June 24, 2011 - Once criminal hackers get a person’s username and email address, they can begin to launch a targeted spear phish scam. Scammers copy the design of each breached entities outgoing email campaign and blast the breached list with “account update” or (continue reading...) Read more
June 22, 2011 - Today, there are over 2.2 million ATMs worldwide, and by 2015 there will be around 3 million. ATM skimming accounts for as much as 30% of all data theft. That’s about $350,000 in fraud every day in the United (continue reading...) Read more
June 21, 2011 - B.J. Ostergren is a proud Virginian. She’s known as “The Virginia Watchdog,” but I like to call her “The Pit Bull of Personal Privacy.” She is relentless in her efforts to protect citizens’ privacy, and her primary concern is (continue reading...) Read more
June 18, 2011 - According to a recent report from Verizon, data breaches are on the rise. There were 760 data breaches recorded in 2010, compared to 140 breaches in 2009. However, there were approximately four million records stolen in 2010, as opposed (continue reading...) Read more
June 17, 2011 - McAfee’s most unwanted criminals have included pickpockets, Trojan viruses, and ATM skimmers, dumpster divers, spies, and wireless hackers and now phishers, shoulder surfers, and keyloggers. Identity theft can happen online or on the ground to anyone with a pulse, (continue reading...) Read more
June 1, 2011 - As we have discussed on this blog more than once, convictions for cybercrime activities are a rare thing indeed. Recently, however, a former University of Salford (United Kingdom) student was convicted and given a suspended sentence for stealing online gaming (continue reading...) Read more
May 31, 2011 - Hi, everyone. I am very excited to announce that I recently joined McAfee Labs. As many of you know, I have spent more than 20 years doing anti-virus (AV) development and research. Needless to say, I am not happy to (continue reading...) Read more
May 27, 2011 - In the wake of the massive PlayStation/Qriocity data breach Sony has announced that they will be providing a 1 year complimentary ID theft protection service through a company called Debix. In addition to the ID theft protection Sony is (continue reading...) Read more
May 19, 2011 - One of the perks of travel is access to Executive Lounges. One of the perks of Executive Lounges is that they often have VERY cool devices on display for the weary traveler to use. In one particular lounge I am (continue reading...) Read more
May 11, 2011 - When a major corporation like Sony gets hit then you know we are all vulnerable. Sony is a great company and like many great corporations is under constant attack. The landscape of information security is changing every day and criminals (continue reading...) Read more
May 4, 2011 - Be wary of unsolicited emails and messages related to Osama bin Laden, McAfee warns Cyber scammers are using the high-profile news of Osama bin Laden’s death to distribute dangerous emails and messages related to the incident. So far, McAfee Labs™ has (continue reading...) Read more
May 4, 2011 - There is no shortage of bad guys, identity thieves, and hackers trying to separate you from your money. They range from previously discussed pickpockets, Trojan viruses, and ATM skimmers to dumpster divers, spies, and wireless hackers. Dumpster Diver Dan is (continue reading...) Read more
May 4, 2011 - The death of Osama bin Laden has gone viral, with blogs, social media and search engines pumping terabytes of rumor, innuendo and conspiracy theories at the speed of light, along with the occasional kilobyte of truth. As the number of (continue reading...) Read more
May 4, 2011 - One of the most prevalent families of recent Trojans is called fake alerts. These Trojans generate fake warning screens that look like they were generated by legitimate security or anti-malware software. The majority of malware within this family attempts to con (continue reading...) Read more
May 2, 2011 - McAfee has created a tongue-in-cheek list of the most unwanted identity thieves, describing the various techniques thieves use to steal your information. It’s clever and, unfortunately, very real. Pauly the Pickpocket & Sally Sticky Fingers work as a team to (continue reading...) Read more
May 2, 2011 - I suppose this was inevitable. The reported death of Osama Bin Laden is just too good a lure for cybercriminals and scammers to pass up. We at McAfee Labs certainly anticipated this and have been tracking it since the first (continue reading...) Read more
April 18, 2011 - Most of us have become accustomed to giving out the last four digits of our Social Security numbers. But this customary request is becoming increasingly problematic, and two Rhode Island lawmakers are responding by pushing legislation to stop businesses from (continue reading...) Read more
April 18, 2011 - Cybercrooks always latch on to current events to lure unsuspecting Internet users into their traps. It doesn’t matter what type of event it is, a natural disaster, major sporting championship or, in today’s case, Easter, the upcoming Christian holiday. This morning (continue reading...) Read more
April 15, 2011 - The US Department of Justice's announcement yesterday of the takedown of the command and control (C&C) servers for the Coreflood bots (detected by ESET as Win32/AFCore) and seizure of their domains marks another step in the growing (continue reading...) Read more
April 13, 2011 - As David Harley blogged earlier, the Comptroller of Public Accounts office for the state of Texas yesterday began notifying state employees that the names, addresses, social security numbers and other records of some 3.5 million current or former state (continue reading...) Read more