The point is the vast majority of iPod users do not have, and will never have, Linux installed on their iPod. Tom, This is not really a virus. As you have to install and execute it yourself. Also I would like to point out that this is like saying...
[April 11, 2007, 14:25]
Proof-of-concept malware targets Windows PowerShell
News MSH/Cibyz is designed to spread using the Kazaa file-sharing network, and the worm runs in PowerShell, which is due to ship in the second half of this year. To do this, it uses a series of product names that may be attractive to Kazaa users.
[August 1, 2006, 17:40]
'Proof of concept' emerges for 64-bit virus
Talkback When wil someone come up with a tool to provide security updates/ patches to those unmanaged pc's of the world i.e.franchise companies and or remote users? Thanks,
[June 4, 2004, 18:52]
Adware program targets Mac OS X
News The program is a proof-of-concept sent to F-Secure and it is not out targeting users on the internet. Malicious software that targets Mac OS X systems is rare and has been limited largely to proof-of-concept code, instead of actual attacks.
[November 28, 2006, 9:15]
Gmail cookie vulnerability exposes user's privacy
News Petko Petkov of ethical hacking group GNUCitizen has developed a proof-of-concept program to steal contacts and incoming emails from Google Gmail users. It's just a proof of concept at the moment but what they're demonstrating is the potential to...
[September 27, 2007, 8:12]
WPA crack details revealed
News A proof-of-concept tool to crack Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) has also been published by the researchers, Martin Beck of the Technical University of Dresden, and Erik Tews of the Technical University of Darmstadt.
[November 10, 2008, 14:16]
Vista DRM could hide malware
News A security researcher has released a proof-of-concept program that hackers could use to exploit Windows Vista digital rights management processes to hide malware. The presence of that problem creates a hive of activity with people trying to hijack...
[April 12, 2007, 16:23]
Exploit code out for Windows flaw
News The "proof-of-concept" exploits that take advantage of a flaw in the media player were posted on the Web over the past couple of days. The appearance of proof-of-concept code is usually a sign that actual attacks are not far off.
[February 17, 2006, 8:45]
IM client vulnerable to attack
News Hennessy has published a proof-of-concept showing the latest version of Trillian, v0.73, is vulnerable to a buffer-overflow attack that will allow individuals with malicious intent to run any program on the computer.
[August 23, 2002, 9:12]
