Confirmed: Samsung is not shipping keyloggers

Post by raghava » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 1:56 PM UTC

dereg wrote: post #18

grannyg00se wrote: post #14

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To be fair, Mohamed Hassan did contact Samsung support and they didn't clear up the issue. In fact, I believe they may have even confirmed that there was a key logger installed! At that point his due dilligence has been done and he has confirmation. He doesn't need to do anything further than that. Shame on Samsung support for such a pathetic showing.

He did not fulfill his due diligence. Not if they're going to add this to the article: "Mohamed Hassan, MSIA, CISSP, CISA is the founder of NetSec Consulting Corp, a firm that specializes in information security consulting services. He is a senior IT Security consultant and an adjunct professor of Information Systems in the School of Business at the University of Phoenix." If they're going to pass him off as an exper…

Post by alecco » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 2:03 PM UTC

CaptainZapp wrote: post #8

I can't help it. But the whole "security software" business really reminds me of the mob. Nice laptop you have here; would be a shame if something would happen to it!

Post by cubix » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 2:08 PM UTC

w1ntermute wrote: post #16

Construct wrote: post #9

This is a good reminder to always do your homework before making such a strong accusation. Samsung's reputation is probably largely undamaged, other than among people who just read the headlines on news aggregator sites. Even searching for 'Samsung Key Logger' pulls up mostly articles about the false alarm situation. Mohamed Hassan [MSIA, CISSP, CISA and graduate of the Master of Science in Information Assurance (MSI…

> Any Google search on his name from now on will probably reveal this whole debacle. Actually, he has a sufficiently common name that those results will be relegated to the 2nd or 3rd page of search results within a few weeks: http://www.google.com/search?q=Mohamed+Hassan

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 2:10 PM UTC

raghava wrote: post #21

dereg wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He did not fulfill his due diligence. Not if they're going to add this to the article: "Mohamed Hassan, MSIA, CISSP, CISA is the founder of NetSec Consulting Corp, a firm that specializes in information security consulting services. He is a senior IT Security consultant and an adjunct professor of Information Systems in the School of Business at the University of Phoenix." If they're going to pass him off as an exper…

Wait, University of Phoenix? Isn't it the same university associated with scams and sham degrees, am I wrong?

Post by darren_ » Thu, Mar 31, 2011, 2:19 PM UTC

nickolai wrote: post #2

I'm no expert of Antivirus software, but figuring whether something is a threat by its _folder name_ ??? With all the money going into the industry? That has to be some sort of april fool's prank gone really bad.