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Archive for the 'Phishing' Category

Cutting through the “White Noise”

Friday, November 9th, 2007

Ok — so I’ve been feeling ‘guilty’ about not blogging for some time…   How sick and egotistic is that?  But anyway, an ultra-hectic professional and home life has kept me busier than the proverbial “one legged man in a butt-kickin’ contest” for the past few months. 
Over those months, I’ve had several things that I *wanted* […]

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Mobile malware research

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

I am currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Information Assurance (MSIA) through Norwich University and would like to share one of the papers that I prepared for last semester.  The paper sums up quite a bit of research on mobile malware, its history, and what the future holds.  In addition, I intend to make this […]

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Early detection of possible phishing attacks

Thursday, January 4th, 2007

The F-Secure weblog has a new post outlining an interesting method for finding new phishing sites before they can be detected via anti-phishing toolbars and the like.
I would definitely recommend that companies of significant size and brand stature begin employing these detection techniques in-house so that they can warn their customer base earlier and get […]

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