We have written many times already about fake LinkedIn emails which lead most of the time to online pharmacy websites and possibly to also infected websites. The latest spams, similar to those we already wrote about, are pretending to come from LinkedIn Reminders and have a subject like “There are a total of <X> messages […]
Now that kids are heading back to school, it’s important for parents to understand the online safety and privacy issues that might arise during this busy time of year. A new school year brings new friends and new assignments. Both of these are likely to make kids spend more time online, whether they are communicating […]
Some time ago, Dropbox offered two-factor authentication. This means, that you need to prove that you are in possession of something that only the owner of the account has. This is usually a mobile phone, but it can be also an application which generates a unique code. This type of authentication adds another layer of security on […]
SSL stands for Secure Socket Layer and is an encryption protocol used to secure the communication on a network. SSL is used to encrypt the segment of network connections and it uses several methods to encrypt the data, depending on the goal which needs to be achieved: asymmetric cryptography for key exchange, symmetric encryption for […]
We have seen two years ago the first serious attempt to attack a nuclear power plant with a malware (Stuxnet) and the entire security industry as well as governments have started to take the entire issue very seriously. Basic utilities like electricity, water supply, gas for our cars and even food supplies depend on the […]
As previously announced, we continue to answer questions received from the readers of the PC.COM magazine. Do I need to uninstall other internet security products before installing a new one? And why? Yes, it is mandatory to uninstall any security product before installing another one. There are many reasons for this, but the most important are: • The real time scanners will […]
As previously announced, we continue to answer questions received from the readers of the PC.COM magazine. Do I need to uninstall other internet security products before installing a new one? And why? Yes, it is mandatory to uninstall any security product before installing another one. There are many reasons for this, but the most important are: • The real time scanners will […]
As previously announced, we continue to answer questions received from the readers of the PC.COM magazine. Do I need to uninstall other internet security products before installing a new one? And why? Yes, it is mandatory to uninstall any security product before installing another one. There are many reasons for this, but the most important are: • The real time scanners will […]
We wrote about the Java 0-day exploit (CVE-2012-4681) and that there is no fix available from Oracle. In the meanwhile, we have added also detection for the exploit starting with t he engine version 8.2.10.148 or higher. All Avira products detect this exploit as EXP/CVE-2012-4681. Finally, Oracle released now the Patch 7 for the JRE version 1.7. […]
Recently a vulnerability in Oracle’s Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.7 was discovered that may allow an applet to execute any program with arbitrary permissions. The JRE framework allows any browser on any supported platform to execute Java applications called applets in the browser. Tha JRE has its own security mechanisms, called Security Manager in Java. […]
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