Security Perspectives

Follow along as McAfee experts examine the security industry from a big-picture angle. Learn valuable lessons from their analysis of current events, and find out what McAfee is doing to increase security for its customers.

Piggybacking WiFi at 60mph…

I was in Madrid speaking at a conference a couple of months ago, and arriving after one of my favorite trans-Atlantic flights (you know the ones, where the ratio of screaming children to adults is not conducive to rest or even playing Angry Birds) I was excited to take one of the citi-cabs which have Read more…

Tags: automotive

Does Anyone Care About Spam Catch Rates Anymore?

Blocking spam is the top job of your email security solution. When it is not working well, the user complaints come flying in. An effective anti-spam solution is critically important to have, but are spam catch rates the important criteria for selecting an email security solution? Not anymore. Virus Bulletin recently published its January anti-spam Read more…

Tags: Compliance, DLP, Email & Web Security, Risk and Compliance, spam

Making Sense of McAfee Risk Advisor

The second Tuesday of every month (“Patch Tuesday”) is a very busy day for information security warriors. They have to digest a flood of information from affected vendors (primarily Microsoft and Adobe) and then cross-check and correlate that against whatever their security vendors say. They have to take into account their actual environments, the assets and resources Read more…

Tags: McAfee, Network Security, Risk and Compliance

Hunting For New Threats Using Cloud And Community

Today we announced a technology enhancement in our threat intelligence portfolio: We’re using McAfee Global Threat Intelligence to hunt for new malware. McAfee has led the industry in defining and building our Global Threat Intelligence cloud and integrating it into our products. Now our global footprint of millions of cloud-connected consumer and enterprise PCs, gateways, Read more…

Tags: Cybercrime, global threat intelligence

Cybercrime Call to Action

Earlier this week, the alleged mastermind behind Mariposa – one of the biggest viruses we’ve seen to date – was arrested in Slovenia. The investigation leading up to his capture is a perfect indicator of what we’re up against in our fight against cybercrime. It’s also another reason why we spend so much time educating Read more…

Tags: Cybercrime, Mariposa, Operation Aurora

What IT Security Can Learn From the BP Oil Spill

This week, representatives of BP told Congress that the massive Gulf oil spill was not their fault.  BP claims the blame should be placed on another company who produced a key safety device that failed. That company, of course, claims yet another company is responsible for doing poor quality work. So how does this relate to Read more…

Tags: Risk and Compliance, Vulnerability Manager, web security

New Ways for Hackers to Steal Your Passwords

Last year, the amount of malware designed to steal your passwords increased 400 percent. In the first half of this year, malware growth nearly surpassed the entire quantity created in 2008. The danger to your passwords has never been greater. This malicious software can be downloaded from bad email attachments, stealthily “injected” into your computer Read more…