Recent scams in my spambox
Being a marketing-communications guy, I’m not as geeky about software technology as some at...
Marketing/Branding guy, copywriter (Industrial Poet), M.Ed., editor, singer-songwriter/guitarist, reader, writer, and daddy to two amazing girls.Prior to joining Avira in summer of 2014, Mashak helped another European IT security company grow from obscurity into a globally recognized industry leader (and household name).From 2008 to 2010, he worked with an IT market research firm as report editor for the CEMA region.Before that, he was a freelance marketing consultant, a high school English teacher, the owner of a property management company, served five years on sales and client-retention teams for the world's largest perimeter security firm, and dabbled with various small business ventures of his own.
ReverbNation breach points to an old yet newly ‘known unknown’
Having worked in the IT security industry for even a few years is enough...
Why Apple security myths pervade
Last week I received an email from our IT Crowd reminding me (and others)...
Avirans know how to party
The annual summer party at Avira’s HQ in Tettnang, Germany, is an event that...
The Dawn of Privacy-Driven Social Networks
Privacy concerns in the wake of Edward Snowden disclosures have prompted new social networks...
Homicide No Longer Requires Proximity
Along with makers of technology for smart houses, smart cars, airplane and other transportation...
Typosquatting Tries to Make a Victim of Everyone
Since people first began to hear about viruses and other types of malware going...
New Linux Rootkit Exploits Graphics Cards
Graphics processing units, or GPUs, are not something one would think of on a...
Ex-NSA Guy Points to Mac Security Flaws
In an article by The Register’s John Leyden, former NSA employee Patrick Wardle, who...