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Whitelisting: The new blacklisting?
News Security industry figures at the AusCERT 2008 conference discuss whether whitelisting offers a solution to the problem of malware prevention.
[May 28, 2008, 15:59]
Whitelisting provides a convenient way to manage critical risk.
Talkback A Whitelisting approach has gained prominence in recent years with hackers bypassing traditional perimeters to penetrate business critical data and systems. Organisations must secure the endpoint and manage what executables are running on that...
[May 29, 2009, 16:48]
Kaspersky to concentrate on whitelisting
Blog Antivirus company Kaspersky will concentrate on whitelisting in version 8.0 of its enterprise security software, according to David Em, senior technology consultant for Kaspersky. The company already uses some digital certificates to authenticate...
[September 25, 2007, 12:19]
Security experts look to 'whitelisting' future
News While most at the conference agreed that whitelisting is the only available option, the model by which the industry goes about implementing it is the subject of debate. Is whitelisting, which is the reverse of our current approach, the answer?
[May 28, 2008, 10:01]
APPLICATION CONTROL/WHITELISTING IS AN EFFECTIVE DEFENSIVE TOOL
Talkback Whitelisting is the best way to prevent direct harm to computers from viruses and malware, but comprehensive application whitelisting - like Lumension Security Endpoint Protection Solution that does run on XP systems - offers many more benefits to...
[February 16, 2009, 15:50]
What whitelisting can really do for you today!!
Talkback Whitelisting is the best way to prevent direct harm to computers from viruses and malware, but comprehensive application whitelisting - like Lumension Security Endpoint Protection Solution that does run on XP systems - offers many more benefits to...
[February 2, 2009, 9:00]
Some more thought may be required
Talkback Whitelisting whilst at first glance appears to be a panacea will need to deal with the following scenarios: But having tried to use various whitelisting products I find that the work involved is huge, which again is great for large corporates with...
[July 27, 2008, 20:22]
CAG CALLS FOR WHITE-LISTING - THIS MAKES A LOT OF SENSE!
Talkback At last, we have official endorsement of the best kept secret for protecting the desktop - Whitelisting - this is surely the most effective way to prevent direct harm to computers from viruses and malware.
[February 24, 2009, 23:50]
Trend Micro rails against standalone antivirus apps
News One possible solution that has been touted by various security experts is whitelisting, where known good applications and files are allowed to execute and unknown files are blocked. However, Genes argued that there were too many "good" applications...
[September 24, 2008, 10:06]
Microsoft reveals Vista security plans
News Speaking at the RSA Conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, Microsoft's director of program management for Windows security, David Cross, said there would be an increased emphasis in Vista on whitelisting, a technique which allows only a...
[April 11, 2008, 16:16]
What stops a virus in its tracks? - Application Control
Talkback Also referred to as "whitelisting" - this control mechanism allows the IT manager to eliminate unknown or unwanted applications in their network, reducing the risk of malware and spyware. Th principle of Application Control is to only allow...
[January 16, 2009, 20:43]
Breaking Out of the Browser to Defend Against Phishing Attacks
White Papers By combining visually distinctive display to prevent spoofing, digitally signing these bookmarks to protect them from tampering, and whitelisting of allowed bookmark providers to ensure correctness, it is ensured that users end up with an...
[November 18, 2008, 0:00]
Kaspersky Internet Security
Downloads Kaspersky Whitelisting and Application Control--Delivers up-to-the-second threat intelligence to determine security privileges for every application you launch. The advanced Internet security software with premium protection from viruses, spyware...
[August 18, 2009, 22:21]
A virus is an unknown application, so just control it and stop it executing
Talkback The technique is also referred to as "whitelisting" - this straightforward control mechanism allows the IT manager to eliminate unknown or unwanted applications in their network, improving overall managaeability but most importantly by reducing...
[January 22, 2009, 19:49]
Spam campaigners reject email payment plan
Talkback I do hope though that the system includes good whitelisting so that I don't always have to pay to communicate with associates I already have a relationship with. I don't know the specifics of the AOL plan, but I'm willing to pay a little to get my...
[February 6, 2006, 23:01]
Email is not the only way rootkits get distributed
Talkback Rootkits can be imbedded in webpages, any microsoft document, adobe acrobat etc, and the the most worrying part; they have microsoft authorized digital signatures attached, meaning that they do not raise any red flags, when downloaded, as...
[January 25, 2007, 10:47]
Microsoft proposes Sender ID to jam spam
Talkback RSS will gradually mature and supplant bulk email - making life more and more difficult for spammers as email moves towards a one-to-one correspondence mechanism which is more easily managed through auto-whitelisting (amongst other things).
[June 28, 2004, 17:46]
Phishers get smarter
News In fact, it is likely that such a phishing message would get through a spam filter that uses ‘whitelisting’. Phishers are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their attempts to grab user names, passwords and other personal data from users of...
[June 6, 2005, 13:20]
Phorm serves up 'recommendation engine'
News Burgess said the Phorm system ignored certain types of traffic data in the whitelisting process. Behavioural ad-serving company Phorm has announced a 'recommendation engine', which is designed to serve content based on user web-surfing behaviour.
[June 3, 2009, 15:31]
The potential problem with the IIS 6 issue is......................
Talkback The most effective risk mitigation is to eliminate the possibility that unauthorised software is permitted to operate or execute within your environment using current technologies such as whitelisting application control.
[May 20, 2009, 1:54]
