Last night, I read the report of a security survey held by Jeremiah. I need to mention that I am really new to security, a novice, if you already know what HackerSafe is, you may just skip it. Of course, comments or corrections are always welcome.
In the survey, Jeremiah asked ‘What is HackerSafe’. I did not heard of this name before, that’s why I would like to spend some time study what it is. Actually, you may already see the symbol before. Following is an example taken from starbucksstore.com and buynetgear.com.
HackerSafe logo from StarbucksStore.com
HackerSafe logo from BuyNetgear.com
Once you see the above symbol, you may feel familiar with it. HackerSafe is a piece of software that let the website safe for hacker. Mostly used in e-shopping site. The symbol itself gives the customers confidence to shop in the site.
However, is it worth to have one in your e-shopping site? You can google with “hackersafe news” (without quote), you may discover that there are more negative news than positive related to HackerSafe. Although they claim that the software meet the official requirement of visa and master card and protect you from virus, spam, spyware and many other threats. But the news telling you the truth, there is still a long way to go, security is a long war between evils and protectors (hacker sometimes is also a protector, that’s why I use evils but not hackers). But still, HackerSafe is ’safe for hacker’.
ps. I cannot find a product with name HackerSafe in McAfee US site, is McAfee Secure and McAfee HackerSafe refer to the same thing? Should you know the difference between them, please let me know.
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