“Cybercriminals from Eastern Europe” – quote from CompTIA Security+ 2008, Chapter 1, Page 36 Oh, please… this is stupid ! It is true that many of the attacks are conducted from Eastern Europe, but this is not the way to publish something like this. You are ruining their chances. There are many good guys and […]
I totally agree with this blog post of Larry.Walsh (seen on from CompTIA). Source: http://blog.comptia.org/2010/10/13/security-idea-recall-the-internet/ Author: Larry.Walsh Microsoft’s Scott Charney says we should treat malware-infected PCs in the same manner as 19th century public health officials treated victims of typhoid, tuberculosis and cholera: quarantine. Yes, the head of Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing believes malware infections are […]
A Twitter security flaw is being widely exploited on Twitter, showing remote content from third-party websites without user’s consent. The flaw uses a JavaScript function called onMouseOver() which creates an event when the mouse is passed over a text or link. Any user can use this flaw to create simple popups, redirect the page to […]
This is an interview I gave on telephone for Signal Magazine. “… Internet can be a dangerous activity, but the security status of different types of websites is not the same, Sorin Mustaca, data security expert, says. … ” I am a little bit unhappy about this, which I never said: “Mustaca admits that the […]
A new article inspired by a personal experience was published in the Avira Techblog: http://techblog.avira.com/2010/09/07/you-are-being-tagged/en/ . Be aware of these RFIDs… they can be very easily misused.
1 in 3 Internet Users Think All Websites Are Equally Dangerous A third of all Internet users thinks that virtually every website poses a potential security threat. According to a new survey by German online security firm Avira, consumers are becoming increasingly aware of potential security issues online, but it looks like for quite a […]
I am quite proud of this nice article I wrote on the Avira Techblog. It describes how parents should deal with their children who are becoming more and more attracted of Internet. I managed to only mention at the end of the article about Avira’s own product: Avira Premium Security Suite.
http://www.avira.com/en/company_news/avira_extends_security_in_the_cloud.html Avira extends Managed Security Services portfolio to offer users security “in-the-cloud” Tue, 02 March 2010 Avira’s acquisition of CleanPort forms the basis for the new business unit Tettnang/ Doetinchem, 2 March 2010 – German IT security provider Avira has acquired CleanPort, an acquisition that extends Avira’s solutions for terminals and server products with a […]
Google Chrome 4 – now with Extensions
Did you update your Flash software in Firefox ? I did … And this is what i got: Not very nice, Adobe…
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