Jersey City, NJ, November 18, 2009 - Buying or borrowing software on the
Internet carries risks, both for the developer and for the person who plans
to use it. End users who install malicious software in their computers may
lose their purchase price. Worse, they may risk damaging their computers.
Developers risk that someone may intercept their software file and alter it,
adding deleterious code. Such alterations could damage their professional
reputations.
Developers who sell or exchange software can protect their code and their
reputations by using code-signing certificates. Code-signing certificates
create X.509 data files called “signatures” that developers can attach to
their software files. The signature disappears from the software if anyone
(including the devel... (more)
Safe Online Shopping: Know Your Partner and Don't Expose Yourself
Jersey City, NJ, November 10, 2009 - With basic precautions, busy shoppers
can save time and trouble by shopping over the Internet.
Especially when hunting for obscure items or odd sizes, shoppers can find
more variety online than they can find in local stores. Unfortunately, the
quality of the merchants they encounter online... (more)
Two conflicting opinions crossed my desk today.
Michael Hickins reported on Iranian Phone Spoofing, Fake Twitter Accounts And
Trust in his blog at InformationWeek. People are spoofing cell phone calls
to his Iranian friends' phone accounts, to avoid sanctions for calling
Iran. "Cybersecurity expert Melih Abdulhayoglu, CEO of Comodo, tells me
that content authentication is "the next big ... (more)
Keeping the security settings on just one PC up to date is a chore. Where PC
networks span hundreds of computers, it can be a full-time job for their
network administrator. New features of Comodo Endpoint Security Manager 1.4
make managing network security easier.
Hackers look for the holes in security software. When they find holes, they
write malicious code to attack. When security soft... (more)
There may be a simple explanation when a PC slows down. It may just have too
many files in storage. The explanation is often more sinister. The PC may
have gone over to the dark side.
PCs today can acquire infections that turn them into zombies. Infected PCs'
owners may only notice that the PCs respond a little slower than usual. The
reason infected PCs run slowly is that they are stealth... (more)
Katharine Hadow is Public Relations Manager at the Comodo companies, which provide the infrastructure that is essential in enabling e-merchants, other Internet-connected companies, software companies, and individual consumers to interact and conduct business via the Internet safely and securely. The Comodo companies offer PKI SSL, Code Signing, Content Verification and E-Mail Certificates; award winning PC security software; vulnerability scanning services for PCI Compliance; secure e-mail and fax services.
Continual innovation, a core competence in PKI, and a commitment to reversing the growth of Internet-crime distinguish the Comodo companies as vital players in the Internet's ongoing development. Comodo secures and authenticates online transactions and communications for over 200,000 business customers and has over 10,000,000 installations of desktop security products.
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