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Quoted in Forbes.com: One Password For Work And Home — Is This The Future?

URL: http://www.forbes.com/sites/emc/2014/02/25/one-password-for-work-and-home-is-this-the-future/ Author: Michael O’Dwyer   Sorin Mustaca, an IT security expert for Avira, a global provider of IT security protection, says BYOI is a welcome change and is the future of authentication in an interconnected world. “With one single service to authenticate, the possibilities to secure it are much better because the consumers have only one […]

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Some thoughts about the spam attack sent through InternetOfThings (Proofpoint)

http://www.proofpoint.com/about-us/press-releases/01162014.php More than 750,000 Phishing and SPAM emails Launched from “Thingbots” Including Televisions, Fridge Note: An article about this has been published by Richard Adhikari in TechNewsWorld.   A general comment on the entire story. Security researchers usually use spamtraps (an email address that receive nothing else than pure spam) to collect these emails and […]

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Quoted in TechNewsWorld: Beware of the Spam-Sending Fridge

Source: http://www.technewsworld.com/story/79828.html Author: Richard Adhikari   “I don’t think any security software company is able to detect such a small amount of emails that have little or no characteristics in common,” Sorin Mustaca, an IT security expert atAvira, told the E-Commerce Times. Considerable work, including deep analysis, is required to identify the device sending out spam, […]

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Three key security threats seen during 2013 – and how to protect against them

Originally published here: http://grahamcluley.com/2013/12/three-key-security-threats/ 1. Security breaches and hacks   2013 was the year that major security breaches and hacks really took hold. Millions of credentials were stolen from the likes of Twitter, Tumblr,Yahoo, Adobe and many others. Whenever data breaches like this occur, targeted attacks against the users of such wesbites can quickly follow. The targeted attacks usually consist […]

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Quoted in Softpedia.com: NSA: Foreign Country Developed BIOS Malware Designed to Destroy Computers

http://news.softpedia.com/news/NSA-Says-Foreign-Country-Developed-BIOS-Malware-Capable-of-Destroying-Computers-409446.shtml However, the story seems to be a bit exaggerated. Taking control of computers might be a plausible goal, but destroying them seems a bit farfetched. Avira Security Expert and Product Manager Sorin Mustaca agrees. “Regarding the so-called ‘BIOS Plot,’ I think it is just a smart tactic to direct the attention from the real […]

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Quoted on Adotas.com: Today’s Burning Question: Massive Hack Attack Reaction

http://www.adotas.com/2013/12/todays-burning-question-massive-hack-attack-reaction/ “According to the article [on CNN’s website], the accounts details that were leaked were obtained using keyloggers installed on end users’ computers. No networks were breached in order to obtain the information, which is good on one side, but it is worrisome on the other. This also gives us a pretty good view on […]

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Quoted in USA Today: Black Friday scams

Source of the article:  http://sorin-mustaca.com/2013/11/15/black-friday-is-coming-stay-alert/   The article in USA Today online and printed edition:  Cybergrinches stalking shoppers   “All these things have something in common: social engineering and greed,” says Sorin Mustaca, security analyst at anti-malware firm Avira.    

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Quoted in Focus Magazine MY: SMEs in the crosshairs

Remember this post: http://sorin-mustaca.com/2013/07/03/about-the-internet-threat-landscape-and-why-small-businesses-are-the-most-vulnerable/ ? I almost forgot about it… Until today. I received the PDF version of the final article: FocusM-MY   “SMEs are generally easier to attack than larger corporations”, says Mustaca I’ve been quoted quite a lot of times…