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AVG CodeWord: False Positives

16

Jul

2012

Any user with a casual passing interest in IT security will at some stage encounter the paradoxically named expression ‘false positive’. Not quite the tautological twist that it might at first sound like, a false positive is the term we use to describe the “false” identification of a piece of software code as a “positive” […]

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Carrier IQ snoops on US cell users – Spyware or service monitoring tool?

01

Dec

2011

Last week a very scary piece of research was published by Trevor Eckhart about spyware that is being included on cellular phones in the United States. The commercial software application is called Carrier IQ and is reportedly being used by Verizon, Sprint and potentially other carriers. Carrier IQ was unhappy with Eckhart publishing public copies […]

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Bug bounty initiatives: a summer approach against cyberthreats?

31

Aug

2011

One of the new initiatives is brought to us by Microsoft with what they call the Blue Hat Prize. It is a contest that wants to generate new defensive approaches in the field of computer security. By launching this initiative, MS wants to develop new solutions to resolve security threats. And there are interesting prizes […]

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