Free ESET Antivirus and Security White Papers - 2 views
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By David Harley, Pierre-Marc Bureau and Andrew Lee Apple's customer-base has rejoined the rest of the user community on the firing line. This paper will compare the view from Apple and the community as a whole with the view from the anti-virus labs of the actual threat landscape.
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By David Harley This 1997 paper reviews the shared history of viruses and the Mac, summarizes the 1997 threatscape, and considers possibilities and strategies for the future. It's been made available for historical interest because so many people asked about it at EICAR 2010. First published in Virus Bulletin 1997 Conference Proceedings.*
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By Craig Johnston and David Harley This paper looks at the ethical, political and practical issues around the use of "policeware", when law enforcement and other legitimate agencies use "cybersurveillance" techniques based on software that resembles some forms of malware in its modus operandi.
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By David Harley and Randy Abrams This paper considers the practical, strategic and ethical issues that arise when the security industry augments its marketing role by taking civic responsibility for the education of the community as a whole.
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By Jeff Debrosse and David Harley This paper considers steps towards a holistic approach to behaviour analysis, using both social and computer science to examine the behaviours by both criminals and victims that underpin malware dissemination.
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A few very interesting white papers on issue related to "cyber security" ranging from education to police surveillance.
