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McAfee taps Intel to offer high-throughput intrusion-prevention system

Posted May 13, 2013 - 10:43 am

McAfee is taking advantage of its new owners by rolling out a high-throughput intrusion-prevention system (IPS) family built on Intel technology.
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It's Change Your Password Day. How hackable are you?

Posted May 7, 2013 - 3:46 pm

90% of passwords are vulnerable to hacking, according to risk-management firm Deloitte. Is yours one of them?
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McAfee offers one-time passwords for single sign-on cloud service

Posted April 25, 2013 - 1:31 pm

McAfee Thursday announced it’s providing a one-time password function as part of its Cloud Single Sign On service for more securely provisioning and de-provisioning hundreds of cloud-based services for enterprise use.
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McAfee Internet Security 2013 review: Proficient antimalware, super-quick installation

Posted February 2, 2013 - 8:35 am

McAfee Internet Security 2013 ($40 for one year of protection on up to 3 computers, as of 12/19/12) didn't manage top marks in our security suite tests, but it's still a fairly proficient antimalware program that will keep you relatively
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Security in 2013: The rise of mobile malware and fall of hacktivism

Posted December 28, 2012 - 8:54 pm

McAfee makes some predictions about what to expect and trends to watch for security in 2013.
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The weirdest, wackiest and coolest sci/tech stories of 2012

Posted December 25, 2012 - 9:00 am

From Google Android development to crazy iPhone stunts, it’s been a busy year
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McAfee Inc. takes reputation beating after founder fled police

Posted December 20, 2012 - 12:21 pm

In the wake of his Belize neighbor's unsolved murder, John McAfee's lurch through the news damaged the reputation of his namesake, the security company McAfee Inc., a brand expert said Thursday.
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The Weekly Hash - December 7, 2012

Posted December 7, 2012 - 12:16 pm

A silly review of recent tech stories, this week featuring the Gambino crime family, Yoko Ono and the pope
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McAfee denied asylum in Guatemala, rushed to hospital

Posted December 6, 2012 - 5:59 pm

Guatemala has denied fugitive anti-virus pioneer John McAfee's appeal for asylum there, though an apparent hospitalization may delay his deportation, reports say.
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Anti-virus pioneer John McAfee reportedly wanted for murder in Belize

Posted November 12, 2012 - 9:46 pm

Anti-virus pioneer John McAfee is reportedly wanted for murder in Belize after allegedly gunning down a U.S. citizen in San Pedro Town on Sunday.
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McAfee shows security flaws of smartphones (especially Android devices)

Posted October 26, 2012 - 11:02 am

Smartphone security, or the lack of it, is downright scary. At this week's McAfee Focus event, columnist Rob Enderle discovered just how easy it is to hack into someone else's device. Even if you secure corporate phones, employees' personal phones pose a significant risk.
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4 security suites that protect all your devices

Posted September 10, 2012 - 10:49 am

Security suites from McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro and Webroot offer protection for all your devices along with Web-based management.
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McAfee: new malware is proliferating

Posted September 4, 2012 - 10:22 pm

Instances of malware continue to increase steadily, with the number of new threats reaching the highest point since 2009, McAfee says.
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Lockdown Facebook photo albums: hands-on with McAfee Social Protection app

Posted September 1, 2012 - 7:25 am

McAfee's latest Facebook app, called McAfee Social Protection, lets users create protected Facebook albums that are viewable only to the users they choose to share with. The app is now officially in beta, which means you can check it out right now using your Facebook account.
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McAfee offers Social Protection to make Facebook photos more private

Posted August 6, 2012 - 10:58 am

Facebook photos have a bad habit of showing up on the wrong pages. McAfee's new Social Protection software will make you the blur.
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Intel/McAfee: What's the future of security?

Posted July 5, 2012 - 1:59 pm

Intel completed its multibillion-dollar acquisition of McAfee almost a year and a half ago. McAfee co-President Mike DeCesare discusses what the merger of Intel's chip-making capabilities and McAfee's security expertise is expected to bring down the road.
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Symantec leapfrogs McAfee in mobile security

Posted May 9, 2012 - 9:47 am

Symantec will allow companies to wrap corporate applications with a layer of code that prevents data from leaving employees' smartphones.
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Intel-McAfee developing cloud-security strategy

Posted May 4, 2012 - 4:03 pm

Intel, which last year acquired McAfee for its security expertise, today described work it is doing to provide enterprises with a way to secure data stored in public or hybrid cloud environments.
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McAfee unveils new mobile security tools

Posted February 28, 2012 - 8:37 am

McAfee used the venue of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as an opportunity to announce new techniques and tools for protecting mobile devices, data, and apps. Mobile devices are a huge target for malware and cyber attackers, and McAfee wants to ensure organizations have the tools to use the mobile devices securely.
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McAfee due to patch spam relay problem in cloud product

Posted January 19, 2012 - 8:39 am

McAfee expects to patch by Thursday two problems with its SaaS Total Protection antimalware service, one of which lets an attacker use a computer as a spam relay.
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McAfee cuts 250 jobs from global workforce

Posted December 8, 2011 - 3:07 pm

Security software company McAfee has cut 250 jobs, or around three percent of the global workforce, in an effort to improve efficiencies.
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Senior execs clueless on data center security; fortunately, data center managers have it cover-- oh, wait

Posted October 5, 2011 - 1:02 pm

A new survey by security vendor McAfee reveals that both data center managers and enterprise executives ignore potential security issues.
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Has your company been infiltrated by the Shady Rat hack?

Posted August 5, 2011 - 10:28 am

When McAfee released its Operation Shady Rat hacking report earlier this week, it didn't name all of the organizations it thought could have been hacked as part of a large, five-year ongoing campaign. Yours might be one of them.
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Why is the West silent on 5-year cyberwar launched by China?

Posted August 4, 2011 - 12:16 pm

If every other international incident merits reprisals, sanctions or stern language from the bully pulpit, why have U.S. and U.K officials been silent about unprovoked cyberattacks from China.
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Vulnerability management tools in a nutshell

Posted August 3, 2011 - 2:02 pm

Capsule reviews of Critical Watch, eEye, Lumension, Qualys, McAfee and SAINT.
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