I have been doing the rounds of TV shows in North America over the past couple days. Everyone from Good Morning America to CNN International to CTV wants to hear about this “groundbreaking” case of a model who was bashed online. The case has been incorrectly described as the “first time a victim of cyberbashing Read more…
Tags: Family Safety
I have to admit, I am not much of a celebrity gossip gal. Chalk it up to having lived in L.A. and seeing the real deal in person. However, I will admit, I do occasionally have to Google celebrities to find out who the kids are talking about! I know that there are many people Read more…
Tags: Cyber Security Mom, Family Safety
With the forthcoming release of Windows 7, questions about “Bitlocker” are coming up again. For those of you who were around during the original release of Bitlocker, or as it was known then “Secure Startup,” you’ll remember that it was meant to completely eliminate the necessity for third party security software. Yes, Bitlocker was going Read more…
Tags: Compliance, Data Protection, encryption, privacy
I always get a lot of questions about confidence scams. These types of spam emails have been around almost as long as email has been available to the public. Confidence scams are a child of phishing scams, and the annoying little brother of lonely girl scams, always showing up at the wrong time or hiding Read more…
Many major security companies are about to release their new retail product for 2010. Expect some comparative reviews in the next months, check what you need and stay protected. Some ‘2010’ products are already out on the web, but unfortunately most of them are FakeAlert Trojans or Scareware. Once downloaded, you see pop up windows Read more…
The U.S. Government gets it. The Administration gets it. The Pentagon gets it. The connections fused by networks and cyberspace have simultaneously made us powerful and weak. It’s a challenging paradox that often accompanies innovation – think e-mail, smartphones, social networks, etc. The big question: How do you balance productivity with security? It is this Read more…
It has now been widely reported that Apple’s latest operating system, Snow Leopard contains the ability to identify two families of Mac malware–OSX/Puper and OSX/IWService–when the infectious DMG files are downloaded and mounted as part of the infection process. There are a number of ramifications of such a move that could be discussed, but the intention of Read more…
I like to pick on malware writers, especially the dumb ones as you can see here. Sometimes they’re just too big a target to ignore. The latest round is with Brazilian malware writers again. As you are aware, some days ago the Delphi virus was discovered; we detect it as W32/Induc. So today I got Read more…
Tags: bueno, Cybercrime, downloaders, malware, pedro bueno, virus
There is a light at the end of the tunnel””risk and compliance technologies and standards are relieving auditors and businesses in this age of increased electronic accountability. On the heels of our integration of SolidCore’s technology, researchers from McAfee Avert Labs have laid out the compliance challenges facing organizations, and the new standards that can Read more…
The McAfee Network Security Platform is entering a new phase of its evolution. 1. Fastest – We’ve recently released the M-series, which scales Intrusion Prevention from 100Mbps to over 10Gbps. 2. Most Accurate – NSS Labs has awarded the M-8000 NSS Gold Certification for accuracy. 3. General Leader – Gartner has placed us in the Leader’s quadrant for Read more…
Tags: IPS, Network Security, security