Experte zu Handy-Hacks: So kann man sich schützen TECHNIK 14:04 04.02.2020Zum Kurzlink Von Bolle Selke Die USA hacken das Handy von Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel und Saudi-Arabien das von Amazon-Chef Jeff Bezos? Müssen sich also nur Prominente Sorgen um ihr Smartphone machen? Nein, sagt der IT-Experte Sorin Mustaca im Interview und erklärt, wie man sich schützen kann. […]
“The pros and cons of new tech: Science fiction collides with reality” by Michael O’Dwyer As Sorin Mustaca, an independent IT security consultant, says, “Adopting new technologies is never a mistake, if done properly.” Assess the pros and cons of new tech There’s rarely a one-size-fits-all solution in technology, and repercussions are never as severe […]
Gmail to Warn Users of Unencrypted Email Author: Richard Adhikari Quotes: The warning “will help in cases where hackers try to perform DNS poisoning while trying to infect or phish users visiting well-established websites,” security consultant Sorin Mustaca said. Going with TLS is not necessarily the answer because “many emails would not reach […]
No, it doesn’t have a name like Heartbleed or POODLE, it was “just” a denial-of-service. “Just” is by no means something to be ignored, but it is less dangerous with the previous vulnerabilities. All users of OpenSSL 1.0.2 should upgrade immediately to version 1.0.2a. In the advisory published on their website the OpenSSL vulnerability is called […]
After Heartbleed, Poodle and FREAK which turned the IT world upside down, numerous companies have asked to have a though review of the most used SSL implementation in the world: OpenSSL. And indeed, in order to avoid being again in the news, the OpenSSL Foundation is set to release later this week several patches for […]
Twelve years ago the IT security world was fighting against an unprecedented amount of spam emails. Spam is not and never was just a nuisance; it is a big problem because it slows down the good emails and takes up resources. Together with Virus Bulletin and some antispam researchers from various companies, a list called […]
The classic approach to secure a company is to secure its assets against all attack vectors: laptops, workstations, servers, storage entities and programmes. The standard attack methods are usually: infections through files carried on USB sticks, memory cards, mobile hard drives, downloaded files network attacks (spoofing, DOS) vulnerabilities that get exploited in common software […]
Originally published here: http://grahamcluley.com/2013/12/three-key-security-threats/ 1. Security breaches and hacks 2013 was the year that major security breaches and hacks really took hold. Millions of credentials were stolen from the likes of Twitter, Tumblr,Yahoo, Adobe and many others. Whenever data breaches like this occur, targeted attacks against the users of such wesbites can quickly follow. The targeted attacks usually consist […]
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