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Added in searchsecurity.de (ISC)2 Corner

http://www.searchsecurity.de/specials/security_corner/isc2/ My cooperation with SearchSecurity.de is finally showing something. I was addded on the (ISC)2 Security Corner:                       Sorin Mustaca, Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG Sorin Mustaca, (ISC)²-zertifizierter CSSLP, CompTIA Security+,Project+, ist seit 2000 in der IT Sicherheitsindustrie und seit 2003 bei Avira tätig. […]

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Articles about Java zero-day exploit

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/77079.html Oracle rushed out a patch for a Java flaw that was so serious the U.S. government advised users to uninstall the software. The fix might have come too quickly, however. “Developing critical software under pressure has only one consequence — even more bugs,” said Avira data security expert Sorin Mustaca. “I expect to soon […]

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How to create secure passwords

I started a cooperation with Kafka communication which publishes my articles in German to various publications. Here is the first one (3 pages):   Wie erstelle ich sichere Passwörter?                     PS: The translation in German doesn’t belong to me.    

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Never forget that as soon as any information is published on a public website, it doesn’t actually belong to you anymore

Avira Survey Finds Computer Users Don’t Feel Safe on Social Media Sites “This survey was very interesting because it demonstrated that even though social media sites are very popular among the general population, computer users from all over the world have the same concerns,” said Sorin Mustaca, data security expert at Avira.“They are wary of […]

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How to exhaust the space on any online backup system

Check the other article I wrote about Dropbox. While playing with the mklink, I made a mistake of trying something new: mklink /D S t:S Remember that the Dropbox folder was located in T:S. So, basically I created a circular reference… and this is what happened:   This is what was transferred until when I […]

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How to check if your DNS Server was hacked

Post initially published in Avira Techblog. You must have heard already about the already “famous” malware DNSChanger which manipulates the DNS settings of the computer in order to silently direct the users to malicious websites. FBI and others took action against this malware and in November 2011 have managed to break the botnet. According to FBI, […]

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9 Things That Motivate Employees More Than Money (guest post)

Original post: http://www.inc.com/ilya-pozin/9-things-that-motivate-employees-more-than-money.html   Author:  Ilya Pozin     Be generous with praise. Everyone wants it and it’s one of the easiest things to give. Plus, praise from the CEO goes a lot farther than you might think. Praise every improvement that you see your team members make. Once you’re comfortable delivering praise one-on-one to an employee, try […]