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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 Softpedia about browser security

Source of the article: http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/windows/Google-Chrome-Review-345916.shtml Another aspect pointed out by Avira’s Security Product Manager Sorin Mustaca is Google’s effort to keep their browser safe. “Especially when we are talking about the Chrome browser, we have the already famous hacking sessions, which Google organizes to find vulnerabilities in the browser. This shows how important the security is for […]

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About Cloud Computing in Darkreading.com

When Consumers Go To The Cloud, Businesses Should Watch Out Companies should take a look at what cloud services their employees are using following last week’s authentication bug at Dropbox Dropbox encrypts data on the servers, but not to individual accounts, notes Sorin Mustaca, a product manager with security firm Avira. Anyone with admin access […]

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5 Apple security myths

Five Apple Security Myths — and the Disturbing Truths Five hard lessons With that in mind, here are five Apple security myths — and the brutal truth behind each: Myth: I don’t need antivirus and spam protection because I work on a Mac. Truth: The Mac OS X operating system is targeted less frequently by […]

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Quoted (again) on Softpedia.com

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.

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Quoted in the IT Business Edge

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 […]