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Article | 14/05/2013 Intel's McAfee brings biometric authentication to cloud storage
Intel is introducing new ideas to secure the public cloud, offering a service in which online files can be accessed after users are verified by an aut...
Article | 10/05/2013 Wall Street Beat: Rise in markets could fuel tech M&A
Increasing confidence in the economy and a rising stock market could lay the groundwork for a revival in tech-sector mergers and acquisitions as compa...
Article | 6/05/2013 McAfee to acquire firewall maker Stonesoft
McAfee plans to acquire Stonesoft, a Helsinki-based maker of firewalls, for US$389 million in cash, the companies said Monday.
Article | 29/04/2013 McAfee spots Adobe Reader PDF-tracking flaw
McAfee said it has found a vulnerability in Adobe Systems' Reader program that reveals when and where a PDF document is opened.
Article | 22/03/2013 Researchers uncover vSkimmer malware targeting point-of-sale systems
A new piece of custom malware sold on the underground Internet market is being used to siphon payment card data from point-of-sale (POS) systems, acco...
Article | 15/03/2013 Security appliances are riddled with serious vulnerabilities, researcher says
The majority of email and Web gateways, firewalls, remote access servers, UTM (united threat management) systems and other security appliances have se...
Article | 12/02/2013 McAfee enhances its business security management and SIEM products
McAfee is enhancing its business security platform by adding near real-time querying capabilities to its ePolicy Orchestrator software and by integrat...
Article | 13/12/2012 Project Blitzkrieg e-banking heist is a credible threat, McAfee says
Project Blitzkrieg, a coordinated attack against U.S. banking customers allegedly planned for the spring of 2013, is a real and credible threat, secur...
Article | 12/11/2012 McAfee: Web users should watch out for holiday scams
Web users and people shopping online during the upcoming holiday season should watch out for a new crop of scams, some of them targeting users of mobi...
Article | 21/12/2011 Antivirus software sales expected to show strong growth in 2012
The prevalence with which hackers are handing out headaches to IT security pros will have a big upside for vendors in the coming year, according to ne...
Article | 15/11/2011 Five tips to avoid malware in mobile apps
Smartphones and tablets are evolving from niche luxury devices to mainstream consumer gadgets. As mobile devices become a ubiquitous part of the mains...
Article | 5/10/2011 Browsing tips: Slow-loading sites, Google Chrome tweak
True story: I'd been getting fed up with Firefox, in part because it was acting sluggish and flaky, so I decided to give Google's Chrome browser a try...
Article | 5/10/2011 Firefox advises users to disable McAfee plugin
It's the last thing McAfee would want users to hear about one of its products, but the Firefox browser is advising users to disable McAfee's ScriptSca...
Article | 29/09/2011 Catching up with mobile security threats
Development of enterprise mobile apps has been moving more slowly than development of consumer-facing apps, according to Gartner. One main reason is I...
Article | 14/09/2011 With help from Intel, McAfee links security to the chip
Nearly seven months after Intel shelled out $US7.68 billion for antivirus vendor McAfee, the two companies are offering a glimpse of their future.