Melih Abdulhayoglu’s Blog | Insights on Cybersecurity

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Much is being made about including Sandbox in security applications nowadays. Whats the big deal? Well, its not a big deal to be honest. So what if you bundle a readily available application like sandboxing along with your Anti virus! It really is not a big deal at all. Majority of vendors are using this […]

Now, we’ve all heard about  detection, prevention, cleaning, behaviour blocker, firewall, Antivirus, Anti malware, Anti spyware, Anti Trojan, Anti Rootkit, Adware, HIPS, Internet security suite, detection tests, antivirus tests, penetration tests….it can be confusing right ;)… What is what and and more importantly what do I need as a consumer! I will try to explain […]

Bollocks to that! Symantec says “free antivirus software isn’t able to keep up with full-price suites like those offered by Symantec.” I say Bollocks to that! However I do agree with what Symantec says when they say: “Consumers don’t need less protection, they need more.” And that’s what users get with Comodo! And I do […]

I have now created a Video Blog. I will be posting my views on this video blog regularly. thanks Melih

Cyber Terrorism is about turning the very technology of Computing against human race, nations or for political agenda! Will Cyber Terrorism happen? Should we really worry about it? Depends if you are an ostridge or someone who cares about his/her future and want to proactively secure it! If you are an ostridge then go ahead […]

You might have heard about XP Antivirus 2008 and XP Antivirus 2009, fake security products which are actually malware, infecting unsuspecting victims! The irony here is that our inability to Authenticate what is legitimate what is not is hitting us right where it hurts! Our security! Its one thing to be able to validate whether […]

And this is directed at anyone who claims to be testing Anti Virus products! Somebody asked me once: Hey Melih, how many percent of the viruses do your Anti Virus product detect? My answer was: 100% of the ones we know of! If we have the malware then we simply create a signature for it and […]

Hey, come on.. I have seen  your video!!! You were there! Are you pulling my leg? The surveillance camera got you! You should have smiled 🙂 Technologies we take for granted as a trusted source of truth will soon start lying to us! Check this footage…… http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4557935.ece Soon you might see yourself on TV confessing […]

Human potential unleashed through a Trusted Internet. Communications has advanced the human race through the ages because it helped us retain and share vital information and behaviors. The first cave paintings and written scrolls evolved to printing presses and books, which then, exponentially, ignited scores of other revolutionary developments. In just 100 years, for instance, […]

People often come to me and say, hey Melih why don’t you protect Music and Videos, look at the piracy they suffer from etc. So I thought I should write this blog to explain the issues involved. Content, whether Audio or Video is not difficult to protect! Honestly, the technology has been around for a […]