Do you think that the cyberattacks have increased these last months/years? The cyberattacks have definitely increased in the last years, but not only that. The attacks have become more like a business. It is possible now to purchase a cyberattack against an organization (the entire network), against websites and social media accounts. The cybercriminals […]
I received the following email from BusinessWire.com which makes me think that they got somehow hacked and are forcing all users to change their password. I couldn’t see anything on their website, also Google didn’t provide anything useful. We will be requiring all Businesswire.com users to change their password in the next few days. This maintenance is […]
“Developing critical software under pressure has only one consequence — even more bugs,” said Avira data security expert Sorin Mustaca. “I expect to soon see even more bugs and vulnerabilities related to this quick fix.” http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/77079.html http://www.technewsworld.com/story/77079.html http://www.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/sid/211938962/scat/ebc9d7769bc0759e http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/security/77079.html http://www.macworld.com/article/2025137/security-agency-recommends-disabling-java-due-to-exploit.html http://www.csoonline.com/article/726380/us-cert-disable-java-in-browsers-because-of-exploit http://www.cio.com/article/726307/US_CERT_Disable_Java_in_browsers_because_of_exploit http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9235615/US_CERT_Disable_Java_in_browsers_because_of_exploit http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130114005440/en/Avira-Security-Software-Detects-Java-7-Exploits http://www.latinospost.com/articles/9642/20130115/java-flaw-patch-now-available-download-experts.htm OMG.. my blog posts start to sound […]
1. This is your standard take-victims-to-a-malicious-Web-page kind of attack. Why the excitement? Because of the high danger of the breach? What? This vulnerability in Java is the second one in the last 6 months (first one on August 29, 2012). The problem with Java is that it is cross platform and it is installed on […]
I finally reached 1000 contacts on LinkedIn. Why “finally” ? Because it took me more than 10 years to reach this … Why do I do want to have so many contacts? Because : I like to be networked I think that I deliver a value to my contacts – the IT_SecurityNews Twitter feed which […]
Apparently, many German Facebook fans of Avira have difficulties reading English. Because of this reason, we have created a special page for them: http://www.facebook.com/avira.german. Today, I have created also in the Techblog a German area which is available here: http://techblog.avira.com/de Now it is pretty lonely there, but we will add more articles soon.
(ISC)2 requires that a candidate meets some requirements before he/she receives the right to call himself/herself (ISC)2 certified. Receiving the (ISC)² credential is a several-step process: Required Experience – possessing the required number of years for the appropriate credential Study – taking advantage of the educational materials (ISC)² makes available for you to review and […]
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