Wednesday, February 20, 2013
NFC, drive-by attacks poised for growth: McAfee Security firm MacAfee says Canada’s growing mobile adoption will herald a new wave of mobile-based cyber crime
Wednesday, January 02, 2013
Mobile threats to increase, says McAfee Armies of cyber-crooks armed with tools for prying money from your smart phone will mobilize over the next 12 months
Friday, August 24, 2012
Computers make cars target for hackers IT WORLD CANADA: Worried about hackers getting into your PC? Maybe you should be just as worried about them getting into your car. Here's why
Monday, February 06, 2012
Interview: McAfee's Doug Cooke on mobile security RADIO ITWC McAfee exec, Doug Cooke, walks us through McAfee's new Mobile Security 2.0 and some of the biggest threats to smart phone users
Thursday, January 19, 2012
McAfee to patch spam relay problem in cloud product The flaw in McAfee's SaaS for Total Protection can be used by attackers to send spam from victims' computers
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Atom chip on Android smartphones expected at CES Analysts looking for new Android devices toting Intel's Atom chip from LG and Samsung
Friday, November 25, 2011
Social networking vital, but needs protecting Seven out of 10 organizations experienced a security breach because of social media technologies. Here's some advice on what to do
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
McAfee and RSA make regulatory compliance easier After assessing a need from their joint client base, McAfee and RSA developed a pipe between ePolicy Orchestrator and Archer to help streamline compliance and risk posture
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Is your car safe from hackers? McAfee isn’t saying that your car is unsafe, or at least not yet, but a new study by the security technology company suggests car makers and owners should at least start paying attention
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
China hit by 480,000 Trojan horse attacks in 2010 More than 10 million PCs in China were controlled by Trojans in 2010. The figures have gained media attention after security vendor McAfee reported a massive cyber attack that stole sensitive information from 72 organizations
Friday, August 05, 2011
Android apps, Facebook links top list of cyber risks: Report A new Q2 2011 report from Trend Micro shows the popularity and openness of the Android platform is all too inviting to hackers, as is the widespread use of Facebook. Plus, McAfee Labs reveals a five-year analysis of Operation Shady RAT that targeted the Canadian government
Monday, June 20, 2011
McAfee’s enterprise security suite gets update for execs The latest enhancements to McAfee’s Security Management solution, which integrates the ePolicy Orchestrator and McAfee Risk Advisor programs, are tailored especially to high-level execs, says an exec from McAfee Canada
Thursday, April 14, 2011
McAfee network security gets three improvements The security vendor injects technology from Reflex Systems to help IT departments running desktop and server virtualization get more visibility into network traffic passing over the hypervisor. Plus, McAfee’s network reputation database and a new traffic analysis port are part of the platform
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
McAfee to buy database security vendor Sentrigo The proposed deal will add a range of products for monitoring database activity and for detecting and patching security flaws in enterprise databases
Friday, February 11, 2011
Cybercriminals threaten tablets and smart phones Mobile devices such as tablets and smart phones are being increasingly infected by viruses, botnets and malware, according to McAfee
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
McAfee launches an enterprise app store It's designed to help organizations select which applications will be available for workers on their smart phones and tablets. They can also restrict or deny access to certain applications like games
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Beware shortened URLs, geo-location in social media McAfee predicts 2011 will be the year when hackers up the ante on vicious attacks hidden in shortened URLs, and design targeted vectors based on your geo-location data
Monday, January 03, 2011
Crossing the chasm to a next-generation firewall They are fast, intelligent firewalls and application-aware with VPN capabilities and can integrate with Active Directory for identity and policy management, so a new vocabulary is needed.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
YEAR IN REVIEW: August 2010 RIM faces trouble in the Middle East, Oracle takes Google to court, and HP CEO Mark Hurd steps down. Plus, Dell and HP get into a bidding war
Monday, December 13, 2010
Is a next-generation firewall in your future? They have the muscle to perform intrusion prevention and the ability to enforce policies based on allowed identity-based application usage. Read why these consolidated security devices are expected to be increasingly important
Friday, December 10, 2010
Don’t ignore smart phone e-mail encryption Think of e-mail encryption as protecting data on the move and secure it as you would a portable device in a data loss prevention strategy. Why one vendor thinks keeping encryption management separate from the actual device is the way to go
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
McAfee CEO stresses mobility at T.O. event The company’s chief executive, Dave DeWalt, gave conference attendees his thoughts on the future of mobile security and how to control mobile malware
Monday, November 08, 2010
Fortinet tweaks mid-range FortiMail appliance A second CPU and fibre optic ports have improved throughput to its model 3000C messaging appliance for service providers
Friday, October 15, 2010
McAfee wants safe IT ‘from silicon to satellite’ At its annual user conference, FOCUS 2010, the PC security vendor releases Endpoint Security 9 amid reassurances of McAfee’s future as an independent entity under Intel. But an IDC analyst remains cautiously optimistic on the idea of pushing security to silicon
Friday, October 08, 2010
Defensio adds Facebook integration, more protection Websense's hosted service for social networking platforms adds integration with one of the most popular sites