Antivirus Vendors
A hacking group has ‘mistakenly taken down’ a local bus website under the impression that it is a far more significant target, The Guardian reports.
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Chick-fil-a has ordered an investigation into a possible data breach that occurred just before Christmas, according to The Guardian.
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Google has published details of a Windows 8.1 security exploit that could see the lowest level users obtaining total administrative control of a system running the operating system, Slash Gear reports.
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AMSTERDAM and SAN FRANCISCO – January 5, 2015 – AVG Technologies N.V. (NYSE: AVG), the online security company™ for 188 million active users, today announced it has been selected by Business Solutions Magazine (BSM) as a 2015 Best Channel Vendor in the Network Security category. The annual poll of Value Added Resellers (VARs) and BSM subscribers rated vendor partners in seven categories including service/support, channel friendly, product features, product reliability, channel program, product innovation and VAR margins.
“We are thrilled our industry partners have voted us Best Channel Vendor,” said Francois Daumard, VP Global Channel Sales, AVG Technologies. “2015 marks the start of a pivotal year for us as we work to make the Channel appreciate the new face of AVG Business. Still not enough partners truly understand the transition that has been taking place within AVG Business. Thanks to AVG Business Managed Workplace® we are first and foremost today a remote monitoring and management (RMM) applications vendor. Crucially, as business applications move towards an increasingly integrated future, the only established network security Channel vendor that is fully focused on integrated cloud and mobile applications development.”
Throughout 2014 AVG Business has continued to invest significantly in support of industry partners including holding its first Annual Partner Cloud Summit, introducing a new product portfolio, expanding its international distribution footprint and hiring some recognized industry big-hitters to head up its Global Channel Sales and Marketing teams.
Best Channel Vendor 2015 is the latest of many recent accolades for AVG that include recognition by Virus Bulletin’s VB100 for products and the 2014 MSPmentor 250 for excellence in managed services leadership and expertise.
During fall 2014, BSM partnered with Penn State University to conduct a Web-based survey capturing significant data from active VAR subscribers. A total of 8,848 validated votes were cast, continuing the tradition of one of the largest and most detailed surveys of its kind. Scores were tallied by BSM editorial staff using methodology provided by Penn State.
The full list of 2015 Best Channel Vendors appears in a special report in Business Solutions Magazine’s January issue.
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AVG is the online security company providing leading software and services to secure devices, data and people. AVG has over 188 million active users, as of September 30, 2014, using AVG’s products and services including Internet security, performance optimization, and personal privacy and identity protection. By choosing AVG’s products, users become part of a trusted global community that engages directly with AVG to provide feedback and offer mutual support to other customers.
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Contacts:
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Holly Luka
Waggener Edstrom for AVG
+ 1 (415) 547 7054
UK
Paul Shlackman
PR Manager, SMB & Channel
+44 (0)7792 121510
In last night’s broadcast of the Sugar Bowl, a showdown of two power-house college football teams in the USA, Allstate Insurance, aired a series of brilliant commercials about the risk of over-sharing on social networks. The social media team at Avast has been preaching this message for a while now, so we were happy to see this clever series of advertisements.
The ads are about a couple who shared on social networks that they were away from their house, actually attending the game. Allstate’s “Mayhem” character took advantage of this knowledge and broke into their unoccupied house, and proceeded to have a “MayhemSale” of all their possessions. “Buy Matt & Shannon’s stuff now at MayhemSale.com,” he announced, then soon after took to Twitter to sell off items one-by-one. I immediately visited the website, but apparently there were so many other interested people, that it kept crashing.
Saw couple posting from tonight’s game. Figured I’d break into their house / sell all their stuff. #MayhemSale http://t.co/FKHiRjz68S
— Mayhem (@Mayhem) January 2, 2015
Burglars can easily search Facebook or Twitter for targeted keywords or see who has checked into airport lounges on Foursquare. According to FBI statistics, summertime is the most active for burglaries and oversharing can tip off thieves to your absence. Homeowners should be extra vigilant about protecting their goods.
Our advice – be extremely cautious what you share on social media, and wait until after you are back to share your vacation pictures.
Every time you sign up to a Web service, social networking site or online platform you face the same problem: What password should I use? Your passwords should be easy to remember but strong at the same time. And not only that, sometimes you are even requested to mix upper and lower case letters, numbers, or even non-alphanumeric characters (punctuation) to make your password harder to guess by an attacker.
In fact, all these requests aim at forcing users to use a character combination strong enough to prevent it from being cracked by a hacker. However, users frequently prefer the convenience of using the same password for everything (with some variations depending on whether they need numbers or letters), which poses an important security risk.
First, avoid using passwords that are easy to figure out. It is true that memorizing more complex passwords can be more difficult, but it obviously can be done.
Better still, you don’t even need to do that! There are many applications out there that can give you a hand with managing your passwords.
That’s the case of Dashlane, a free app available for PC, Android and iOS that allows users to check the security of their passwords and store them in one place.
This way it is the app that remembers all passwords for you, while you only have to remember the master password that enables you to use Dashlane and its password repository.
Another excellent option, apart from memorizing all of your passwords or managing them through apps such as Dashlane, is to opt for the greater security level provided by suites such as Panda Global Protection 2015 or Panda Gold Protection 2015, which include a password manager that enables you to access all the Web services that you use by just remembering one master password. Additionally, both security suites increase computer protection with features such as file encryption and PC tuneup.
In any event, there are other aspects that must be taken into consideration when creating a password. Most of them are just common sense. Never write down passwords on a piece of paper; don’t use the same password over and over again; and don’t use passwords that are easy to guess, like your date of birth or your kid’s or pet’s names. Also, it is essential that you change your passwords regularly.
Why so much fuss about passwords? Well, it wouldn’t be the first time that the leak of data belonging to millions of user accounts compromises the security of popular services such as Gmail or Dropbox, for example. So, if you don’t want to be the victim of identity and data theft, we strongly recommend that you take the appropriate security measures and manage all your passwords as effectively as possible. As the saying goes, better safe than sorry!
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Police are closing in on thieves who stole Bitcoin valued at $370 million during the collapse of popular exchange Mt Gox – and just 1% of the theft is believed to be the work of outside hackers.
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