eBay, Security Experts Say Database Dump is Fake By Eduard Kovacs on May 23, 2014 It’s uncertain who is behind the attack, but other cybercriminals and scammers are already trying to profit from the incident. Experts have reported seeing a higher number of PayPal and eBay phishing attacks, (links to this blog) and, a post on Pastebin was found offering […]
The value of not paying cyber extortionists By Erin Richey According to Sorin Mustaca, product manager for anti-virus company Avira GMBH, most extortionists negotiate in good faith. “In general, it is not common that the cybercriminals don’t keep their promise. They keep their promise because they want the next victim to pay,” wrote Mustaca in an email […]
New Computer Virus? Inform The Crowd Author: EMC Contributor Michael O’Dwyer Sorin Mustaca, an IT security expert at Avira, a global provider of anti-virus solutions headquartered in Tettnang, Germany, says, “the biggest threat when dealing with vulnerabilities or patches is that attackers are faster to use the intelligence than the vendors can create the patch or […]
Every once in a while, someone or some company in the information security industry comes up and says, “antivirus is dead.” This happened again last week, when Symantec’s Brian Dye told the Wall Street Journal that antivirus was dead and that it was no longer a “moneymaker.” http://news.softpedia.com/news/Is-Antivirus-Dead-It-Depends-on-How-You-Look-at-It-440993.shtml Avira Security Expert and Product Manager Sorin Mustaca tells […]
Snowden’s Beloved Tails OS Reaches v1.0 Milestone By Richard Adhikari LinuxInsider 05/01/14 2:29 PM PT “Masking online activities is a critical capability in locales where political repression is common,” said tech analyst Charles King. As for bad actors, “I wouldn’t qualify Tails as being any more dangerous than other common devices used by criminals, including […]
Beyond the Password: Why You Need 2-Factor Authentication Sue Marquette Poremba, Business News Daily Contributor | April 25, 2014 12:39pm ET While two-factor authentication may sound complicated and cumbersome, Sorin Mustaca, an IT security expert at Avira, said it’s the only way to properly secure critical assets and mobile devices. “Passwords can be guessed and are […]
Are attacks by governments the next big threat? Small and medium-sized enterprises may be at risk for state-sponsored hacking By Michael O’Dwyer – Tech Page One April 17 2014 “My personal blogs are daily attacked by at least 500 IP addresses, which come from all over the world. Is it safe to assume that the [IP addresses reflect […]
URL: http://techpageone.dell.com/technology/small-businesses-brace-end-windows-xp Sorin Mustaca, an IT security expert at Avira, a global provider of IT-security protection for computers, smartphones, servers and networks, agrees that Windows 7 may be an easier option. ”Our experience shows us that most software is still not adapted to make native use of Windows 8′s new APIs (application programming interfaces) and functionalities,” he says. […]
Source: http://www.schwaebische.de/politik/politik-aktuell_artikel,-%E2%80%9EAnwender-sollten-umgehend-das-Passwort-aendern%E2%80%9C-_arid,5622599.html RAVENSBURG / sz Sorin Mustaca ist Sicherheitsexperte bei dem IT-Unternehmen Avira in Tettnang. Er sprach mit Annabell Gutzmer über den aktuellen Datenklau und gab Tipps, wie man sich schützen kann. Wie reagiert Avira auf den aktuellen Datenklau? „Wir sensibilisieren unsere Anwender für den verantwortungsvollen Umgang mit ihren Daten. Auch wenn ein aktueller Virenschutz zur […]
Yahoo Issues Security Sitrep By Richard Adhikari TechNewsWorld 04/03/14 2:05 PM PT Yahoo “should have done this earlier,” Sorin Mustaca, IT security expert at Avira, told TechNewsWorld, “but they were tackling other problems — losing users, revenue issues, losing market share — so security, as a nonfunctional requirement, was left to the end.” […]