Would it surprise you to know that yesterday, more than 5000 tweets were posted with URLS which would have dropped you on sites which distribute malware? It was only a small portion of the total number of tweets containing URLs, around 2.5 million or so, and there were an additional ~200,000 that went to sites Read more…
Tags: innovation, OCTO, twitter
So I have been mildly obsessed (all right completely obsessed) with Pinterest lately. Pinterest is a website/social network where you can post images from sites/blogs/etc. My page looks like this… If you like, you can follow me here, though I admit I have not figured out how to post any security/technology related pins. This for me is Read more…
Tags: cybermom, Facebook Security, good parenting, monitor a child’s identity, online child safety, social media, social networking, twitter
In addition to our activities and contests at the McAfee booth, our team will also be covering the show on Facebook and Twitter, live-tweeting from FOCUS sessions and keynotes on @focusconference, @McAfeeBusiness & @McAfee with the #McAfeeFOCUS hashtag, and posting photos and video on the FOCUS Conference Facebook page. You can also follow comprehensive updates Read more…
Tags: #McAfeeFOCUS, #MFETrivia, facebook, live-tweeting, McAfee FOCUS 2011, social media, twitter
McAfee Labs recently released our 2011 Threats Predictions. In this report we dust off the crystal ball, put on our battered Mr. Wizard hat, and speculate about potential threats for the coming year. The threats landscape changed considerably in 2010. We saw marked increases in malware sophistication and targeting as well as a continued increase Read more…
Tags: Android, application security, Cybercrime, Data Protection, facebook, google, malware, mobile security, social networking, spam, twitter
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
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
A pet project of mine for a couple of months now, McAfee’s secure-short URL service http://mcaf.ee went through a viral launch last week and has taken flight! Leveraging McAfee Global Threat Intelligence, McAf.ee lets you create short url’s which are checked against our databases of known spammy, dangerous, malware hosting, bot control etc sites prior to Read more…
Tags: Family Safety, malware, mcaf.ee, short url, twitter, Web 2.0
McAfee has issued a Consumer Threat Alert warning you about cybercriminals using Twitter to infect your computer with spyware, password stealing Trojans and other malicious software. The problem is when you are forced to limit a “Tweet” to 140 characters, long web addresses take up valuable character real estate. The bad guys have been taking Read more…
Tags: cybercriminal, malware, trending topics, trojans, twitter
McAfee Labs reports a significant increase in cybercrooks using popular Twitter tags, or current events, to disguise malware and malicious websites As tensions over the Gaza flotilla raid continue, cybercriminals have been posting shortened URL links, tagging them with headlines such as “Game of the Arabs and Israel.” Unfortunately anyone searching Twitter for news on Read more…
Tags: Gaza, malware, McAfee Consumer Threat Alert, trending topics, twitter
I’ve only just started using Twitter in the last year and I must confess I didn’t get it at first, but now I do, and I find it valuable for sharing information and keeping up with what’s going on. However like any social networking site you need to be “Twitter Safe”, so here are a Read more…
Tags: shortened URLs, social networking, tweet, twitter
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