Don’t get between your kids and the Internet! Plugged in through all manner of devices, your child is constantly active online, divulging every detail of his or her life. To a generation raised on reality TV, it comes as second nature to share location-based status updates, post photos and videos to public networks, play interactive Read more…
Tags: Internet Safety, kids online behavior, kids online safety, protecting kids online, social networks
You’ve done it. You’ve graduated at last. Your whole life is in front of you. Now is the time to make plans, embrace the world, take responsibility, make a statement, do some good and make this place better than how you found it. And this should go without saying, but please don’t be stupid. I’m Read more…
Tags: grads, graduation, internet security, oversharing, social networks, TMI
“A Strategic Inflection Point is that which causes you to make a fundamental change in business strategy. Nothing less is sufficient.” This quote came from Andy Grove, Intel Co-founder and former CEO. And, while he said this at an annual meeting in 1998, his philopsophy is timeless. In my opinion, social networking is at the Read more…
Tags: authentication, Cloud computing, cloud security, facebook, identity protection, linkedin, McAfee Cloud Security Platform, secure cloud computing, social media, social networking, social networks, twitter
Last week, I had the pleasure of interacting with a group of very informed and dynamic group of parents in a very interesting activity centre called Doodle’s Den in Bengaluru. The event was titled “Coffee with Cybermum” (that’s me, you know). The informal session was designed to create awareness about the need for protecting children Read more…
Tags: Cyber Security Mom, Family Safety, phishing, social networking, social networks
This most recent attack technique appears as an arriving email but contains a crafted malicious link. The attack is camouflaged as a Facebook correspondence alerting the victim that a friend “commented on your photo”. Although new security procedures are being implemented to protect Facebook users, cybercriminals will continue to aggressively abuse this and other social Read more…
Tags: Cybercrime, facebook, identity protection, malware, McAfee Initiative to Fight Cybercrime, social networking, social networks, spam
Looking at computer threats from quarter to quarter remains a busy experience for us at McAfee Labs. Through the first three quarters of the year we have analyzed and cataloged more threats than in all other years combined, and the growth in both volume and sophistication of malware and attacks shows no signs of slowing. Read more…
Tags: botnet, critical infrastructure, Cybercrime, data breach, Data Protection, Email & Web Security, encryption, Endpoint Protection, facebook, global threat intelligence, Hacktivism, malware, Mobile, Operation Aurora, phishing, privacy, seo abuse, social networking, social networks, spam, sql attacks, Stuxnet, twitter, vulnerability, Web 2.0, zeus
What a great month…and the activities aren’t over yet! Reflecting back over Cyber Security Awareness Month, I saw many encouraging ways that security professionals are taking on this “shared responsibility” to educate. I spent some quality time with the security executives of the Executive Women’s Forum and saw the passion the women in this organization Read more…
Tags: Consumer, Cybercrime, Public Sector, social networks, Web 2.0
I read with great relish about the release of Firesheep over the weekend at ToorCon. Firesheep, written by Eric Butler, is a FireFox plugin that allows for the capturing of “insecure” login information. From the Firesheep website: “When logging into a website you usually start by submitting your username and password. The server then checks Read more…
Tags: Cybercrime, Data Protection, EFF, encryption, Endpoint Protection, facebook, google, identity protection, malware, phishing, privacy, social networking, social networks, twitter, Web 2.0
Ok I game. Get over it but this REALLY does relate to malware and malicious website research….. just stay with me. Warhammer Online has what they call an “Endless Trial”. Meaning you can play the game for free, theoretically, forever (its not a full featured client but it is real nice). Anyway the first time Read more…
Tags: Cybercrime, Data Protection, gaming, identity protection, malware, MMORPG, social networking, social networks, Web 2.0
Just a quick blog post to update you on a privacy change on Facebook of which you may not be aware. You may have noticed a post last week when you logged into FB which said they were partnering with Yelp, Pandora and Microsoft Docs to provide an automatic sharing feature. This is great news Read more…
Tags: facebook, privacy settings, social networks
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