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Friday, 5 Apr, 2013
Overview of mobile platforms (March 2013)
This article describes hardware and software division on the mobile platform market. “Mobile platform” means mass handheld devices with an autonomous power source designated for solving a large variety of general tasks: entertainment, communications and business. This article does not examine personal desktop computers and their portable versions (notebooks/netbooks/etc.) Information in the article was gathered from public sources available as of the beginning of 2013. Information in the article is indicated taking into consideration software developers’ demand for mobile devices.Processor architectures
ARM
ARM architecture was developed by ARM Holdings on 1983 as the foundation for a simple and effective processor. The set of
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Friday, 16 Mar, 2012
SecPoint’s Cloud Penetrator Review
SecPoint® Cloud Penetrator “Online vulnerability assessment scan” Waking up every morning a skeptic is not that difficult. By 10 AM there are usually two or three interactions that prove I was right. I was invited by Hakin9 to do an evaluation of a product called “SecPoint® Penetrator”, a service provided by SecPoint® of Copenhagen Denmark (my first thought was that I needed todo an on-site assessment – and visit Tivoli gardens – it's been over 40 years since my last visit – but I still remember it well). In reviewing their web site I noted that they provide many tools in the security
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Thursday, 25 Aug, 2011
The DDOS, a New „Old” Type of Attack!
In this article, Orlando presents the DDoS attack structure and the Botnet structure . He will explore DDoS attack, the Botnet prevention and the DoS defense systems. He discovers what the mainly motivations pushing hackers to commit criminals act with
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Thursday, 25 Aug, 2011
DDOS
When the future comes to your doorstep, you are not sure whether to invite it in or keep it out. And when the future comes crashing in, you are either overwhelmed and mostly feel powerless. This is how one feels
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Thursday, 25 Aug, 2011
Protecting Yourself Against DDOS Attacks
Discussions about denial of service revolve around networks. When someone mentions denial of service, it seems as though it’s common to envision a large flood of traffic of one sort or another. The problem is that there are a number
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Thursday, 25 Aug, 2011
DDoS Framework. Management of Targeted Attack – Interview with Amir Taaki and Patrick Strateman
The DDoS attacks are used to break the availability of resources and services. Therefore, they have a fundamental role from the perspective of the attackers. Its intrinsic nature of the potential success that possess, allows attackers to obtain a high
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Thursday, 25 Aug, 2011
Terminating the Internet or DDOS Attacks as a Cyber War Tool
Internet defined as a „web between webs project” was initially a project of DARPA (American Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) developed and was put in use in order to provide communication between it`s troops after a possible nuclear attack, later
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Thursday, 25 Aug, 2011
Java Script Botnets – Implementation of Browser-based Malware and DDOS Attacks
Most of the botnets currently used by cybercriminals are imple mented in traditional languages such as C++. More recent example are written in Java, achieving some degree of portability but the basically share the same limitations. All these botnet creators
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Thursday, 25 Aug, 2011
Security Vulnerabilities of IPv6 Tunnels
This article talks about novel security vulnerabilities of IPv6 tunnel – an important type of migration mechanisms from IPv4 to IPv6 im plemented by all major operating systems and routers. The vulner abilities allow an attacker to form routing loops
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Thursday, 25 Aug, 2011
Social Media
Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, LinkedIn, Skype, the list goes on and on and a majority of the one billion people that use these social net working sites consistently use them while at work. This unchecked flow of data is a new
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Thursday, 25 Aug, 2011
Secure Out-of-band Management of Critical Infrastructure at The Enterprise Branch Office
As the enterprise pushes into the cloud, it is important to remain mindful of the distributed IT and communications assets that ar fundamental to day-to-day operations. The widespread adoption of IaaS solutions to virtualize back office infrastructure has allevi ated
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Wednesday, 17 Aug, 2011
















