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- Defend against kernel malware
- Kernel malware, commonly known as rootkits, are malicious applications that run in the kernel of the OS with absolute rights to system resources. End user devices infected with this type of application are open to undetectable processes that can steal data, collect PII, and otherwise control the system regardless...
- Tags: Antivirus Research, Computer Crime, Cybercrime, It Management, kernel malware, kernel mode, malware, Microsoft, PatchGuard, Rootkit, Security, Spyware, Threats, Tom Olzak, user mode, Windows
- Blog posts 2007-03-01
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- Malware Normalization
- Malware is code designed for a malicious purpose, such as obtaining root privilege on a host. A malware detector identifies malware and thus prevents it from adversely affecting a host. In order to evade detection by malware detectors, malware writers use various obfuscation techniques to transform their malware. There is...
- Tags: Malware, Evaluation, Malware Detector, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- White papers 2005-08-22
- VA (Venak and Avenak) (rar)
- The Venak & Avenak Detection Scanner VA or Venak & Avenak is a tool for finding unknown Malware that can detect as Kind Of Threat in Windows Platforms. This tool tries to shows you which program is valid and activated by system operation and which one is not. The VA...
- Tags: Malware, Tool, Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Productivity, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-04-04
- Linux Kernel in a Nutshell: Configuring and Building
- The kernel configuration is kept in a file called .config in the top directory of the kernel source tree. If one has just expanded the kernel source code, there will be no .config file, so it needs to be created. It can be created from scratch, created by basing it...
- Tags: Linux Kernel, O'Reilly Media Inc., Kernel, Kernel Configuration, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2006-12-01
- how can i view linux kernel source code?
- I tried to see the linux kernel source code but i could not get to do do so.Ideally it should be there in the /usr/src directory but its not there.Can somebody suggest me where it should be and how can I get to know about it?I am using fedora core-5...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, add2rahul@..., Linux kernel, Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-08-06
- kernel-default-nongpl.rpm & kernel-default-2.6.8-
- I have linux box. I wont to update kernel. There are two type of kernel:1. kernel-default-nongpl.rpm. 2. kernel-default-2.6.8-I don't know which need to download. Help me please.download the newest version for your distro.got to your distro's website and download latest version, along with all requirements from them.this will ensure not...
- Tags: distro
- Q&A 2005-04-07
- Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (exe)
- Have you ever considered what makes an anti-malware application effective? We at Malwarebytes have created an easy-to-use, simple, and effective anti-malware application. Whether you know it or not your computer is always at risk of becoming infected with viruses, worms, trojans, rootkits, dialers, spyware, and malware that are constantly evolving...
- Tags: Malware, Malwarebytes, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Software downloads 2008-02-07
- Automating Malware Detection by Inferring Intent
- An increasing variety of malware like worms, spyware and adware threatens both personal and business computing. Modern malware has two features; malware evolves rapidly; self-propagating malware can spread very fast. These features lead to a strong need for automatic actions against new unknown malware. The aim of this paper is...
- Tags: Malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
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- Back to the Future: A Framework for Automatic Malware Removal and System Repair
- Malware is software with malicious intent. Besides viruses and worms, spyware, adware, and other newer forms of malware have recently emerged as widely-spread threats to system security. It is difficult to detect malware reliably because new and polymorphic ones appear frequently. It is also difficult to remove malware and repair...
- Tags: Malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- White papers
- Bump in the Ether: Mobile Phones as Proxies for Sensitive Input
- User-space malware such as keyboard sniffers, spyware, and Trojans represent a significant threat to today's desktop computing environment. This paper presents Bump in the Ether BitE, an approach for preventing malware from accessing sensitive user input and providing the user with additional confidence that her input is being processed as...
- Tags: Phone, Carnegie-Mellon University, Mobile, Malware, Cell Phone, J2ME MIDP 2.0 Bump In The Ether Mobile Client, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Keyboards, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Hardware, Peripherals
- White papers 2005-12-08
- kernel level WIN32 API
- I am designing an encryption filter driver at kernel modeThe WIN32 APIs at kernel mode for microsoft are undocumented.Please let me know the kernel level WIN32 APIs for encryption of a file/folder at kernel.
- Tags: kernel, sourish_datta@..., Win32, Win32 API
- Discussion threads 2007-01-12
- Reining in Malware--2007: The Year of the Secure Gateway
- Malware is good business--for malware developers. The year 2006 saw rapid evolution of malware technologies. Malware entrepreneurs figured out how to refine and speed attacks for maximum profitability, toxicity, and stealth. Their business models now precisely target theft of specific corporate and personal data and the distribution and installation of...
- Tags: Gateway Inc., Malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Utilizing Linux Kernel Components in K42
- This paper discusses how K42 uses Linux-kernel components to support a wide range of hardware, a full-featured TCP/IP stack and Linux le-systems. An examination of the run-time environment within the Linux-kernel is the starting point for a presentation of the strategy taken to incorporate Linux-kernel code in K42. There are...
- Tags: Component, Linux Kernel, K42, Linux-kernel, Linux, Tcp/Ip, Open Source, UNIX, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Networking, Management
- White papers
- Browser add-on for real-time malware blocking
- Haute Secure, a security start-up firm, has introduced a multi-layer approach for real-time malware blocking. Although there are many such products in the market already, none are perfect at arresting malware attacks. A quote from the article at TechWorld: "The...
- Tags: Malware, Web Browser, Plug-in, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- Malware Defender (exe)
- Malware Defender is a HIPS Host Intrusion Prevention System with low resource usage and latency. It is effective to protect your computer system from all forms of malware (viruses, worms, trojans, adware, spyware, keyloggers, rootkits). Malware Defender is also an advanced rootkit detector. It provides many useful tools that can...
- Tags: Malware, Torch Soft, Malware Defender, Rootkits, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Software downloads 2008-08-11
- guarddog
- How can I patch the kernel. I want to install guard dog for security & ip filtering. But I am unable to install it. Let me know the details for that.su to root,apply the patch against the appropriate section of the kernelmake configure, ( unless you saved kernel config data,...
- Tags: kernel
- Q&A 2004-12-29
- Realtime Audio Vs. Linux 2.6
- From the beginning of its development kernel 2.6 promised latency as low as a patched 2.4 kernel. These claims proved to be premature when testing of the 2.6.7 kernel showed it was much worse than 2.4. I present here a review of the most significant latency problems discovered and solved...
- Tags: Linux, Audio, Kernel
- White papers 2006-05-09
- linux kernel compilation
- hi alli am new to the linux kernel code.I am trying to compile the linux kernel downloaded from the kernel.org site, but its giving error saying GAS is not installed.I dint get GAS on the net.Do i need to separately install it.can somebody tell me the way it is installed...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, add2rahul@..., Linux kernel, Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-08-13
- Automatic Placement of Authorization Hooks in the Linux Security Modules Framework
- The authors present a technique for automatic placement of authorization hooks, and apply it to the Linux Security Modules LSM framework. LSM is a generic framework which allows diverse authorization policies to be enforced by the Linux kernel. It consists of a kernel module which encapsulates an authorization policy, and...
- Tags: Authorization, Linux Kernel, Kernel, Linux Security Modules, Authorization Policy, Kernel Module, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2005-09-09
- Kernel Level WIN32 API for encryption
- i am designing a filter driver to encrypt and decrypt files at kernel level.The kernel level WIN32 APis for encryption are undocumented by microsoft.kindly let me know the WIN32 kernel level APIs for this.
- Tags: kernel, sourish_datta@..., software, programming, Win32, Win32 API
- Discussion threads 2007-01-12
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