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Avira Free Mac Security – Update 3 released

 The Free Mac Security gets the Update 3 bringing performance improvements together with some stability improvements and additional features. The update comes automatically via the standard product update and it doesn’t require a reboot.     Performance improvements We know that the product had some performance issues when the Time Machine or another backup program […]

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Bring Your Own Identity (BYOI) is the next evolution of BYOD

Many technology and security experts predict that “Bring Your Own Identity is the next evolution of BYOD. However, the experts are mixed on the security of BYOI. Some say it will make security stronger because of the way identity is used to connect to websites and networks; others say that by using third-party identities, employees […]

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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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Apple fixes the SSL bug for MacOSX

Following the criticism from the media and security experts, Apple delivered what it promised: a fix to the already famous “goto fail” bug in the SSL implementation in their products. All MacOSX users should update their software accordingly. Make sure you get the 10.9.2 update for MacOSX 10.9 and Security Update 2014-001. Seeing how many fixes […]

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Apple patches a dangerous SSL bug in iOS

Apple released on Friday, February 21st, a software update with version 7.0.6 to fix a security issue in various iOS versions. This security bug allows attackers to act as a man-in-the middle: read and modify the encrypted communication on iPhone, iPad, iPod. The company says it is working also on the fix for OSX. According […]

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Facebook, WhatsApp and the new Internet bubble

I was reading the great news about the 19 billion USD which Facebook paid for WhatsApp. I want to underline, that 1 year ago, Google wanted to buy it for… 1 billion USD: http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/08/as-google-acquisition-rumors-grow-is-whatsapp-really-worth-a-billion-dollars/ And in December 2013, http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/12/19/whatsapp-hits-400-million-users-wants-to-stay-independent/ WhatsApp has “no plans to sell, IPO, exit, [get new] funding,” Koum said. “Despite the fact that we’re […]

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Continuous attacks on routers and connected devices

In the last few months we have been flooded with reports about vulnerability and exploits on Internet connected devices such as routers, house automation devices (light switches), Point of Sale (POS) devices. Let’s briefly review what has happened in this time:   AVM’s Fritz.Box   The sources in the media report that the patches that AVM, […]

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Kickstarter hacked, loses control over customer data

In an email with the subject “Important Kickstarter Security Notice” sent to all customers, the CEO of  the company announced that on Wednesday, Feb 12, 2014, law enforcement officials contacted Kickstarter and alerted them that hackers had sought and gained unauthorized access to some of customers’ data. How come that the law enforcement contacts the company to […]