First of all, as we are still in time, let me wish you all a healthy, wealthy and Happy New Year! I hope you had a nice and well deserved break after this bumpy year 2011. On my side, I enjoyed a fantastic time skiing with my family in the French Alps. Skiing was great Read more…
Tags: Cyber risks, Cybercrime, Data Protection, Global Risk 2012 report, IT Security market
Current DLP solutions rely on text pattern recognition to detect sensitive data and prevent data loss. But how can that protect images, digital media and other high value assets? If DLP could protect digital media, the 2009 leak of X-Men Origins: Wolverine would not have happened. Adding in a recognizable pattern or watermark is one Read more…
Tags: Data Protection, DLP, intellectual property, IP, McAfee Data Loss Prevention
Recently a critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Reader X and Adobe Acrobat X Versions 10.1.1 and earlier for Windows and Mac OS, Reader 9.4.6 and Reader 9.x Versions for Unix. This zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2011-2462) could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code and silently take the control of a victim’s machine. This flaw is currently Read more…
Tags: Adobe, Data Protection, PDF, Zero-Day
Laptops, desktops, Macs, mobiles, and tablets are on many people’s wish lists this holiday season. Once these shiny new devices are connected to the Internet, they will be under siege by malware created by criminals in order to steal identities. According to a recent McAfee survey, 60% of consumers now own at least three digital Read more…
Tags: Consumer, credit card fraud and protection, Cybercrime, Data Protection, Family Safety, identity protection, personal information protection
Mobile shopping isn’t something I ever thought I’d do. I mean, come on! Why in the world would I use a tiny screen to make big purchases that often require lots of research? But I have found that as I become more dependant on my mobile phone whenever I’m away from my home/office wireless connection, Read more…
Tags: Consumer, credit card fraud and protection, Cybercrime, Data Protection, Family Safety, global threat intelligence, identity theft, personal identity theft fraud
Your Social Security number was never meant to serve the various functions it is used for today. Over the past 70 years, the Social Security number has become our de facto national ID. The numbers were originally issued in the 1930s, to track income for Social Security benefits. But “functionality creep,” which occurs when an Read more…
Tags: counter identity theft, Data Protection, identity fraud, identity fraud scams, identity theft, personal information protection
Many global organizations operate in highly competitive markets, including countries known to aggressively target intellectual property. A significant amount of sensitive information, including intellectual property (IP) resides in enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems such as SAP and Oracle. Traditionally, the security around this information has been limited to the capabilities of the ERP system through Read more…
Tags: Data Protection, DLP, enterprise resource planning, ERP, intellectual property, IP, McAfee Data Loss Prevention, Saviynt Access Manager
Guest blogger Larry Ponemon, founder of the Ponemon Institute Sponsored by McAfee, the Best Practices in Data Protection survey is our latest effort to find out what separates the best organizations from the rest. We believe this study is important because it provides insights on how organizations can be more successful when investing in and Read more…
In early April, I wrote about the famed “LizaMoon” SQL-injection attacks. I said it then, and I’ll say it again now: SQL-injection (SQLi) attacks are a constant. Some of these attacks are more visible than others. Some adversaries find intelligent ways to hide their tracks so as not to splatter evidence of their misdeeds all over various search Read more…
Tags: Cybercrime, Data Protection, database security, enterprise, lizamoon, malware, mass sql injection, Network Security, sql attacks, SQL Injection, urchin.js
Big companies and big government get big press when their data is breached. And when a big company is hit, those whose accounts have been compromised are often notified. With smaller businesses, however, victims are often left in the dark, regardless of the various state laws requiring notification. One reason for this is that smaller Read more…
Tags: counter identity theft, credit card fraud and protection, credit monitoring and resolution, Data Protection, identity protection, identity protection surveillance, identity theft expert, Identity thieves and cybercriminals, lost wallet protection, McAfee Identity Protection, personal identity theft fraud
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