We’ve seen an evolution from mass-mailing viruses to more targeted attacks and threats targeting OS vulnerabilities moving to attacks against applications. We’ve seen growth in attacks targeting systems that contain valuable data, including mission-critical enterprise applications sitting in virtual environments, SAP solution-based environments and storage systems.  Companies must take these threats seriously and look for [...]

Who knew that our global fight against electronic spam also could help fight hunger?
McAfee recently was contacted by the Chicago office of RTKL Associates, a global architecture and engineering firm, with a request to join them in sponsoring their entry into Chicago’s Canstruction exhibition, a community event benefiting the Greater Chicago Food Depository.
Hosted by the [...]

There may have been a time when the term ‘Internet Speed’ didn’t apply to security. Maybe in 1993, before Mosaic/Netscape changed the face of the Web. Threats changed, but maybe back then, the changes were slow enough that the experts could keep track of most of this stuff in their heads.
Last March, we released a [...]

Two members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday said their computer systems were broken into, the latest in a series of cybersecurity alarms raised by the government.
The lawmakers suggest that the break-ins were carried out by people who appear to be working from inside China seeking confidential lists of names of dissidents.
Virginia Rep. Frank Wolf [...]

For years, enterprises have stretched their budgets and their IT staffs to comply with government regulations and created internal policies designed to protect customers and employees.  Myriad point products and proprietary standards have sprung up, prolonging and complicating the audit process. The question these companies must now ask themselves now is “how can we prove [...]