Personal blog of Sorin Mustaca

Finally, officially CSSLP certified

Sorin — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:01:02 PDT

(ISC)2 requires that a candidate meets some requirements before he/she receives the right to call himself/herself (ISC)2 certified. Receiving the (ISC)² credential is a several-step process: Required Experience – possessing the required number of years for the appropriate credential Study – taking advantage of the educational materials (ISC)² makes available for you to review and [...] Related posts:

Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional exam passed

Never forget that as soon as any information is published on a public website, it doesn’t actually belong to you anymore

Sorin — Wed, 02 May 2012 23:59:43 PDT

Avira Survey Finds Computer Users Don’t Feel Safe on Social Media Sites “This survey was very interesting because it demonstrated that even though social media sites are very popular among the general population, computer users from all over the world have the same concerns,” said Sorin Mustaca, data security expert at Avira.“They are wary of [...] Related posts:

Expert Offers Tips on How to Clean Up a Computer – Softpedia.com

Sorin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:54:41 PDT

Softepedia republished my article in the TechBlog about “Spring cleaning your computer” into a new article. This is the original: Spring cleaning your computer This is the new article: Expert Offers Tips on How to Clean Up a Computer Related posts: Some tips for Shopping Online safe Softpedia quoted me again Quoted (again) on [...] Related posts:

How to exhaust the space on any online backup system

Sorin — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:57:15 PDT

Check the other article I wrote about Dropbox. While playing with the mklink, I made a mistake of trying something new: mklink /D S t:\S Remember that the Dropbox folder was located in T:\S\. So, basically I created a circular reference… and this is what happened: This is what was transferred until when I [...] Related posts:

Dropbox: How to backup other folders than the default Dropbox

Sorin — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:32:23 PDT

I recently tested a couple of online backup solutions and one of them was Dropbox. If you know the system, you know also that Dropbox requires the user to choose a folder which will be synchronized in the cloud. That folder is called “Dropbox” and can’t be changed. I wanted to backup a couple of [...] Related posts:

Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional exam passed

Sorin — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 01:37:04 PST

So, it is over … I finally managed to be able to take the exam and I passed it. Let’s see how I did it: Study materials Official (Isc)2 Guide to the Csslp (Isc2 Press) von Mano Paul (about 500 useful pages) The CSSLP Prep Guide: Mastering the Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional von Ronald L. Krutz und [...] Related posts:

Quoted in the Networkworld.com because of the DNSChanger malware

Sorin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:18:11 PST

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/012412-authorities-prepare-to-close-down-255242.html?hpg1=bn “If your computer was infected at some point in time and it was using one of the DNS servers which are now controlled by FBI, after March 8, it will no longer be able to make any DNS requests through these servers,” Avira product manager and data security expert Sorin Mustaca said in [...] Related posts:

How to check if your DNS Server was hacked

Sorin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:16:38 PST

Post initially published in Avira Techblog. You must have heard already about the already “famous” malware DNSChanger which manipulates the DNS settings of the computer in order to silently direct the users to malicious websites. FBI and others took action against this malware and in November 2011 have managed to break the botnet. According to FBI, [...] Related posts:

RSYNC Daemon on Fujitsu Siemens SBLAN2 (NextFW version)

Sorin — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:57:30 PST

If you own such a device, then the first thing you do with it is to upgrade its firmware to NextFW. The Support forum of Fujitsu-Siemens is full of useful How-Tos which help you reach your goal. After you’ve done that, you may want to enable the rsync daemon . With a running rsync service [...] Related posts:

9 Things That Motivate Employees More Than Money (guest post)

Sorin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:02:59 PST

Original post: http://www.inc.com/ilya-pozin/9-things-that-motivate-employees-more-than-money.html Author: Ilya Pozin Be generous with praise. Everyone wants it and it’s one of the easiest things to give. Plus, praise from the CEO goes a lot farther than you might think. Praise every improvement that you see your team members make. Once you’re comfortable delivering praise one-on-one to an employee, try [...] Related posts: