An investigation by the Swiss police uncovered child pornography had been downloaded from a Swiss hip-hop music website to around 2,300 computers in 78 countries.
It was announced today that apparently the videos of minors engaged in sexual acts were hidden in the Swiss site where the principal content was defined as “perfectly legal.” See full [...]

Last year my son was using the computer during his “allotted time” when I noticed something strange…he got up and walked away from the computer! I joke, but this really was strange behavior for him (because he is usually glued to it). So I asked him if he was okay. He said he was fine, [...]

We all seem to take for granted that changes happen very quickly in the online world, yet for some reason we haven’t updated our definition of “defense in depth” in over a decade.
Originally borrowed from military lingo, in information security defense in depth represents the use of multiple computer security techniques to help mitigate the [...]

Today is a sad day. I was a teenager in the eighties and grew up with Michael Jackson’s music blasting everywhere, it was a shock to hear about his untimely death.
Quickly brought back into reality, McAfee Avert Labs colleague Guilherme Venere posted a very timely warning that it won’t be long before cybercriminals will take [...]

Another typical notification of data loss by an educational establishment. In summary, the personal details of around 45,000 current and former students and staff were lost when the laptop containing them was stolen.
datalossdb.org entry / Cornell University Entry
Cornell have been very open with the facts of the matter, their site talks about what they have, [...]

I am sure you all must have heard about the upcoming Windows 7 release. Many journalists, analysts and reporters are raving about this new OS. As compared to its predecessor, Windows 7 is supposed to be lighter, faster and loaded with new features. For those who are interested, Microsoft is sharing a lot of information [...]

As McAfee’s Cyber Security Mom, this has been an exciting month for me! I worked with McAfee to launch their McAfee Family Protection software and this week I got the chance to team up with Comcast to jump start conversations for the Cyber Summer Safety Challenge.
We’ve made it really easy for you and your [...]

Today I received yet another of those annoying “We may have lost your personal information…” letters from my bank. No information on how it happened, or what they are doing to stop it happening again. It’s almost as though this was an inevitable and repeatable condition of doing business….
Yet again I’m going to get another [...]

For the last few weeks I’ve been traveling around the country presenting at our Security Innovation Alliance roadshow. It’s been great meeting and presenting alongside some of the 60+ companies who’ve chosen to integrate their security products into McAfee’s ePO platform. Looking at the portfolio it seems that soon it might actually be possible to [...]

If you have a teen on Facebook, there is a new feature of which you should be aware. Yesterday, a notice went up on your FB homepage that said the following…
“Soon you will be able to have a username.
Starting on Friday, June 12th, at 11:01pm in your time zone, you’ll be able to choose a [...]