September 1, 2010 - Two weeks ago, I posted a blog entry talking about the counterfeiting of legal documents. I have received many comments and requests for further data related to this type of fraud from various Eastern Europe countries, France, and even (continue reading...) Read more
August 31, 2010 - The Anti-Malware engine is a critical and core piece of the McAfee anti-malware solutions. As with any core technology, the engine must be rock-solid stable, fast, and functionally rich. A new McAfee Labs whitepaper outlines these engine technologies and values, (continue reading...) Read more
July 12, 2010 - Social networking sites and technologies are among the hottest happenings on the Internet. However, in this case every benefit comes with an equal danger: These sites and technologies are also huge targets for cybercriminals. One of McAfee Labs senior researchers, (continue reading...) Read more
June 9, 2010 - As I traveled to a recent messaging-security conference I was surprised to realize that our research team had seen little spam, solicitations for donations, or affiliate marketing related to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. As usual, however, (continue reading...) Read more
June 1, 2010 - Years ago adware was distributed primarily in two forms. Adware vendors sought out mainstream software vendors to distribute their programs in bundling arrangements. The Adware makers often used a pay-per-install model, paying as much as $1 or more to those responsible for (continue reading...) Read more
May 13, 2010 - Lately Facebook has been all over the news regarding security and privacy issues. Today Facebook replied, by announcing some new tools, settings, and measures to allow users to better protect their logons. In his blog, Facebook’s Lev (continue reading...) Read more
May 13, 2010 - I was just reading Byron Acohido’s writeup on Microsoft ending security support for patches for Windows XP Service Pack 2 and Windows 2000. Now as I work for a vendor myself I completely understand why Microsoft is going EOL (continue reading...) Read more
March 29, 2010 - Last week in Strasbourg, France, the Council of Europe organized the Octopus Interface Conference 2010. More than 300 experts from all over the world, representing governments, law enforcement authorities, international organizations, and the Internet industry gathered to discuss the “Cooperation (continue reading...) Read more
March 29, 2010 - All over the world, individuals and many organized crime and mafia groups have found that the Internet can help them make a lot of money. Others are motivated by ideology: Manipulated by or acting in accordance with an ethos, they (continue reading...) Read more
March 15, 2010 - On March 9 McAfee warned consumers that “scareware,” or fake anti-virus software, may be the most costly online scam in 2010, causing significant monetary loss and damage to users’ computers. In this blog, I’ll give you some additional details (continue reading...) Read more
March 15, 2010 - On Tuesday 9, McAfee warned consumers that “scareware,” or fake antivirus software, may be the most costly online scam in 2010, causing significant monetary loss and damage to users’ computers. With this blog, I wish to give you some (continue reading...) Read more
February 9, 2010 - Today we unveiled our Threats Report for the fourth quarter of 2009. It highlights many of the most significant spam-generating stories in 2009 as well as the rise of political hacktivism in countries such as Poland, Latvia, Denmark, and Switzerland. (continue reading...) Read more
December 30, 2009 - Cybercriminals love to use social engineering techniques to trick users into installing their malware. One of the latest fake-alert variants attempts to trick users into believing the software is related to or hosted by McAfee: mcafeevirusremover.com. With (continue reading...) Read more
December 2, 2009 - We have just released “Mapping the Mal Web,” our third report revealing the riskiest and safest web domains to surf and search. For the first time combining data from McAfee’s SiteAdvisor and TrustedSource, the report is even (continue reading...) Read more