malware

Georgia Tech's Mustaque Ahamad (CS) comments on the dangers of botnets and how it can be more effective to hunt them at the network level. Source: NYTimes.com

Georgia Tech and SRI researchers explain how BLADE cuts off drive-by downloads at the one point they all have to pass through - downloading and executing a file on the computer. By identifying the malware at this juncture, BLADE can prevent the install and delete the program. Source: InformationWeek

Wenke Lee (CS) describes how BLADE works by tracking how users interact with their browsers to distinguish downloads that were authorized versus downloads that were not. BLADE then stops and removes the downloads that were not authorized. Source: Slashdot

Wenke Lee (CS) comments on how malware can be silently installed on computers, and how Georgia Tech and SRI International have created BLADE to prevent these attacks. Source: The Times of India

Wenke Lee (CS) describes BLADE, a new software developed by Georgia Tech researchers that blocks all downloads not authorized by the user. Source: UPI.com