Reading Time: 3 minutes Usually summer means vacation and relaxation. But as we’ve seen in recent history, summer plans can be brutally disrupted when cyber threats strike. Just two years ago, the headquarters of A.P. Møller-Maersk, shipping conglomerate in Copenhagen, was virtually destroyed due to infectious malware called NotPetya. On the eve of a national holiday, employees were preparing…

Reading Time: 5 minutes Internet security is a branch of computer security which comprises various security measures exercised for ensuring the security of transactions done online. In the process, the internet security prevents attacks targeted at browsers, network, operating systems, and other applications. Today, businesses and governments are more concerned about safeguarding from Cyber attacks and malware programs that…

Reading Time: 2 minutes The latest news regarding Wikileaks documents from the CIA has caused quite an industry stir, and also caught Comodo’s attention since we were mentioned in a couple of documents (and Stephen Colbert mentioned Comodo). Gaining notoriety with U.S. Intelligence Community is something in which Comodo takes some pride. While this latest news involved evaluating a…

Reading Time: 3 minutes IoT: Unprecedented expansion Internet of Things (IoT) is now part of our daily life. The internet has pervaded our day-to-day lives like never before and internet connectivity is now used in all kinds of household and consumer gadgets too. We have smart cars and medical appliances that use internet connectivity to deliver better functionalities; we…

Reading Time: 3 minutes US politician and Texas Representative Michael C.Burgess has voiced a very strong opinion regarding the issue of malware attacks when he said that Ransomware perpetrators should be “shot at sunrise”. He made this comment at the encryption hearing before a House subcommittee on Tuesday. The comment that Mr. Burgess has made deserves special mention, especially…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Recently, it was reported by Google Security that there might be a small local vulnerability in Comodo GeekBuddy that allowed a local attacker to gain another locally logged-on user’s privilege. Here is the link from Google’s Project 0. https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=703 The minor potential vulnerability was fixed and addressed back on February 10, prior to it being…

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Pew Research Institute released a study recently that shows that over 91% of Americans believe that consumers have lost control of their privacy. This should not be a complete surprise given the extensive media coverage of data breaches, identity theft and government surveillance in recent years, but 91% is as stunning number. I’m not…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Healthcare is sure to be a hot topic in 2015 in the United States as the long delayed employer mandate kicks in. For most Americans, this will the first time they are directly affected by the health care reform initiative. A less noticed and not as controversial aspect of health care reform is the government…

Reading Time: 3 minutes All Americans know that, according to our Declaration of Independence, we all have a right to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of property”. Oops! That’s not the Declaration. That’s a quote from John Locke. Thomas Jefferson switched “property” to “happiness” when drafting the Declaration. However, it should be kept in mind that property rights were…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Still perfect! Once again,  Comodo Internet Security Premium (CIS) software earned another 100% protection score in the most recent evaluation period of AV-Test.org. Comodo earned a perfect score with 100% protection against zero-day malware attacks during November and December and a near-perfect score for the detection of prevalent malware with 99% and 100% protection ratings…