Everyone loves a good game and the thrill of competing to win. Competition helps inspire two teams to push further and the fans to cheer harder. In business, as in the case of McAfee and Symantec, our rivalry means we create better products, push to stay on top, and help our partners do the same. Read more…
Tags: cyberattacks, Endpoint Protection, Endpoint Security, ePolicy Orchestrator, Gavin Struthers, McAfee Channel, McAfee Channel Partner
My travels have continued over the past few weeks. First stop – South Africa, where I met with some of our customers and partners. It’s an exciting time for Africa at the moment in terms of opportunity. According to Canalys, Africa is leading growth in EMEA with a year-on-year growth rate of almost 15%. The Read more…
Tags: byod, Canalys, Cork, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, database security, EMEA, Enda Kenny, Endpoint Security, Great Place to Work; Best Workplaces Ireland 2013, IDA, Ireland, Irish Examiner, Irish Prime Minister, McAfee, Mike Decesare, Network Security, R&D, security management, SIEM, South Africa, The Economist, threat intelligence, Todd Gebhart, web security
If you own a small business you might just think that the alarmists are at it again clamoring about the increasing risk of cybercrime. Bloomberg Businessweek recently outlined the events from a hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Small Business regarding protecting small business against cyberattacks. At the hearing, McAfee’s own Dr. Read more…
Tags: cyberattacks, Cybercrime, IT Security, SMB
The economy is improving, consumer confidence is up, and eCommerce is expected to grow 13% in 2013, all good signs right? However, along with these positive signs, the online threat landscape still continues to grow. In the last two months alone, cyberattacks have not only been high in quantity, but also high in quality, hitting Read more…
Tags: cyberattacks, Cybercrime, eCommerce
Users experienced widespread delays and outages in Internet service around the world this week after a group called Spamhaus made a new addition to its spam blacklist—a Dutch company called Cyberbunker. Email service providers (like Gmail or Hotmail) use blacklist services like Spamhaus to separate likely spam messages from legitimate mail, and as it turns Read more…
Tags: cyberattacks, Cyberbunker, DDoS, online security, Spamhaus
It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of McAfee Labs. I’ve written about the work this team has done on many occasions – completely impressed and in awe of the security threats and malware these researchers uncover every minute. They publish their discoveries in the McAfee Quarterly Threats Reports and we proactively build out Read more…
Tags: CNBC, CNN, Cyberattack, cyberattacks, Cybercrime, cyberthreats, enterprise, financal, financial organizations, IT Security, McAfee, McAfee Labs, McAfee Network Security, Network Security, Project Blitzkrieg, security
At RSA San Francisco 2012, FBI Director Robert Mueller spoke about cybersecurity threats surpassing terrorism as a risk priority in the U.S. It was only a few years ago when cybercrime was juxtaposed with illegal narcotics and the position was made that cybercrime is a more lucrative industry than selling drugs. Some people might have written-off Read more…
Tags: cyberattacks, cybersecurity, RSA, security
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