Security

The three most common web based attacks and how to protect against them

Cybercriminals increasingly are attacking enterprises at their weakest point: the end user device. New forms of malware and social engineering attacks threaten your users every day, and even more so as they expand their use of Web-based applications. 1. Drive-by downloads. Users are visiting known websites that have a good reputation and don’t even think that it […]

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Patches for Microsoft and Adobe address several security vulnerabilities

Microsoft and Adobe released this week plenty of patches for their software. Microsoft released as planned the MS13-052 to 058 bulletins which resolve six critical  vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. The most severe vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user views shared content that embeds TrueType font files. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could […]

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Upgrade of older consumer products to Version 2013

The malware landscape is evolving on a very rapid pace and these days, the technologies released 2 or 3 years ago are becoming slowly obsolete. That’s why providing security only through engine and signature updates is no longer considered enough. In order to ensure that our customers are using the best protection available, we released […]

(isc)2 Security

Security for Free ? Die Deutsche Edition.

Source: Security Insider (HTML,  PDF) Originally published in English: (ISC)2 Blog Republished in this blog: http://sorin-mustaca.com/2013/05/29/security-for-free/           Wer sein Augenmerk nur auf die Anschaffungskosten einer Sicherheitslösung richtet, zahlt oft an anderer Stelle. (Bild: Archiv) Malware, Hacking-Attacken, Software-Schwachstellen: Ist es angesichts der ausufernden Bedrohungslandschaft überhaupt möglich, sich mit Security-Tools für lau umfassend abzusichern? In diesem Beitrag […]

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Ubisoft breached, users asked to reset passwords

If you’re a Ubisoft customer, you probably wondered why you are  being asked to reset your password. Ubisoft is now part of the “big family” of prominent websites that got hacked and lost customer data: LinkedIn, eHarmony, LastFM and others. In a post called “SECURITY UPDATE REGARDING YOUR UBISOFT ACCOUNT – PLEASE CREATE A NEW […]

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Improve your security #16: Encrypt your data

The best way to protect your data is to use encryption. Encryption is is the process of encoding messages (or information) in such a way that eavesdroppers or hackers cannot read it, but that authorized parties can. [check Wikipedia for more details]. Applied to files, this means that each file is encrypted in such a way that […]