Exploitation, Vulnerability, and Social Domination

The Heavy Tails of Vulnerability Exploitation

In this paper we analyse the frequency at which vulnerabilities are exploited in the wild by relying on data collected worldwide by Symantec’s sensors. Our analysis comprises 374 exploited vulnerabilities for a total of 75.7 Million recorded attacks spanning three years (2009-2012). We find that for some software as little as 5% of exploited vulnerabilities is responsible for about 95% of the a...

Social exploitation of vitellogenin.

Vitellogenin is a female-specific glucolipoprotein yolk precursor produced by all oviparous animals. Vitellogenin expression is under hormonal control, and the protein is generally synthesized directly before yolk deposition. In the honeybee (Apis mellifera), vitellogenin is not only synthesized by the reproductive queen, but also by the functionally sterile workers. In summer, the worker popul...

Chain Exploitation—Social Networks Malware

social life in the online world. It has become the most acceptable pattern of forging social connections on the web. Every new development has pros and cons in its own sphere, though, and social networking web sites are no different. Online social networks, being a part of the Web 2.0 world, are prone to attacks and malware infections. Social networks, such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Orkut ...

Social vulnerability to climate

Social vulnerability to climate in the “Little Ice Age”: an example from Central Europe in the early 1770s C. Pfister and R. Brázdil Institute of History/NCCR Climate, University of Bern, Unitobler, CH-3000 Bern 9, Switzerland Institute of Geography, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, CZ-611 37 Brno, The Czech Republic Received: 1 February 2006 – Accepted: 22 March 2006 – Published: 7 April 2006 ...

Regularisations – an instrument to reduce vulnerability, social exclusion and exploitation of migrants in an irregular situation in employment?