You must have heard of the brand new version of iOS which was release yesterday: iOS v8. While the media is still considering and reconsidering their recommendations for each device on whether or not you should upgrade, here are my reasons to update my iPad 3rd generation. I don’t have an iPhone anymore, I am an […]
Author:Richard Adhikari Article:Botnet Twists the Knife in iCloud Security Reduce, Reuse, Recycle For the record, though, “Waledac and Kelihos both send spam, and this is the reason for the confusion,” IT security expert Sorin Mustaca told TechNewsWorld. Both use email to spread but in different ways. The same group of cybercriminals may have created the code for […]
The summer closes to end soon and we know that the next thing to happen is: children go back to school. Parents are always concerned (for good reasons) for what and how their children will do, and since a couple of years they have other concerns. Their children have smartphones, multiple online identities – parents […]
Stock Spam is back! Did you miss it? I certainly didn’t… What is interesting ? All these emails are unique. They are created for each email address and contain a unique identifier like 7b9212dcf62a731709b131d84f6e1cb8ec6e44d0bba47030be135d9f. This shows to me that they are generated using the same spam generator. They are being sent using compromised accounts […]
“Chief Privacy Officer” or “Data Protection Officer” is the name of the new job which will appear mandatory for businesses that are either located in the European Union or are doing business with EU. But, only if certain law is approved in October this year. Source: Networkworld.com The new law would apply to all companies […]
Useless to write again about changing default passwords? Think again… I just bought two brand-new TP-Link WiFi Range Extenders, models WA860RE and WA854RE. Latest version, latest firmware. Both come with default username and password: admin. It is written on their back… Once you login, you will go through as wizard which configures the device. But, it […]
This article was published first in Virus Bulletin. Sorin Mustaca looks at how companies trading online can insure the risks they run. Throughout its 25 year history, Virus Bulletin has regularly published technical analyses of the latest threats and defensive methods, and will continue to do so (with the material now available free of charge). We […]
The Nest thermostat is a smart home automation device that aims to learn about your heating and cooling habits to help optimize your scheduling and power usage. Debuted in 2010, the smart NEST devices have been proved a huge success that Google spent $3.2B to acquire the whole company. However, the smartness of the thermostat […]
Hello dear readers, I finally found the time to optimize a bit the reading experience of the book. In order to allow everyone to quickly find what they are interested in, I split the book in topics and create individual… Read more → from Improve Your Security http://ift.tt/1kD4gTD via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]
EMEA members are also sharing their expertise on the (ISC)² blog. Why we continue to fail on Cyber Security is the question explored in the latest post to the (ISC)² Blog by Germany-based CSSLP Sorin Mustaca, in his fourth post now archived to the Blog; It is actually 5th post, but it was my fault that […]
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