Reading Time: 2 minutes Update: check the latest version of Comodo’s free mobile security app Developers of Replicant, an open source variant of Android, claim to have identified a security flaw in some Samsung Galaxy Android based devices that could allow for remote access to user data. Replicant develop Paul Kocialkowski, blogged last week that a broadband processor in…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Networks and personal computers are under continuous assault from hackers. The types of attacks vary widely  in complexity and severity, but hackers generally have one of three motives for compromising networks: Financial Fraud Political Reasons Personal Reasons Financial Reasons This is good old fashioned crime. They want to make money fraudulently or steal money outright….

Reading Time: 4 minutes Tripp Technologies, a four-year-old IT and Web design service provider based in Portland, Me., sold its first install of Comodo Internet Security months before joining the Comodo Partner Secure Program, when a virus stopped a customer dead in his tracks. And it worked. The customer’s reaction was electric. “He couldn’t stop talking about how grateful…

Reading Time: 3 minutes BredoLabs is the name of both a trojan horse program and the largest botnet ever discovered.  The botnet has been broken up, for the most part, but variations of the trojan are still infecting computers around the globe. A botnet is a network of compromised computers that hackers use for a variety of nefarious purposes….

Reading Time: 1 minute A series of security updates release by Microsoft on March 11th included fixes for a critical security flaw in Internet Explorer 9 and 10 and the next to last updates for Windows XP. The Internet Explorer “zero day” exploit was reported last January when security firm FireEye first identified the previously unknown “Zero Day Exploit”…

Reading Time: 2 minutes The first protection that your data has is password against online data thieves as well as against the people that intent to steal your data physically. But, if your password is so simple that even a kid can crack it with ease, you have no right to blame hackers or other data thieves as you…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Comodo is proud to be a sponsor of this spring’s MSPWorld Conference in Orlando FL, March 26th through 28th. If you are interested in Managed Services and Cloud Computing, this is the one event to put on your “must do” list! The Conference is brought to you by a coalition of MSPs, the MSPAllliance. Unlike…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Authentication solutions prevent fraudulent account access risks. They also enable compliance with many security, banking and privacy regulations. What is Authentication? Authentication describes the verification process websites use to determine if each site visitor actually is who they say they are. The importance of the process is rooted in the crucial need for websites representing…

Reading Time: 2 minutes The losses due the Target data breach are just beginning to be tabulated. According to financial results for the 4th Quarter, Target’s total loss for the period directly attributable to last year’s huge card holder data breach was $61 million, but was offset by $44 million recovery from insurance. Not that a $17 million net…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Microsoft is treating Windows XP more as a computer bug to be eradicated than one its most successful products ever. Over 12 years after the launch of Micrsoft’s Windows XP operating system, almost 30% of desktop users are using this venerable operating system. That speaks highly of its durability and usability, but Microsoft doesn’t see…