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Monthly Archives: June 2010
McAfee Firewall Enterprise V8: Virtualization Q&A + New Resources
The McAfee channel team has recently been approached with some follow up questions surrounding the McAfee Firewall Enterprise V8 announcement; specifically regarding the performance and functionality differences between Firewall Appliance and Firewall Virtual Appliance. Please see below for the captured Q&A.
Fake Resume Spam Leads to Malware Infection
We just noticed a new wave of fake resume spam that redirects users to a malicious site. We see the resume pages were uploaded to innocent sites in top-level domains of various countries, perhaps in an attempt to internationalize the spam campaign. The pages contain a small piece of obfuscated JavaScript code that translates into Read more…
New Clothes for 'Canadian Pharmacy' Spam
It has been a little while since we heard something new from the pharmacy spam corner, but right on time at the end of Q2, they are back–and with reinforcements! Our researchers have found an enormous number of spam URLs, and they are all related to some well-known malicious IPs ranges–194.xx.xx.x2 and 194.xx.xx.x4. The first Read more…
Watching World Cup 2010 Online Can Lead to Scams
Just in case you are looking for websites to watch the 2010 FIFA World Cup matches online, you will also find many questionable websites offering live football streams! Many of these sites will ask you to install software to get access to a P2P-based streaming network. Some of the common types of software offering such Read more…
Tags: World Cup 2010
Insight Into Benelux IT Security Priorities
Last month I was invited to speak at our Executive Summit in Amsterdam, where 100 or so CIOs, CEOs and other executives from the Benelux area came to hear what McAfee was up to, and tell us where we were going right (and wrong). Not content with talking at them for the day, we plied Read more…
Tags: Compliance, Cybercrime, Data Protection, Risk and Compliance, security
Social Networking, Privacy Concerns Worry Europeans
This week I’ve seen several interesting articles and posts about the effect and consequences of social networking sites within Europe. Here are a few links: European Parliament Dagens Nyheter IDG Sweden Travolution McAfee recognizes the development of social networking as a fundamental business tool as well as a personal tool. What we find particularly interesting Read more…
Celebrating Cybersuccess
You may have read about the latest success against cybercrime in the case against Innovative Marketing. It’s one of the many days that I’m proud of our McAfee Labs researchers around the world. McAfee Labs researchers frequently assist where needed, but don’t necessarily get recognized publicly. Our researchers not only deal with tracking millions of malware Read more…
Tags: Corporate Responsibility, Cybercrime, national cybersecurity awareness month, Public Sector, scareware
Inside the Carding Underworld
Carder.cc is a German online forum dedicated to helping criminals in trading stolen credit card and login details obtained via their carding or phishing activities. Because such forums are a source of income for their administrators (who are also involved in this black market), the best-known forums are forever engaged in underground infighting to stay Read more…
Italian Phishing Scam Targets Customers of CartaSi
Spam never ceases to amaze me. The latest phishing scam I’ve seen is spammers impersonating CartaSi, the Italian financial institution. The message subject is “Effettuare l’aggiornamento dei dati,” which means to proceed with the data or information update. This email even carries an introduction that educates users about phishing on the web. The scammers provide Read more…
Upping the Ante in Australia
For those of you who have not yet heard, the Australian Parliament has spent many months researching, contemplating, and finally making recommendations on the best way to fight cybercrime. We applaud the government of Australia for taking proactive steps to curb crime, assist businesses and consumers alike in avoiding and reporting online crime, and make Read more…
Tags: Australia, Corporate Responsibility, Cybercrime, government, Initiative to Fight Cybercrime, Public Sector