BHODemon is a free tool that lists all Browser Helper Objects installed on a Windows system by scanning the registry, and it gives users the ability to disable them, Bambenek said.
Center director Marcus Sachs also warned this week that high-end multiplayer network gaming activities and new forms of PC user deception known as cognitive hacking present a growing danger to Internet security.
Sachs said that while firewalls and updated AV tools and patches provide adequate security against malicious code that could enter during a gaming session, it's the gamers themselves who could be tempted to disable firewalls and system resources in order to improve gaming performance.
Interactive gaming across a company network may strike most as a major policy no-no, but it happens in many smaller firms and some larger ones, typically after the close of the business day.
David Pattillo, a former producer at Metropolitan DVD, a Manhattan-based DVD company which mastered DVDs for films such as Traffic, said after-hours multiplayer gaming was common among Metropolitan's employees.
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
