Every week or even day we see new vulnerabilities popping up in all software packages which we use daily: In the operating system (Windows, Mac, Linux), PDF Readers, Web browsers, Mail clients, Office suites, and so on. It is critical to install the available updates for all these software packages in order to not become […]
A recent study published in various online magazines showed that more and more people tend to replace their traditional mobile phones with smartphones. This trend applies not only to young people who are usually more interested in new technologies but also to older people. So, what does this has to do with security? A smartphone […]
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 […]
Very often people buy new gadgets or devices which because they are “secured” out of the box. Or, better said, this is what the producers write on their boxes, because the reality is quite different. These devices are delivered most of the time with default passwords like “0000″, “admin”, “1234″ and so on. This is not […]
I never thought that I am going to write this post after publishing the two other Improve your security articles about passwords: #8: change the default passwords and #1: complex passwords aren’t always better But, here we are, after seeing three major websites (LinkedIn, LastFM, eHarmony)… Read more → from Improve Your Security http://improve-your-security.org/2013/12/06/create-good-passwords/ via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]
In an interview for the magazine http://www.adotas.com I published a reference to the book: I published a free eBook exactly to help these people to understand the risks and to teach them how to make their accounts and devices… Read more → from Improve Your Security http://improve-your-security.org/2013/12/05/improve-security-mentioned-adotas-com/ via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]
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 […]
We wrote 1.5 months ago in the article Botnet attack on WordPress about the ongoing distributed attack on the WordPress platform. WordPress has a default administrator called “admin” which can be changed to any user upon installation. According to various sources, the… Read more → from Improve Your Security http://improve-your-security.org/2013/12/04/combat-brute-force-attacks-wordpress-blogs/ via improve-your-security.org Get the free eBook from […]
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.
The problem of Oracle is that they bought a technology that was stretched out to be actually “write once, run everywhere”. The Virtual Machine that provides this functionality had to be ported to all devices, and lately (in the past few years) also on mobile devices. As written in the news, even if the “run everywhere” […]
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