Matousec: Comodo is Number 1, again!
It was with great pride last week that we learned that Comodo Internet Security is once again at the top of the charts in the Matousec Proactive Security Challenge 64.
As of January 18, 2013, the independent tester of security software ranked Comodo Internet Security 2013 Premium (v6) number 1 in tests of 38 internet security suite. Moreover, Comodo was the only suite to receive a rating of “Excellent” and only one of three products that Matousec rated as “Recommended”!
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Java Zero-Day Exploits: Why I am STILL Not Worried.
Last Saturday, I was surprised to see a news story that Homeland Security is recommending that all desktop users disable Java. We just went through this last August with Oracle and Java! I even checked the article dates to make sure they weren’t posted in error.
Sure enough, zero-day exploit vulnerabilities have been identified in compromised Java web sites. Oracle has rushed out a patch to deal with these problems, one of which is a bug that some analysts feel should have been fixed when the August exploits were revealed.
As the great Yogi Berra would say, “It’s Déjà vu all over again!”
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If the White House Has Trouble With Computer Hackers Then Everyone is at Risk
According to the noted National Security expert Bill Gertz, White House computers have been compromised by hackers, probably from China, but nothing classified was stolen. (Washington Free Beacon, 9/30/12)
Who says nothing classified was stolen?
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Fixing the Problems #1 – CAA
Following the incident on March 15, Comodo introduced additional methods and controls immediately against this new threat vector. On March 26 these systems detected that a further reseller was under a similar attack from what we believe to be the same perpetrator. The new security measures protected against this attack. Neither of these recent attacks involved the compromise of any Comodo infrastructure.
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The Changing Threat Model
Having identified what happened, the next step we must take is to re-evaluate our threat model. Read More
Internet security is much harder than other areas because the Internet is constantly changing and user tolerance of security controls is very low. Unlike the military, we cannot order people to follow security procedures. Acceptability must be a top priority in the design of a civilian security control or it will not be used.
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