A new magazine from the community for the community is born: Obsidis. Obsidis is a scientific/underground magazine that focuses on research in ICT security. Papers about any topic related to the following, but not only, are encouraged:
- Malicious Software, Network Application Security, Vulnerability Management and Tracking, Intrusion Detection Systems, Cryptography, Wireless and Mobile Security, Network Architectures and Management, Security software engineering, Legal and Ethical Issues
Shadowserver Through a collection of honeypots, sandboxes, tarpits and botnet snoopers we are able to build attacker profiles in real time
Tool of the Week
Stellarium v0.8.0 - Stellarium renders 3D photo-realistic skies in real time with OpenGL. It displays stars, constellations, planets, nebulas and others things like ground, landscape, fog, etc.
Paper of the Week
Risk Analysis of Mobile Devices with Special Concern of Malware Contamination This work(230 pages thesis) will look at the security risk of malware contamination and malware distribution on mobile devices that are used without deploying additional third-party applications or tools. It will show which defences exist against malware on the mobile device, how build-in defences can be enabled and especially assesses the detection rate and detection quality offered by additional installable anti-malware products for mobile devices
Astalavista Security Newsletter
Astalavista's monthly Security Newsletter is our contribution to the security scene. Featured news and commentary, recommended security tools and security documents, free security consultation, enterprise and home users security issues and exclusive interviews with folks from the scene presented in an entertaining way - check out Issue 28 (April, 2006) and consider subscribing yourself!
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