Did you just buy a computer and wonder how can you make it secure? Here are some steps which you can follow to make this computer really yours. Really yours means that you can start using it and storing personal information on it without having to be afraid of someone snooping in it. 1. (Re)Install […]
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 […]
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 […]
1) Tell me a bit about the Internet threat landscape, and why small businesses are the most vulnerable? The Internet threat landscape is pretty complex these days. We see more and more targeted attacks against large and small companies which happen via phishing, DDoS, exploits of known vulnerabilities and social engineering. The small businesses are […]
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 […]
According to a post on the Opera Security Blog, the company suffered on June 19th “a targeted attack on internal network infrastructure”. The attackers were able to obtain at least one old and expired Opera code signing certificate, which they have used to sign some malware. This has allowed them to distribute malicious software which incorrectly […]
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 […]
Some years ago, it was common practice to hide options that are most likely not going to be used by everyone. This is how the few advanced options were kept away from the what we call “average user” and made available only to tech-savvy users. On the product’s side, the further development of the technology […]
The tweet your receive is ”we are looking for twitter members to try our brand new product at twitgiveaway,com”, mostly as a reply to one of your tweets. There is no mistake in the URL: “twitgiveaway,com”. There is indeed a comma there instead of a dot. The reason for this is that the fraudsters are trying […]
The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is an open community dedicated to enabling organizations to develop, purchase, and maintain applications that can be trusted. The goal of the Top 10 project is to raise awareness about application security by identifying some of the most critical risks facing organizations. As a leading security software vendor, Avira […]
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