On All Hallows Eve, spooky tricks and treats are abound. You will see all sorts of ghouls (princesses too!). But watch out for more than just ghosts and goblins this Halloween. If you live in Rio, New York City or Toronto, there’s a high chance you have zombies in your neighborhood. Zombie computers that [...]

Today, we announced our Q3 2009 results to Wall Street and delivered McAfee’s 15th consecutive quarter of double-digit, year-over-year revenue growth. It was another “triple double” quarter—achieving double-digit growth in revenue, operating cash flow and non-GAAP earnings-per-share.
In the third quarter:
• McAfee reported record revenue of $485 million for Q3 2009, an increase of 18% over the [...]

There was a study done by the Berkman Center that said our kids are more likely to be hit by a car than be abducted by an online predator. The authors also reminded us that people worry about the safety of Halloween candy even though there has never been a documented case of candy [...]

There is no shortage of advice on how to prevent a data breach, but what if you become a victim of a breach? Do you have a plan of precisely what to do next? While very few retailers do, I’ll offer some suggestions.

Before we delve into what you should do next

Last year, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) temporarily banned the use of thumb drives and other removable storage devices because viruses, worms and malware were uploaded to their network.
 
Think about it. Thumb drives – tiny and able to enormous amounts of data – are ideal for moving information. Up until the ban, the CIO [...]

The deeper dive into mobile security leads to more questions and difficult decisions, but we can take a dialpad of solace from the fact that retailers are at least starting to think about these issues.

I’ve seen a lot of Patch Tuesdays.  If you look back at history, the concept of updating (“patching”) the Windows operating system began with the release of Windows 98.  The term “Patch Tuesday” didn’t actually start until 2004 when the ritual became more scheduled in an attempt to reduce patch cycles.  Each month Microsoft would [...]

Two days ago  Microsoft released an unprecedented 13 patches, covering 34 vulnerabilities and roughly requiring 30MB of code to fully patch a system. 
Microsoft has rated several of these vulnerabilities as critical and recommends rapid adoption of these patches as exploits are expected to begin circulating for several in the next few days.  No small task [...]

It’s true. I, Tracy Mooney, was just the subject of a social engineering scheme. It’s going around like the flu! I’m curious if anyone else has been hit.
Ever clicked on a TinyURL? Well, I did, and as a result, it sent me to a fake site and then spammed all of my followers on Twitter. [...]

Security management has always been about making choices. With so many layoffs and urgent Web projects for the imminent holiday season, how much time can your team justify spending checking log activity reports, searching to see if any cyberthief visited last night? After all, you rationalize, we can always examine both days’ logs tomorrow.
It’s about [...]