A spam campaign sending emails from an “Auto ImageService” with the subject “Your file has been uploaded” is making its round on the Internet. The content of the email (see below) is very simple and advertises a link to a photo taken with a digital camera (DCIM stands for Digital Camera IMages) which was allegedly uploaded […]
Short answer: Because anyone is hackable due to being ignorant on what security is (of course, until he is hacked). Long answer: Human ignorance, about everything that might happen and it is not certain to happen. According to Webster.com, the definition of IGNORANCE is: : a lack of knowledge, understanding, or education : the state of being ignorant […]
Every once in a while, someone or some company in the information security industry comes up and says, “antivirus is dead.” This happened again last week, when Symantec’s Brian Dye told the Wall Street Journal that antivirus was dead and that it was no longer a “moneymaker.” http://news.softpedia.com/news/Is-Antivirus-Dead-It-Depends-on-How-You-Look-at-It-440993.shtml Avira Security Expert and Product Manager Sorin Mustaca tells […]
So, the unthinkable, the only thing which you always thought that it can’t happen to you did happen: your computer got a virus or more. What to do now? First of all, don’t be scared and think well before taking the next steps. Many people format first their computer and reinstall the operating system or even […]
Description: This program changes various computer settings. Advice: This software is typically benign when it runs on your computer, unless it was installed without your knowledge. If you’re not sure whether to permit it, review the alert details or check if you recognize and trust the publisher of the software. Category: Tool […]
I’ve had today the exam for the CompTIA Security+ SYS-201 certification and passed it with 828 points out of 900 (min. 750 to pass it). I’ve learnt after the book The CompTIA Security+ 2008 Study Guide, 4th Edition., author Emmet Dulaney. Why this book ? It was recommended by CompTIA on their website and it […]
I was curious about how the DE-Cleaner of Symantec works, so I downloaded the software and give it a closer look. I did not dissemble it or anything similar… I simply performed a little black box testing. So, I started it without any internet connection. The result was: no scanning was possible. DE-Cleaner requires an […]
Everybody knows about this acquisition. Now, why did Intel (chip produced) needs a Software Security company ? There are some possible reasons: 1. To enter in a multi-billion market which needs fresh ideas and technologies 2. To produce better security software which makes use of their multi-core processors 3. Both 4. Add AV in the […]
The source of the article ist the statistics for July, published in the techblog: “Because of the holiday season, many people started to buy games and spend more time in the social media websites, so the increase in attacking such web sites comes quite naturally,” Sorin Mustaca, manager of international software development at Avira, noted.
http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/poremba/trustworthy-ssl-certificates/?cs=42832 As Sorin Mustaca, manager of international software development at Avira, explained to me: A Certificate Authority is, by common understanding, an entity having a trust level beyond any doubt. This means that in the case of digital certificates, a CA can generate certificates which are trusted by all parties involved in a communication. Any […]