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Security for free, update after 4 years

About 4 years ago, while I was working at Avira,  I wrote this article for (ISC)2’s blog. Security “for free”? I wrote back then about how to cover all attack vectors for malware. I also wrote about the hidden costs, which many people tend to ignore. These costs are not acquisition costs. They are even […]

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Why most, if not all, “New Generation” endpoint security product are not self-sustained?

Fire Eye, Sentinel One, Crowdstrike, HackerOne, Cylance, Cyphort, Trustlook, Venafi, Clavister, Invincea,  Code42,  just to name a few,  are so called NG Cybersecurity startups. NG comes from “New Generation” or “Next Generation”… (Yeah, just like in StarTrek. 🙂 )   What exactly are these “NG” products and services? There is no single definition that fits […]

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How to easily secure your smartphone

Most people these days have a smartphone. These phones are actually no longer just mobile phones, in reality they are powerful mobile computers with several GB RAM, multicore CPUs and many GB storage. Despite these characteristics which bring them closer to computers than to phones, most of their users don’t consider security and privacy in […]

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How to get rid of Pokemons in your Facebook feed

Short version For those who are really, really, pissed off: Install FB Purity: http://www.fbpurity.com/ Open the FB Purity Facebook app by clicking on the word “FBP” near the search bar. Write in the main screen the word “pokemon” Save the configuration Enjoy your Pokemon free feed   Longer version Go and install FB Purity from http://www.fbpurity.com/install.htm. […]

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Article in German on Focus.de: Smartphone-SicherheitSchutz vor Hacker und Viren: So machen Sie Ihr Handy sicher

Smartphone-SicherheitSchutz vor Hacker und Viren: So machen Sie Ihr Handy sicher Mittwoch, 15.06.2016, 12:24 · von FOCUS-Online-Experte Sorin Mustaca   Zur Person Sorin Mustaca arbeitet seit dem Jahr 2000 in der IT-Sicherheitsbranche. So war er von 2003 bis 2014 bei Avira beschäftigt und dort als Product Manager für Avira Antivir zuständig. Inzwischen arbeitet er als Berater. Mustaca […]