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October 7, 2009  6:38 PM

IT services and The Three Chinese Curses



Posted by: Troy Tate
bot, botnet, career, information security, information technology, infosec, IT, network analysis, professional, Security, service level, support, trojan

In America, October is the time when haunting, evil spirits and curses come to mind. Earlier today I posted a blog entry titled Can IT education bring an end to the...

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August 24, 2009  8:33 PM

Red alert – automated SHIELDS Up – malware becomes smarter!



Posted by: Troy Tate
bot, command and control, information security, malware, malware research, threat, vulnerability

If you haven't recently kept up to date on the malware front, a recent article at DarkReading may come as a surprise to you. ALERT: Malware has become intelligent!

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July 24, 2009  6:03 PM

Using Wireshark to analyze a bot infected host



Posted by: Troy Tate
bot, data capture, education, ethereal, information security, Laura Chappell, network analysis, network security, packet analysis, packet capture, Security, tutorial, wireshark

My favorite Bitgirl (Laura Chappell) is at it again in this 15 minute presentation. She came across a host on a network that appears to be infected with some bot application. Take a few...

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June 24, 2009  6:24 PM

Did you see this? – SYSTEM CLEANING: GETTING RID OF MALWARE FROM INFECTED PCS



Posted by: Troy Tate
anti-virus, antivirus, av, availability, bot, botnet, information security, integrity, malicious software, malware, registry, Security, trojan

I don't know about you but I do get frustrated when a white paper is advertised and it has little or no meat to it. Most times it seems like the whitepapers offered by vendors today are light marketing fluff with little substance to help IT folks do their job better. I came across a...

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