February 15, 2011 - There is a lot of buzz in the security community lately about the merger of two widespread password-stealing malware families, Zbot (maker of Zeus) and SpyEye. Some reports says that the Zbot source code was given to the SpyEye crew. (continue reading...) Read more
January 31, 2011 - Business needs to secure mobile devices. Account for mobile devices. Manage mobile devices. Let employees access their apps on mobile devices. These are – more or less – the requirements in the new world of mobile devices. But employees are also (continue reading...) Read more
January 28, 2011 - Today is still Data Privacy Day here in the Pacific timezone of Canada and I thought it would be an excellent (continue reading...) Read more
January 28, 2011 - The New Year is already in full swing and as always, we at McAfee are working hard to anticipate and prepare our customers for potential threats. The year 2010 had many major cybersecurity incidents, including Operation Aurora and the (continue reading...) Read more
January 24, 2011 - January 28, 2011 is Data Privacy Day. Analyst Eric Ogren from The Ogren Group sat down with Lumension CEO Pat Clawson to ask some key questions around what this day means for the industry and how (continue reading...) Read more
January 14, 2011 - In our recent “2011 Threats Predictions” report, McAfee Labs foresaw that the recent merger of Zeus with SpyEye would produce more sophisticated bots, due to improvements in bypassing security mechanisms and law enforcement monitoring. Both Zeus and SpyEye were (continue reading...) Read more
January 4, 2011 - McAfee Labs recently released our 2011 Threats Predictions. In this report we dust off the crystal ball, put on our battered Mr. Wizard hat, and speculate about potential threats for the coming year. The threats landscape changed considerably in (continue reading...) Read more
December 23, 2010 - How much? It’s a simple question really, and one that I know the security professional often finds very difficult to answer when trying to justify mitigating risks to business. I mean what exactly is the financial impact of a virus outbreak? (continue reading...) Read more
December 23, 2010 - Our inaugural #SecChat in November raised questions on securing PHI, while our December discussion turned to the buzz and security debate around the recent Wikileaks saga. The conversation was certainly heated, with 70 contributors tuning in for the (continue reading...) Read more
December 22, 2010 - During FOCUS10, we announced our Security Connected initiative as a way to get the enterprise one step ahead, breaking down the silos of security technology and processes. In January, we’ll dissect all the elements of Security Connected here on (continue reading...) Read more
December 21, 2010 - Hardly a day goes by that I don’t read the security news and shake my head. One article tells how thousands of records containing personally identifiable information were stolen from <insert company here.> Another talks about password disclosures of hundreds of (continue reading...) Read more
December 14, 2010 - Recent discussion around Wikileaks and Founder Julian Assange has been immense and politically charged, and as the story continues to unfold the implications become more complex. From a security standpoint, here at McAfee we’ve discussed the importance of DLP (continue reading...) Read more
December 3, 2010 - Following the success of McAfee’s Focus10 conference in Las Vegas in October, yesterday we offered a similar event in Paris, the first French Focus. Despite the snow that disrupted air and land travel, 236 clients and partners joined us. (continue reading...) Read more
December 1, 2010 - This week, Forbes’ Andy Greenberg published an interview with WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange. In the interview, Assange says he is moving beyond exposing government secrets to exposing the secrets of big business. Target number one will be a major (continue reading...) Read more
November 30, 2010 - With the current news fracas regarding the latest WikiLeaks disclosures, which have reached a pretty interesting juncture with Congressman Peter King asking for WikiLeaks and it’s founder Julian Assange to be declared “Terrorists and spies”, I thought (continue reading...) Read more
November 24, 2010 - Recently, we delivered a great webcast discussing how data protection can help deliver better healthcare. It may sound like a stretch, but data protection can really improve healthcare delivery. If you think about it, U.S. healthcare is unique in that (continue reading...) Read more
November 19, 2010 - A lot has been written in recent days since we have posted the blog on the 18 minute traffic redirection issue earlier this week and the U.S. – China Economic and Security Review Commission report came out discussing it. Unfortunately, some media (continue reading...) Read more
November 18, 2010 - Yesterday I presented on Cybercrime, Hacktivism and Cyberterrorism with one of McAfee Labs’ most senior and well respected researchers, Francois Paget. This was a very different session in a number of ways. First, of all it was completely unrelated to (continue reading...) Read more
November 18, 2010 - Looking at computer threats from quarter to quarter remains a busy experience for us at McAfee Labs. Through the first three quarters of the year we have analyzed and cataloged more threats than in all other years combined, and the (continue reading...) Read more
November 17, 2010 - The security community is a very vocal and interactive bunch (if you haven’t figured that out already). We’re not afraid to share our ideas and opinions or to pass along best practices when it comes to the issues that impact (continue reading...) Read more