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Acronym: DLP
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Data Loss Prevention
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fic and resource use Thwarts disk encryption *Data is stolen during decryption and display *The malware can record keystrokes, passwords, and screenshots Thwarts Data Loss Prevention (DLP) *Leakage protection hinges on metadata tagging, not everything is tagged *Miscreants can use encryption to port data ==Examples of data-stealing malware== *Bancos, an info stealer that wait |
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Acronym: SK
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session key
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rity & Privacy, pp. 129-141, 1996. A cryptovirus is a virus that contains and uses a public key and randomly generated symmetric cipher initialization vector (IV) and session key (SK). In the cryptoviral extortion attack, the virus hybrid encrypts plaintext data on the victim's machine using the randomly generated IV and SK. The IV+SK are then encrypted using the virus writer' |
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Acronym: MBR
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master boot record
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p with an access time of 6 ms at 300 IOPS (with a bigger queue depth) with an average throughput of 200 MB/s.. ==PC BIOS partition types== This section describes the master boot record (MBR) partitioning scheme, as used in MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows and Linux on PC compatible computer systems; for examples of partitioning schemes used in other operating systems, see [[GUID |
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Acronym: PF
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page fault
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licitly allocated to it, simply because ''any'' memory address, even a completely random one, that application may decide to use, either points to an allocated page, or generates a page fault (PF) error. Unallocated pages simply do not have any addresses from the application point of view. As a side note, a PF may not be a fatal occurrence. Page faults are used not only for memory protecti |
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Acronym: XCP
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Extended Copy Protection
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Japan | 21 Dec. 2005 | Sony Music Japan | 2CD | Red | EICP586~7 |} ==Extended Copy Protection== In November 2005, it was revealed that the US CD contained Extended Copy Protection (XCP), a controversial feature that automatically installed rootkit software on any Microsoft Windows machine upon insertion of the disc. The CD was withdrawn and a new version without XCP was issu |
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Acronym: MSAT
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MS Security Assessment tool
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;background:#fcefd6;" |— |- |[http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm#147 147] |5 June 2008 |Microsoft's Baseline Security Analyzer |Also includes the MS Security Assessment tool (MSAT). |- |style="background:#fcefd6;" |[http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm#148 148] |style="background:#fcefd6;" |12 June 2008 |style="background:#fcefd6;" |Listener Feed |
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Acronym: MSAT
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MS Security Assessment tool
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;background:#fcefd6;" |— |- |[http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm#147 147] |5 June 2008 |Microsoft's Baseline Security Analyzer |Also includes the MS Security Assessment tool (MSAT). |- |style="background:#fcefd6;" |[http://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm#148 148] |style="background:#fcefd6;" |12 June 2008 |style="background:#fcefd6;" |Listener Feed |
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Acronym: GPL
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GNU General Public License
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M is included. He found the code to be inactive, but fully functional as he could use it to insert songs into Fairplay. DRMS, mpg123 and VLC are licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). The other software found, like LAME is licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), also as free software. If the claims are correct, then Sony/BMG was distr |
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Acronym: FTC
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Federal Trade Commission
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It's your intellectual property -- it's not your computer. November 12, 2005. http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/5002/admonish.html On January 30, 2007, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a settlement with Sony BMG on charges that their CD copy protection had violated Federal Law. The settlement requires Sony BMG to reimburse consumers up to $150 to repair damage that result |
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Acronym: CWS
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CoolWebSearch
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set of ever-changing infection pages. These pages employed recoded viruses, trojans, malware and spyware. This technique is used heavily today by the groups behind the spyware CoolWebSearch (CWS). The idea that alternative browsers such as Opera (web browser)|Opera and Firefox could somehow enhance end-user security was cut down in March 2005 [http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1 |
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Acronym: DDO
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dynamic drive overlay
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replacement hard drives installed into the enclosure. When this occurs, the drive may appear to be limited in size (e.g. 128 GB), which can look like a BIOS or dynamic drive overlay (DDO) problem. In this case, one must use software utilities (see below) that use READ NATIVE MAX ADDRESS and SET MAX ADDRESS to change the drive's reported size back to its native size, and avoid using th |
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Acronym: LLU
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Local loop unbundling
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alls, broadband and line rental for £19.99 a month. This offer was available to new and existing customers, though broadband was only free for customers connected to a Local loop unbundling (LLU) exchange. As of July 2006, TalkTalk claimed that free broadband was available to 70% of the UK population. They hope that this figure will increase as British Telecom allow the unbundling of their re |
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Acronym: UAC
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User Account Control
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nce and product activation. Another common criticism of Vista concerns the integration of new forms of digital rights management (DRM) into the operating system, and User Account Control (UAC) security technology. ==Compatibility== Windows Vista faces backward compatibility problems with many of the games and utility programs that work in Windows XP. As of July 2007 |
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Acronym: SMF
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MIDI
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Special:Contributions/98.217.8.46|98.217.8.46]] (User talk:98.217.8.46|talk) 22:26, 11 August 2008 (UTC) == Interpreting MIDI (SMF) Delta Time Values == I am trying to write a MIDI (SMF) Media Player, but is somewhat confused about the delta time values found in SMF's. As I understand it, these values are given in a unit called "tics", and in the MIDI File Header one can re |
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Acronym: VBS
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Visual Basic Script
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Integrated and non-integrated Microsoft applications (such as Microsoft Office) and applications with scripting languages with access to the file system (for example Visual Basic Script (VBS), and applications with networking features) are also particularly vulnerable. Although Windows is by far the most popular operating system for virus writers, some viruses also exist on other platf |
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Acronym: ORG
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Open Rights Group
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ing signing up to the OIX system by Susan Singleton. [http://www.marketingdirectmag.co.uk/news/907369/brands-follow-Amazons-lead-opt-Phorm/] === Legality === The Open Rights Group (ORG) raised questions about Phorm's legality and asked for clarification of how the service would work. FIPR has argued that Phorm's online advert system is illegal in the UK. Nicholas Bohm, general |
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