Over 216 million records containing personal and financial information were involved in security breaches announced from January 2005 to November 2007, according to the Privacy Rights Clearing House in its A Chronology of Data Breaches. November 21, 2007.
Over the past several years, governments have taken action to assist victims and require organizations to comply with […]

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All in all it was a good year for SMB IT Security. It seems the problems keep coming and get more complicated, but a major theme seems to be materializing…greed. There was a time when most viruses and security issues were Pride related. Hackers from around the globe seeing what they can get away with […]

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McAfee continues to dominate the endpoint security industry with its Total Protection for Enterprise solution. Leading research firm Gartner, Inc. has placed the company in the leader quadrant in its “Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms.”
Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms is based on an assessment of a company’s ability […]

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A recent worm distributed through the Web 2.0 social network orkut points out the potential IT security risks presented by social media in an age where the number of Generation Y workers is increasing rapidly.
orkut is a social networking site with about 67 million registered users who can sign in with any Google account. Earlier […]

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Because of the ever-increasing vulnerability of IT systems, and because new and increasingly complex attacks are being devised every day, an organization can face significant challenges in deploying all of the various software components required for security risk management and control.
Besides the cost of the software and updates, total cost of ownership (TCO) considers […]

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Well, I guess it was bound to happen! Malware for the Mac. Great explanation of the fake codec by Allysa Myers of McAfee Avert Labs.
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I think this is simply a result of Apple’s success with the iPhone and iPod, which now has a Wi-Fi version. These products and Apple Mac’s increasing […]

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Earlier today we (McAfee AVERT Labs)posted a blog entry: RealPlayer Zero Day Exploit Hits the Web. Well RealPlayer responded RealQuick. In less than 24 hours they managed to ship a patch. That’s what I call rapid response. Real also states that more information will be posted on their Security Updates & Incident […]

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If you had 30 seconds to gather your most valued possessions, what would you grab? In the world of security, IT security professionals need to have a plan in place to make decisions in a swift and intelligent manner when facing a crisis.
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This is a great blog post by Charles Ross […]

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The Web site pretends to be a blog and even have a list of previous’ months entries. None of them work though because they do not exist (all point to “sorry.html” and the whole Web site consists of only a single page about the spammer’s murder):
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Igor Mittuk of McAfee AVERT Labs […]

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CEO David Dewalt: By now you’ve probably seen today’s news that McAfee has acquired SafeBoot, an enterprise-class security software vendor for mobile data protection. My leadership team is committed to ensuring that McAfee stays one step ahead of our customers’ needs, and our competitors’ offerings, by continuing to innovate.
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McAfee Buys SafeBoot […]

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