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Review: StillSecure StrataGuard Free

Review: StillSecure StrataGuard Free

As its name implies, this is a free version of the StillSecure StrataGuard intrusion detection system (IDS) and intrusion prevention system (IPS) products. The software lacks some features present in the commercial versions, such as automatic rule updating and individual device protection, but none of these limitations need be a problem for its target audience, the small business and individual user.
Peter Stephenson,CeRNS, Oct 1 2006 12:00AM Security
Spammers using images to evade detection

Spammers using images to evade detection

The amount of spam email using images has increased by a factor of 12 in the past year as spammers attempt to avoid detection, a new study has found.
Staff Writers Jun 30 2006 9:58AM Security
Group finalizes spyware detection guidelines

Group finalizes spyware detection guidelines

The Anti-Spyware Coalition (ASC), which counts AOL, McAfee, Microsoft, Symantec and Yahoo among its members, this week released the final working report of a risk-model description that helps provide transparency in how anti-spyware companies evaluate software applications.
William Eazel Jan 17 2006 9:45AM Security
Virus detection new to GMail

Virus detection new to GMail

GMail, Google's email service, has added virus scanning to its list of features.
Frank Washkuch Dec 6 2005 2:55PM Security
Symantec patents quicker virus detection

Symantec patents quicker virus detection

Symantec has won a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for technology that streamlines virus detection.
Marcia Savage Mar 2 2005 4:40PM Security
Zen and the art of intrusion detection

Zen and the art of intrusion detection

If a tree falls in a forest with no-one to hear it, does it make a sound? So goes a typical zen-like philosophical question. While it’s thought-provoking, what does it have to do with Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS)?
David Beesley Feb 17 2005 10:02AM Security
From detection to prevention

From detection to prevention

2005 may be the year of the IPS tools, but not before they address persistent problems, says Andre Yee
Andre Yee Dec 1 2004 3:19PM Security
Why should anti-virus products employ heuristic detection?

Why should anti-virus products employ heuristic detection?

Once upon a time, in a galaxy not so far away, there were only a few computer viruses. Little more than a curiosity to most, they were relatively rare, slow spreading and in general, more of a mythological threat than a real one. The initial anti-virus products that were created to deal with these were perfectly adequate; updated once a month or so, the customers could be fairly sure that they would be protected. Fast-forward to today’s interconnected and always-on world, and the scale of the problem is orders of magnitude above where it was back in those early days.
Staff Writers Nov 24 2004 2:47PM Security
Network Intrusion Detection 3rd edition

Network Intrusion Detection 3rd edition

The next incarnation of the excellent network intrusion detection manual from SANS's Stephen Northcutt and Judy Novak is here.
Stephen Northcutt Jan 15 2004 12:28PM Security
Monitoring Security from the Inside Out: Intrusion Detection at the Configuration Level

Monitoring Security from the Inside Out: Intrusion Detection at the Configuration Level

Today’s intrusion detection (ID) technology is, for the most part, network-centric.
Andy Evans Jan 15 2004 11:45AM Security
Intrusion Detection: Let’s Make Some Real Progress, Today!

Intrusion Detection: Let’s Make Some Real Progress, Today!

It would be nice if most intrusions were detected, but they are not.
Brad C. Jan 15 2004 11:26AM Security
Signature-Based or Anomaly-Based Intrusion Detection: The Practice and Pitfalls

Signature-Based or Anomaly-Based Intrusion Detection: The Practice and Pitfalls

Intrusion detection has become big business on the Internet and, to be honest, it's not surprising.
Arnt Brox Jan 14 2004 1:23PM Security
Intrusion Prevention and Detection: Are They Just Missing the Point?

Intrusion Prevention and Detection: Are They Just Missing the Point?

Organizations know they must protect themselves from the mysterious enemy that is a ‘hacker’ and viruses such as LoveLetter, but often there is a misguided belief that these external threats are the main risks to businesses.
Jean-Charles Barbou Jan 9 2004 3:59PM Security
Review: eTrust Intrusion Detection

Review: eTrust Intrusion Detection

This solution provides a network-based IDS, real-time session monitoring and internet/email content blocking. eTrust Intrusion Detection can be installed in standalone mode, or it can be distributed on separate machines. The intrusion detection program installs as a service under Windows NT/2000. As usual, the monitoring interface is a NIC in promiscuous mode, and therefore the presence of the IDS is concealed from the attacker.

Geoff Marshall Apr 1 2003 12:00AM Security

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