With a dazzling laser show, the 26th Chaos Communication Congress (26c3) in Berlin, the last big security conference of 2009, has ended. If you haven’t been here, you might have missed fewer of the sessions than people on site, thanks to the worldwide availablility of live streams (and recordings). What you did miss was meeting Read more…
Cybercriminals love to use social engineering techniques to trick users into installing their malware. One of the latest fake-alert variants attempts to trick users into believing the software is related to or hosted by McAfee: mcafeevirusremover.com. With DAT release 5835 (December 17) McAfee detects the HTML code for the domain as FakeAlert-KW!htm and the associated Read more…
Day 2 and Night 2 of the 26th Chaos Communication Congress is over, so it’s time for a short update on what you are missing here. This year the Congress is organized as a distributed event: Many local Hacker Spaces have joined the network at Berlin Conference Center, giving access to resources and talks to Read more…
Although most people enjoy the days between Christmas and New Year’s Eve with their families, hackers, geeks, security enthusiasts, and privacy activists meet in Berlin for the world’s oldest and Europe’s biggest annual Hacker Conference. Now in its 26th year (I was a 13-year-old kid, trying to figure out what to with a Sharp 1211, Read more…
With the New Year just days away, it’s time for McAfee Labs 2010 Threat Predictions. What should you be wary of in the coming year? Social networks. Sites such as Twitter and Facebook have changed the way we communicate, interact, and share on the web. As user bases for the top online social destinations reach Read more…
Koobface has been busy. Activities associated with the worm have increased during the month of December. Often the activity is sending traffic to compromised servers to obtain more servers. Other times it uses those compromised servers to proxy users to malicious domains that distribute more malware or take control of the infected machines. This morning Read more…
I’m happy to share that Channel Insider has recognized the McAfee channel team with the 2009 Bull’s Eye Award for Turnaround of the Year. Our efforts in revamping the McAfee channel program, by turning partner feedback into action, have not gone unnoticed and I assure you the momentum gained in 2009 will only continue. Read more…
Tags: Alex Thurber, awards, Channel Program, thurber
Howard is a great pick for the job but has many tough fights ahead. He’s got to navigate the choppy political waters, bring all of industry to the table, build international support, and be the strong voice of cybersecurity to coordinate the many agencies and private forces.
Tags: Corporate Responsibility, Cybercrime, Dave DeWalt, dewalt, government, public policy
This week (18th December 2009) Jamaica moved its Cyber Crime bill into law making it possible to prosecute hackers and people who use nefarious popups to collect personal data. The Jamaica Observer reports: The Bill, which was passed with eight amendments, will see persons convicted of breaches facing a maximum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment and a Read more…
Tags: Data Protection
McAfee channel partners are accustom to regular email newsletters and I would like to extend the latest to the social web. Below, you’ll find a feature highlighting the top reasons to partner with McAfee in 2010, provided by Fernando Quintero, VP of Channels for the Americas at McAfee.
Tags: Alex Thurber, Channel Partners, north america, thurber