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Monthly Archives: February 2010

Go Team USA! But is your favorite Olympic star dangerous?

Friday, February 26, 2010 at 12:16pm by Tracy Mooney
Tracy Mooney

How about those Olympics, huh??? I’m watching as much as I can – and I don’t even consider myself a huge sports buff. (Well, except for baseball. I love it!) There is just something so exciting about the international arena – the personal stories of triumph over adversity and the excitement of watching events when Read more…

RSA – Locked and Loaded

Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 4:53pm by George Kurtz
George Kurtz

I just wanted to give everyone the rundown on what I and McAfee have planned for RSA. It is always a big event for McAfee and we have a lot planned. Here is a quick summary: Monday, March 1 10:15-11:00 AM America’s Growth Capital Panel (not part of RSA but located right down the street Read more…

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Phishing For Twitter Credentials

Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 2:22pm by Joris Evers
Joris Evers

Cyberscammers are going after login credentials for Twitter in a big way. At least, that’s if my own Twitter friends are any indication for trending. In the last week, two of the people I follow on Twitter and who follow me back had their accounts hijacked and abused to send out spam and malicious links Read more…

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HITECH Name-And-Shame Goes Up A Gear

Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 1:07pm by Simon Hunt
Simon Hunt

Not content with naming-and-shaming companies who break the HIPAA/HITECH health regulations through the normal press, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is now reporting companies who lose control of more than 500 people’s records on their Web site. A duty to do this comes via section 13402(e)(4) of the HITECH act: “4) Posting Read more…

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McAfee Vulnerability Manager an SC Magazine “Best Buy”

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 2:53pm by Gary Davis
Gary Davis

McAfee Vulnerability Manager was distinguished among several competitive products with the coveted “Five-Star” and “Best Buy” rating in the February edition of SC Magazine. In the group test, SC Magazine put ten vulnerability assessment products through roughly 50 individual criteria that were developed by SC Magazine Labs and the Center for Regional and National Security Read more…

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On Olympics, St. Patrick's Day, Screensavers, and Wallpaper

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 11:30am by David Marcus
David Marcus

The combination of search engine optimization with sporting and holiday news continues to fascinate me. Oh, and did I mention malware and malicious websites? They always make for interesting bedfellows. The Olympics have been getting massive coverage, of course, and St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner. We can count on these events to Read more…

A new year, a new computer and a new reason to update your security

Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 11:20pm by Cyber Mum Australia
Cyber Mum Australia

After three weeks back at school I think my head has finally stopped spinning! Our family is now well and truly into the swing of the school term.  So what better time for a new age Cybermum to play with the new toy Santa left under the Christmas tree – my shiny, sleek, stylish, fast Read more…

Very exciting updates to McAfee 2010 Consumer suites

Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 8:14pm by Tracy Mooney
Tracy Mooney

I am not sure if you noticed yet but you should be seeing some cool new features being upgraded on your McAfee software! Here I was minding my own business when I got a message to let me know that my software was updated. Which is normal because McAfee always continues to silently update my Read more…

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McAfee Invites Partners to RSA 2010

Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 6:41pm by MFEChannelChief
MFEChannelChief

Greetings McAfee Partners,

We hope you will accept this invitation to join us at RSA 2010. As a Platinum Sponsor of the RSA Conference, we look forward to presenting you with our comprehensive, yet intuitively simple security solutions that protect our mutual customers from every angle.

Click here to register for a free expo pass, which will provide you with access to the show floor, McAfee CEO Dave DeWalt’s keynote, and the third annual Partyred.

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Do You Have a Canary on Your Network?

Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 2:29pm by George Kurtz
George Kurtz

In the heyday of mining it was common practice to take up to three canaries into the mineshaft to test the purity of the air. If any one bird showed signs of distress, it likely indicated that something was amiss and dangerous levels of carbon monoxide existed. So what does this have to do with Read more…

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