About 4 years ago, while I was working at Avira, I wrote this article for (ISC)2’s blog. Security “for free”? I wrote back then about how to cover all attack vectors for malware. I also wrote about the hidden costs, which many people tend to ignore. These costs are not acquisition costs. They are even […]
I am travelling quite a lot because of my job, working with Avira’s customers to integrate their OEM Technologies. For this reason, I am very often in hotels and airports. Almost everywhere these days, I can find free WiFis: wireless networks with free of charge access. We all know that accessing resources through free WiFis […]
If you want news from the IT Security industry, please check IT Security News here: http://www.itsecuritynews.info/?s=WannaCry This is my summary, inspired from various sources on the web mentioned in the Sources (see at the end). The ransomware Wannacry has infected systems across the globe and has been the topic of discussion among security professionals […]
Yeeesss, the Spam/Trash folder is no longer so boring! Finally, the spammers are now using all the features of the email clients and have made the subjects to look much nicer. Do you know how they do that? They add UTF8 characters in the subject and then they encode the entire string using Quoted-Printable encoding: […]
If you have children, then you must allow them from time to time to watch some children films on Youtube. They must have missed some episodes of their favorite series and you definitely can find them there. In any language you want. Just search for “Caillou”, “Barbie”, “Batman” , “Elsa” , “Spiderman” or anything alike […]
As a premiere, I received the first Nigerian Scam on XING. It is quite common to receive such requests on LinkedIn, but for me it is the first time on XING. This is the text: Hello Sorin Mustaca, I have partners who I front for to assist source for a foreign partner who could be […]
I have quite a lot of WordPress based websites which I run and maintain. One of these is this blog: www.SorinMustaca.com All my WordPress websites are configured to autoupdate to the latest WordPress update. The same applies to their plugins and themes. Google Search Console (GSC) is a tool I used to manage better the […]
“The pros and cons of new tech: Science fiction collides with reality” by Michael O’Dwyer As Sorin Mustaca, an independent IT security consultant, says, “Adopting new technologies is never a mistake, if done properly.” Assess the pros and cons of new tech There’s rarely a one-size-fits-all solution in technology, and repercussions are never as severe […]
Sorin Mustaca in Entrepreneur IT Professional RO – Constanta GER – Tettnang Sorin is one of the many IT professionals Romania has produced in recent years. He is unique however since he had the courage to partially differentiate from his employer and start his own business somewhere in Germany. He realized his vast expertise can […]
Short answer: See the column “Country”. When I say “Russia”, I mean all Russian speaking countries, from the ex sovietic block. “Everybody” in quotes means the vast majority. Long answer: Some time ago, I was writing that China is massively attacking my blogs. Now, it seems that the situation has changed a lot. But, […]
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