Stories about: McAfee

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Facebook users targeted in massive spam run 19 March, 2010 06:50

Facebook's 400 million users have been targeted by a spam run that could infect their computers with malicious software designed to steals passwords and other data, according to security researchers at McAfee.
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Enterprise 2.0 changing the way we work 16 March, 2010 05:45

Sure, companies have started using Web 2.0 tools, but one man says we've only seen a glimmer of the serious change that they're going to bring to the way we do business.
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Security industry faces attacks it cannot stop 12 March, 2010 07:13

At the RSA Conference in San Francisco last week, security vendors pitched their next-generation of security products, promising to protect customers from security threats in the cloud and on mobile devices. But what went largely unsaid was that the industry has failed to protect paying customers from some of today's most pernicious threats.
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IE zero-day exploit code goes public 11 March, 2010 23:31

Exploit code for the unpatched bug in Internet Explorer was published on the Web yesterday, a step security pros said earlier would be the precursor to widespread attacks.
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Hackers exploit latest IE zero-day with drive-by attacks 11 March, 2010 06:26

Hackers are exploiting the just-disclosed unpatched bug in Internet Explorer (IE) to launch drive-by attacks from malicious Web sites, security researchers said today.
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Source code management a weak spot in Aurora attacks 05 March, 2010 05:56

Companies should take extra steps to secure their source code from the type of targeted attacks that hit Google, Adobe, Intel and others over the past few months.
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More than 100 companies targeted by Google hackers 01 March, 2010 06:00

The hackers who broke into Google two months ago have gone after more than 100 companies, according to an estimate by security vendor Isec Partners.
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Protect Your business from Kneber-style botnets 19 February, 2010 12:13

A report from security research firm NetWitness about a malicious botnet dubbed Kneber has been the focus of a fair amount of media attention, but mostly sensationalism that misses the real point.
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Mozilla retracts Firefox add-on malware claim 11 February, 2010 08:06

Mozilla today acknowledged that it had falsely accused a developer of infecting a Firefox add-on with attack code.
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Make your new PC hassle-free 08 February, 2010 10:03

There are steps you should take to make a new PC as hassle-free as possible.
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Symantec hit with class-action lawsuit over auto-renewals 08 February, 2010 00:11

A New York man has sued security software maker Symantec for automatically renewing his subscription to Norton Antivirus, alleging that the company did not notify him before charging $US76 to his credit card.