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Coffee With Cybermum

Last week, I had the pleasure of interacting with a group of very informed and dynamic group of parents in a very interesting activity centre called Doodle’s Den in Bengaluru. The event was titled “Coffee with Cybermum” (that’s me, you know). The informal session was designed to create awareness about the need for protecting children Read more…

Tags: Cyber Security Mom, Family Safety, phishing, social networking, social networks

Spammed malware linked into your Facebook photo

This most recent attack technique appears as an arriving email but contains a crafted malicious link. The attack is camouflaged as a Facebook correspondence alerting the victim that a friend “commented on your photo”. Although new security procedures are being implemented to protect Facebook users, cybercriminals will continue to aggressively abuse this and other social Read more…

Tags: Cybercrime, facebook, identity protection, malware, McAfee Initiative to Fight Cybercrime, social networking, social networks, spam

Malware Rises, Zeus Goes Mobile, Stuxnet Confuses in Recent Quarter

Looking at computer threats from quarter to quarter remains a busy experience for us at McAfee Labs. Through the first three quarters of the year we have analyzed and cataloged more threats than in all other years combined, and the growth in both volume and sophistication of malware and attacks shows no signs of slowing. Read more…

Tags: botnet, critical infrastructure, Cybercrime, data breach, Data Protection, Email & Web Security, encryption, Endpoint Protection, facebook, global threat intelligence, Hacktivism, malware, Mobile, Operation Aurora, phishing, privacy, seo abuse, social networking, social networks, spam, sql attacks, Stuxnet, twitter, vulnerability, Web 2.0, zeus

Continue to Stop.Think.Connect

What a great month…and the activities aren’t over yet!  Reflecting back over Cyber Security Awareness Month, I saw many encouraging ways that security professionals are taking on this “shared responsibility” to educate.  I spent some quality time with the security executives of the Executive Women’s Forum and saw the passion the women in this organization Read more…

Tags: Consumer, Cybercrime, Public Sector, social networks, Web 2.0

Ill take the Firesheep with a side order of ARP Poisoning please…

I read with great relish about the release of Firesheep over the weekend at ToorCon. Firesheep, written by Eric Butler, is a FireFox plugin that allows for the capturing of “insecure” login information. From the Firesheep website: “When logging into a website you usually start by submitting your username and password. The server then checks Read more…

Tags: Cybercrime, Data Protection, EFF, encryption, Endpoint Protection, facebook, google, identity protection, malware, phishing, privacy, social networking, social networks, twitter, Web 2.0

Warhammer Online Gold Sellers Can Lead To Malware

Ok I game. Get over it but this REALLY does relate to malware and malicious website research….. just stay with me. Warhammer Online has what they call an “Endless Trial”. Meaning you can play the game for free, theoretically, forever (its not a full featured client but it is real nice). Anyway the first time Read more…

Tags: Cybercrime, Data Protection, gaming, identity protection, malware, MMORPG, social networking, social networks, Web 2.0

New automatic sharing feature on Facebook

Just a quick blog post to update you on a privacy change on Facebook of which you may not be aware.  You may have noticed a post last week when you logged into FB which said they were partnering with Yelp, Pandora and Microsoft Docs to provide an automatic sharing feature. This is great news Read more…

Tags: facebook, privacy settings, social networks

McAfee and Facebook Secure the Internet

Facebook is one of the most popular sites on the Internet, and today McAfee and Facebook announced an unprecedented partnership that’s a great benefit for Facebook users. We believe this unique collaboration is a step in the right direction — using technology and education — to secure the Internet as a whole and reduce global Read more…

Tags: Cybercrime, facebook, malware, McAfee Scan and Repair, McAfee® Internet Security Suite, social networks

McAfee No. 1 in Web Security Appliances

With Web applications and Web 2.0 beginning to take center stage in most enterprises, it’s not surprising that IT efforts and budgets to secure this Web traffic are beginning to reflect this shift. IDC notes that the Web security market is expected to nearly double from 2008 to 2013 in their recently released Worldwide Web Read more…

Tags: Email & Web Security, Security-as-a-Service, social networks, youtube

Political Motivations Seen In Twitter, Facebook Attacks

Overnight McAfee Avert Labs confirmed that there is a political element to Thursday’s cyberattacks that downed Twitter and slowed down Facebook. According McAfee Avert Labs, blogging site LiveJournal, video site Youtube and photo sharing service Fotki were also among the targets. “What do they have in common? They all hosted an account of a pro-Georgian Read more…

Tags: Consumer, Cybercrime, social networks