• „Scareware“ on the Raise

    We have regular ConfCalls with our security support to exchange trends and issues we see. During the last one we had an interesting discussion I would like to share with you: We seem to get a hell lot of calls mainly from the consumer segment with Virus...
  • Why I do not like e-Voting

    As you know, I am Swiss. Switzerland is known as being one of the most direct democracies in the world. It is not uncommon for us having (or being allowed) to vote every other month as there are a lot of ways to influence what our politicians and/or our...
  • Servers still not patched

    I just read an article this morning on Linux servers under the Phalanx gun: A problem with people, not code . There were quite some things which made me think when I read it: There was a statement in there, which I – obviously – did not like at all...
  • IE8 – a new Set of Privacy Features

    As you (hopefully) know, the release of Internet Explorer 8 is coming closer. One thing we always look at is how to make surfing more secure and more private. The IE team just launched a blog post on the InPrivate features of IE 8 which is definitely...
  • Your PIN on the Internet

    Yes, it is true: There is somebody who publically put known PINs on the Internet. I bet yours is there too: http://www.positiveatheism.org/crt/pin.htm Roger