We wrote several times that when Oracle fixed quickly the security holes in Java, it did not have enough time to address the source of the problem. This can be now seen more clear after big names in the IT industry like Microsoft, Apple and Facebook felt victims to Java exploits. […]
Even though the fraudsters behind the BKA Trojan (aka Ransom Trojan) have been caught by the police, there are still a lot of emails spreading the Trojan in circulation. One of these emails drew my attention because it was addressed directly to me and because of the way in which it is constructed. The email […]
It might sound complicated, but remember that with more security the usability (how easy is to use the service) always suffers a little bit. The reward at the end is that you can sleep in peace that nobody will enter in your universe unless you want that. We have published a couple of articles in […]
Your LinkedIn profile can tell someone a lot about you. But, what are your strongest skills? How could you describe yourself in a few words? Here is how: create a cloud of words from your profile enhancing the words that appear most. Here are more of […]
With the third article published in the (ISC)2 Blog I was accepted as an official contributor in the (ISC)2 Blog. Here is a link to all my articles: http://blog.isc2.org/isc2_blog/mustaca/index.html Here is a link to my biography: http://blog.isc2.org/isc2_blog/authors.html#mustaca
One of the biggest problem that most IT security experts around the world have is the fact that IT security is never taken seriously until a security incident takes place. After that, management boards start being interested in IT security. However, these managers see security not through the eyes of an expert, but through the […]
It is said that three things are certain in life: we are born, we pay taxes and we die. Adding a little bit of IT facts on top of this, I can add a fourth certain thing: hardware fails. It is only a question of when and not if it fails. And when it fails, you want […]
If you didn’t uninstall it, then think again about this. Here is how to uninstall or deactivate Java from your system. Oracle has announced that they fixed with the update on February 1st only a part of the problems originally planned to be fixed. The second part of the problems will be fixed with the […]
Nowadays, a lot of people are shopping online. To do that, they greatly rely on internet banking. What precautionary steps or systems are used to make sure users have a secure transaction? The most important thing to do is to make sure that your computer is not infected with malicious software. For this, you will […]
I received the following email from BusinessWire.com which makes me think that they got somehow hacked and are forcing all users to change their password. I couldn’t see anything on their website, also Google didn’t provide anything useful. We will be requiring all Businesswire.com users to change their password in the next few days. This maintenance is […]
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