Tag: mcafee
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Botnet roasting on an open fire
FBI reports successes of operation Bot Roast; McAfee predicts cyber espionage for 2008. The FBI has revealed that eight individuals have been indicted, pled guilty or been sentenced for crimes related to botnet activity since the start of its ‘Operation Bot Roast’ in June. The operation, now in its second phase, has also seen the…
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McAfee acquires website trust mark firm
ScanAlert certification system bought for $51 million. McAfee has bought ScanAlert , the firm behind the ‘Hacker Safe’ trust mark logo, carried by some 75,000 websites to indicate safe practices and freedom from malware and spamming. The technology will be added to McAfee ‘s SiteAdvisor safe browsing system. In a deal worth $51 million in…
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McAfee invests in encryption firm
SafeBoot acquired for $350 million. McAfee has announced the acquisition of encryption and device control specialist SafeBoot , which produces a range of security products for PCs and mobile devices. The privately-owned firm was bought in a cash deal worth $350 million. SafeBoot is a well-established company, set up in 1991, with a global customer…
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US users overestimating PC security
Survey finds people are less protected than they think. A joint study carried out by McAfee and the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) has found that many US consumers wrongly assume their computers are safe from malware and infiltration. Computer users were questioned about security software running on their home machines, and their answers compared…
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AOL quietly drops free-to-all AV offering
Gratis software now for members only, old users may be at risk. A month ago we reported on AOL ‘s switch of providers for its free anti-virus software offering, from the Kaspersky -powered Active Virus Shield to a special version of McAfee ‘s VirusScan . It now appears that the McAfee -based product is only…
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Webcam zero-day in Yahoo! Messenger
Video chat invites pose vulnerability danger. A zero-day vulnerability has been reported in the webcam module of Yahoo! Messenger , allowing attackers remote access to systems open to the exploit. Little detail has yet emerged on the nature of flaw, which was first uncovered after a post detailing how to exploit it was spotted on…
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AOL drops Kaspersky for McAfee
Web giant changes provider of free security software for members. Giant ISP and web services provider AOL is offering a free, special edition version of McAfee security software to users registered with its network. The offer replaces a previous offering based on Kaspersky technology, which was quietly taken offline several weeks ago. The customized product,…
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Online malware dangers analysed
Google, McAfee release webserver, search result figures. Two reports out this week have revealed some interesting statistics on the security dangers involved in browsing the Internet, with Google surveying the software running on webservers and which systems carry the most threats, while McAfee ‘s study of search results reveals the dangers lurking in links provided…
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Latest flaws affect AV giants
Symantec, McAfee and CA all patch vulnerabilities. Three of the biggest names in the security sector, McAfee , Symantec and CA , have all revealed details of flaws in their software which have been discovered and patched in recent months. The most severe vulnerability was suffered by a wide range of McAfee products, including its…