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Yahoo teams with McAfee to offer search results security

AP — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:38:00 +0000

Yahoo Inc. and McAfee Inc. are joining to offer alerts about potentially dangerous Web sites alongside search results generated at Yahoo.com.With the new security feature _ slated to take effect Tuesday _ people who search the Internet using Yahoo...

Yahoo teams with McAfee on secure search

AP — Tue, 06 May 2008 04:01:21 +0000

China Disputes Cyber Crime Report

AP — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:27:35 +0000

The Chinese government on Thursday disputed a report labeling it the world’s most aggressive offender in probing for holes in other nations’ Internet security and encouraging a looming global cyber showdown.The report, issued Thursday...

McAfee Buying ScanAlert for $51M

AP — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:37:50 +0000

McAfee Inc., a leading maker of computer antivirus software, said Tuesday it is buying ScanAlert Inc. for $51 million, adding to its Internet security offerings a service intended to help consumers feel safer shopping online.Santa Clara-based...

McAfee releases 2008 security solutions with Triple-play offer

Ritu — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:12:03 +0000

McAfee has released the 2008 editions of their applications including McAfee Total Protection, Internet Security, and VirusScan Plus. McAfee has become the first company to offer three critical platforms in a single solution. The...

Online music poses more security threat than online pornography

Bhagaban — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:47:28 +0000

You may believe or not, but it is true for McAfee. The security leader has claimed that the online search of latest movies or download of music poses greatest security threat than searching the X-rated items in the websites. Nearly nine percent...

Security giants come to patch up their softwares

Dharmendra — Tue, 15 May 2007 03:43:51 +0000

Symantec, McAfee, and Computer Associates, all the three security bigwigs, recently said to patch up flaws in their products. McAfee’s advisory explains tribulations, which were in fact fixed mutely in March, in a range of products comprising...

McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro join army to augment signature-based methodology

Dharmendra — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 03:00:19 +0000

Considering constant attacks of hackers, McAfee, Symantec and Trend Micro, the three leading security vendors are joining forces to enhance decades-old methodology, which is now seen as an insufficient defense against the internet-borne threats....

Report: rootkits getting ever more complex

Dharmendra — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:49:00 +0000

Intricacies in rootkits is on the rise at an extraordinary pace, letting pernicious software dig deep and possibly remain hidden inside Microsoft’s Windows platform, as said by a security report released recently by McAfee. According to...

New Office vulnerabilities overshadow Patch Tuesday

Dharmendra — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:52:57 +0000

McAfee reported on a company blog that the attackers recently released 3 Office zero-day exploits on security forum. Though 2 of the reported vulnerabilities only cause an app crash, but the third one seems to be very critical, as this could be...