Daniel Assouline: Provides Solutions to Confront Spyware

In March last year, the chief of US military’s newly created Cyber Command, Gen. Keith Alexander, gave a stiff warning.    

He announced that he has established 13 teams of programmers and computer experts who would retaliate offensively against erring nations, if US was hit by a major cyber attack on its own networks.

This was in response to top intelligence's warning to the US that a major cyber attack can cripple the country’s infrastructure and industry.

This is the power of spyware.

Spyware is malicious software that performs, without your consent, acts like collecting your personal information, and changes the configuration of your computer.

Spyware is not just about putting software in your teenage son’s computer, so that you can log every keystroke he makes.

Today, cyber spying is a growing threat to business and to a country’s security. Daniel Assouline at Lavasoft is aware of the ghastly menace spyware can pose and is working out solutions to combat the threats.

Unauthorized access to a computer is illegal under computer crime laws in the US as well as in Canada. However, criminals anyway are active hacking computers.

Today, cyber espionage is getting renewed focus as fresh evidence is pouring in that online hacking at U.S. research labs and targeted phishing against businesses and government agencies is in full swing.

A research firm has revealed that cyber espionage is ranking very high among the top cyber menaces in the world. Economic espionage is becoming increasingly common, as cyber criminals are stealing data to gain economic advantage in major commercial deals.

Knowing how spyware behaves is a tricky process because most spyware is designed to be tough to remove.

When a spyware makes changes to your computer, it is annoying because your computer can slow down considerably or can crash.
These programs even change your web browser’s home page or search page and add unwanted components. In case you are attacked, you will find it difficult to change your settings to the original mode.

With more people in Canada going online to make shopping transactions, such as doing research or booking tickets at hotels and airlines, security is now a major concern. For a healthy e-commerce growth to take place, trust in the online system is essential.                                                                   
Many seniors, who are goaded to use computers more often for their own benefit, are reluctant to do so because they are apprehensive of its security. This is understandable because most baby boomers have lived their life shopping in brick-and-mortar stores and doing money related errands by physically going to banks.

Leaders from the Information Technology domain like Daniel Assouline are working hard to involve more individuals and businesses in the digital space.

With the development of internet, individuals and companies  use internet as a tool to expand their businesses, e-commerce, and even perform minor transactions online. This is the only way to go.

For Daniel Assouline, UpClick was a huge success. Now, he has more frontiers to conquer.

Daniel Assouline is an online entrepreneur with a history of successes in various ventures. As chairman and co-founder, Daniel Assouline at UpClick made significant contributions. He is presently CEO of Lavasoft, an anti-spyware development company. He is helping the company build next generation Ad-Aware products.