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JustAskGemalto.com Continues Weekly Digital Security Video Series
AUSTIN, TX, Nov 20, 2009 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
After a successful debut of the first Digital Security Expert Series
trailer, JustAskGemalto today announces the launch of the first full
expert interview on their YouTube channel. This Friday's video
features USA Today's highly acclaimed, Internet security reporter,
Byron Acohido, talking specifically about current and widespread
digital threats.
According to a post on USA Today's Technology Live blog, a leading
virus protection company, Symantec, is reporting that scammers are
becoming more advanced. Bots are now being created that can
potentially ruin a computer without any possibility of recovery.
Average computer users and corporations alike are at risk for these
stealth attacks, and according to Acohido, "Awareness is not at the
level it needs to be. There is plenty of pain now with cyber
criminals attacking both individuals' computers and corporations'
databases intensively."
Details of JustAskGemalto's interview with Byron Acohido
-- Acohido discusses his thoughts on botnets, scareware, and banking Trojans, and threats the average person comes
across on a daily basis
-- He also discusses his opinions on the state of digital security and his
book titled Zero Day Threat: The
Shocking Truth of How Banks and Credit Bureaus Help Cyber Crooks Steal Your
Money and Identity
-- His book covers the current state of security and how the "bad guys"
are now taking advantage of consumers
-- Acohido's Digital Security Expert Video can be viewed at
www.youtube.com/justaskgemalto
Quotes from USA Today, Byron Acohido
-- "The number one threat today, hands down, are malicious links. That's
the number one attack tool that bad guys are using."
-- "One of the driving factors... of rising level of threat is due to the
convenience factor and you've embraced it too quickly to do all these
things, without slowing down to consider the consequences."
-- "They'll [criminals] basically just capture your login password,
automate the process of watching when you login and carry on a transaction
in the background, adjusting your statement page so you don't see the
transaction. You actually see the numbers you think you should see, but in
the background they're pulling out $2000."
Continue following JustAskGemalto's Digital Security Expert Video
Series for upcoming interviews with Amazon, Computerworld, CrunchGear,
MSNBC, National Cyber Security Alliance, and PC Magazine.
Relevant Links
-- Are nations paying criminals for botnet
attacks? - Network World, Ellen Messmer
-- FBI: Online Banking Attacks Reach $100
Million Mark - eWeek, Brian Prince
-- Thousands of web
sites compromised, redirect to scareware - ZDNet, Dancho Danchev
-- Survey finds Mac, PC users are
equal cybercrime victims - SC Magazine, Dan Kaplan
About www.JustAskGemalto.com
We use electronic devices on a
frequent, if not daily basis -- our PC or Mac, BlackBerry, iPhone,
cell phone, epassport, credit card, and employee badge. They bring us
freedom and convenience and we depend on these devices to carry and
exchange our personal information. Along with this freedom comes the
responsibility to safeguard our identity, personal data and financial
transactions. www.JustAskGemalto.com answers consumer questions about
how to better enjoy the conveniences of the digital world and how to
secure one's digital identity and information while surfing, buying,
traveling and communicating.
Youtube Video Available: http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/frame_mw?attachid=1120764
Contact:
Deb Montner
Montner & Associates for JustAskGemalto
dmontner@montner.com
203-226-9290
SOURCE: JustAskGemalto.com
mailto:dmontner@montner.com
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