Only around 13% of organisations are aware that printers and multi-function devices represent a threat to information security, Xerox has claimed. "Many organisations do not even realise that these devices are connected to the internet," ...
Tags: printers, multi-function devices, information security, embedding malware
After McAfee CTO Michael Fey yesterday pledged a multivendor future for the company as part of its dedication to stepping up real-time,global threat reporting in its software,Computing caught up with some partners and customers for their ...
Tags: McAfee, Tyco, McAfee FOCUS 2012, BYOD security products
Westinghouse Electric Company and McAfee have announced a partnership around information security for nuclear power plants at McAfee Focus 2012 in Las Vegas. Westinghouse will use McAfee Enterprise Security Manager and Network Intrusion ...
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Security company McAfee has announced four enhancements of endpoint security as part of its Security Connected strategy at McAfee Focus 2012 in Las Vegas. While first-generation security focused on finding and fixing known threats, ...
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McAfee Data Protection has pledged to invest heavily in social engineering and so-called 'wetware' (meaning human-focused) technologies in order to protect users from a continual increase in social network-based spoofing and false link ...
Tags: McAfee, social engineering, wetware, Michael DeCesare
Today's security systems are not ready for an always on, always connected world, says McAfee CTO Michael Fey. "McAfee understands that security technology has to evolve very rapidly, but also that organisations can't rip out what they ...
Tags: security systems, CTO Michael Fey, Orchestrated Defence, McAfee
Shares in technology giants Intel and IBM dropped as both companies showed weakness in their third quarter revenues. Chip manufacturer Intel reported a quarterly revenue of $13.46bn (£8.32bn), down from $14.23bn (£8.8bn) in ...
Tags: Intel, IBM, Mark Loughridge, Windows
Chip manufacturer Intel is to let go of a "small percentage" of the workforce at its McAfee computer security business. Intel completed its acquisition of McAfee in February 2011 for $7.7bn (£4.8bn). At the time, Renée James, ...
Tags: Intel, Mcafee, Atom Z2760, chip manufacturer
Cloud computing,IT consumerisation and the evolving threat landscape are forcing IT departments to rethink security. Analyst Gartner has predicted context-aware security will be the preferred method for IT to evolve enterprise security to ...
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Mobile malware has surged this year,with Android smartphones and tablets by far the most likely to be attacked.That's according to data released by security software provider McAfee in its second quarter threats report. The number of ...
Tags: android devices, mobile malware, quantum chip, infected system
A timer found in the Shamoon cyber-sabotage malware discovered last week matches the exact time and date when a hacktivist group claims to have disabled thousands of computers from the network of Saudi Aramco,the national oil company of ...
Tags: Shamoon cyber-sabotage malware, Saudi Arabia, oil company, Aramco company
Network World - NSS Labs, which tests security products, today introduced what it's calling the "Security Value Map," a graphical evaluation of security gear based on the relative merit of each product's technical and cost advantage. The ...
Tags: Security, Equipment, Protection
Infoworld - When it comes to IT security, FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) is more than just the tool of overhyping vendors hoping to sell their next big thing. It is the reality that seasoned IT security pros live in, thanks in large ...
Tags: IT security, FUD, Paul Ferguson, antivirus scanner
IDG News Service-Box has received$125 million in funding,an infusion the company will use to boost its international expansion and strengthen its cloud-hosted enterprise collaboration,storage,file-sharing and content management software. ...
Tags: private equity funds, investment, enterprise collaboration, file-sharing
Legacy smart electrical power grids are a prime target for cyber attack and security needs to be built into these critical systems, a study has found. The most prevalent cyber threat reported by the global energy sector is extortion, ...
Tags: cyber attack, prime target, critical systems, electrical power grids