When I was first introduced to whitelisting now over five years ago I was considering this technology for critical shared systems and looking at ways to manage remote operations. Dynamic whitelisting as a control to deny execution and access to system resources unless there was explicit trust of the applications and executables was a very Read more…
Tags: McAfee Application Control, McAfee Endpoint Suites, Whitelisting
Computer malware has evolved so rapidly in the last few years that it now represents the biggest threat to the online operations of companies. Today, viruses masquerade as unassuming Adobe Flash installers, Internet servers can be felled by a single stealthy worm, and security software firms struggle to keep abreast of every insidious new strain. Read more…
Tags: application control, byod, Endpoint Protection, Endpoint Security, McAfee Application Control, Whitelisting
With the onslaught of zero-day attacks, phishing, malicious web pages, rootkits, and compromised devices, businesses have their hands full when it comes to security. In addition to prevailing cyber threats, the BYOD phenomenon has continued to increase the barrage of unanswered risks. The explosion of devices that now have access to both personal and business Read more…
Tags: Comprehensive Malware Protection, Endpoint Protection, risk intelligence, Whitelisting, Zero-Day Attack
Support for Windows XP SP3 will officially end April 8, 2014, meaning users have less than a year to choose which operating system to go with next. For many, the motivation to move off XP to a new operating system hasn’t been very compelling – while Windows 7 may be a reasonable option, Vista wasn’t Read more…
Tags: Endpoint Protection, endpoint suites, hips, Java Vulnerability, McAfee Application Control, Whitelisting, Windows 8, Zero-Day
After spending a few days in Johannesburg I traveled south to Cape Town; this was arguably one of the most beautiful cities I’ve ever done business in. Cape Town’s businesses are primarily a mix of retail, financial services, and some public sector. The McAfee team put on another great event to support our customers and Read more…
The recent security breach at Lockheed Martin confirmed that the attacks we saw with Operation Aurora, identified by McAfee, and Stuxnet are just the beginning of a new era of targeted attacks. Cybercriminals are now executing the perfect plan to get closer to their target without raising any red flags. In the case of Operation Read more…
Tags: Lockheed Martin, malware, Night Dragon, Operation Aurora, Stuxnet, targeted attacks, Whitelisting, Zero-Day
On June 11, Cisco announced end-of-life and end-of-sale of the Cisco Security Agent (CSA) ending months of speculation. Cisco will continue to support CSA for three years but without product enhancements. CSA is a host intrusion prevention product for endpoints and servers made originally by Okena and which was acquired by Cisco in 2003. Cisco CSA Read more…
Tags: Endpoint Protection, host intrusion prevention, malware, Whitelisting
Sophisticated, multi-vector attacks like Operation Aurora are now more pervasive and more difficult to detect than ever before, thanks in part to the emergence of Web 2.0 and the rapid growth of the internet. Already, in the weeks that have followed Operation Aurora, McAfee Labs has identified a number of derivative attacks based on publicly Read more…
Tags: global threat intelligence, GTI, Heuristics, Operation Aurora, Pre-detection, Whitelisting
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