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Mobile malware to triple in 2006
News Mobile security threats are expected to triple next year as smartphones and other mobile devices become more prevalent, according to a study released on Monday by McAfee Avert Labs. Mobile malware is not the only area expected to rise in the new...
[December 20, 2005, 8:55]
McAfee journal offers 'Sage' security advice
News Published by McAfee Avert Labs, the second issue of Sage was released on Wednesday. Sommer is productions manager for McAfee Avert Labs. But it also includes reports by employees, such as Marcus, who is security research and communications manager...
[April 12, 2007, 9:23]
Rootkits epidemic threatens users
News In the first quarter, the number of rootkits seen by McAfee's Avert In the first quarter alone, the Avert Labs found more than 827 stealth techniques. Avert Labs, compared with 60 in the same period last year, the report noted.
[April 18, 2006, 9:55]
McAfee offers near-instant malware updates
News Instead, Artemis offers instant detection, said Dave Marcus, director of security research and communications for McAfee Avert Labs. The file database maintained at McAfee Avert Labs is much larger than what is possible on the desktop.
[September 9, 2008, 13:32]
McAfee: Malware scam using Google developer site
News Along with the legitimate code are links to fake videos that direct users to download a missing codec, said Dave Marcus, director of security research for McAfee Avert Labs. The problem is similar to one that was found to be plaguing Microsoft's...
[January 12, 2009, 8:02]
McAfee: Businesses 'leery' of Vista
News One reason businesses have not been keen to upgrade to Vista is the hardware that is needed to handle the resource-hungry operating system, David Marcus, security research manager for McAfee Avert Labs, told ZDNet.co.uk on Friday.
[November 19, 2007, 13:31]
McAfee Excels itself with security glitch
News An error in McAfee's virus definition file released on Friday morning caused the company's consumer and enterprise antivirus products to flag Microsoft's Excel, as well as other applications on users' PCs, as a virus called W95/CTX, according to...
[March 13, 2006, 7:45]
McAfee: Criminals hijacking virtual worlds
News The in-game economies of virtual worlds are being hijacked by criminals who are attempting to hide their profits through the exchange of virtual currencies, Dr Igor Muttik, a senior architect at McAfee's Avert Labs, states in the white paper...
[August 28, 2008, 10:31]
McAfee antivirus updates fail critical test
News Joe Telafici, vice president of operations for McAfee's Avert Labs, acknowledged Virus Bulletin's findings. McAfee's antivirus software failed a critical security test because the software failed to interact properly with a key security feature in...
[February 12, 2007, 13:00]
Office flaws scupper Patch Tuesday
News The vulnerabilities were reported in online security forums on Monday, according to a posting on the McAfee Avert Labs blog on Tuesday. A trio of what appear to be new, yet-to-be-patched flaws in Microsoft Office has surfaced, according to security...
[April 11, 2007, 10:18]
Security expert: Beware virtualisation in 2008
News Virtualisation will radically change a lot of things," said David Marcus, security research manager for McAfee Avert Labs. Security company McAfee has predicted that virtualisation will be an area of security concern in 2008.
[November 19, 2007, 15:57]
Security experts warn of mobile-conferencing risks
News Ong Geok Meng, Asia-Pacific and Japan head of the anti-malware research team at McAfee Avert Labs, said companies should give mobile and PC security equal weight. Chia Wing Fei, security response manager at F-Secure's security labs, thinks...
[March 24, 2009, 14:03]
Trend Micro sites hacked in global web attack
News On Wednesday morning, McAfee Avert Labs detected over 10,000 web pages rigged to hijack web surfers' PCs. However, according to Rand, this incident was part of a wider attack on websites around the world that was reported by security vendor McAfee...
[March 14, 2008, 14:29]
SirCam worm 'high risk' but not an epidemic
News If it was going to be an outbreak, that would have happened by now," said Vincent Gullotto, senior director of McAfee's AVERT Labs. McAfee rated the virus "high risk". SirCam was also number one at antivirus-software maker McAfee, with 144,000...
[July 25, 2001, 11:06]
Koobface virus lures Facebook users
News Craig Schmugar, threat researcher for McAfee Avert Labs, confirmed this to ZDNet UK's sister site, CNET News, and said that in general Koobface strikes only social-networking sites. McAfee's Schmugar said this attack is similar to email attacks 10...
[December 5, 2008, 11:12]
Bogus celebrity LinkedIn profiles hide malware
News McAfee's Avert Labs Blog has more details and screenshots. So when an unsuspecting user gets tricked to follow the lure, he will end up on different malicious websites trying the classical social-engineering tricks of either the 'missing video...
[January 7, 2009, 13:23]
Microsoft's own antivirus fails to secure Vista
News Joe Telafici, vice president of operations for McAfee's Avert Labs, told ZDNet UK that, in his opinion, Virus Bulletin had not used its latest antivirus updates, causing the failure. Microsoft's own antivirus software, Live OneCare, is unable to...
[February 6, 2007, 13:08]
Targeted hacking attacks tipped to rise
News Some experts have dismissed the idea that mobile malware is a credible threat, but on Monday McAfee Avert Labs said that mobile security threats are expected to triple next year as smartphones and other mobile devices become more prevalent.
[December 20, 2005, 12:15]
Microsoft readies patch for critical IE7 exploit
News The risk is believed to be widespread, given that IE7 is the latest version of Microsoft's browser and is bundled with XP service pack 3 and also Vista, said Dave Marcus, director of security research and communications for McAfee's Avert Labs.
[December 17, 2008, 7:54]
'Patch Tuesday' proves busy for Microsoft
News Today, Microsoft patched 23 vulnerabilities, the highest number since their monthly patch program started," Monty Ijzerman, a senior manager at McAfee's Avert Labs, said in a statement. For the third straight month, it's a busy "Patch Tuesday".
[August 9, 2006, 8:45]
