As I write this blog post, I’m digitally exposed, and I know it. For the past week, I’ve had to log on to a hospital’s public Wi-Fi each day to work while a loved one recuperates. What seems like a routine, casual connection to the hospital’s Wi-Fi isn’t. Using public Wi-Fi is a daily choice […]
Businesses don’t have sufficient staff to find vulnerabilities or protect against their exploit, according to a new report by Ponemon Institute. For enterprise IT groups, responding to the volume of new vulnerabilities is growing more difficult – compounded by a chronic lack of skilled cybersecurity professionals to deal with the issues. That is one of the […]
Harry Benz knows how competitive the Canadian job market is for infosec pros. The head of a Toronto-based recruitment firm that bears his name which specializes in placing cyber security leaders has a simple tale that explains the situation: “I got a company I deal with: For a junior person, entry level they’re taking six […]
These programs are now an essential strategy in keeping the digital desperados at bay. Back in the Old West, sheriffs tacked up parchment “Wanted” posters offering cash bounties to help them catch lawless gunslingers like Billy the Kid and Butch Cassidy. Today, corporations and governments are paying high-dollar bounties to combat a new generation of […]
McAfee was founded in 1987, and at 32 years old, we’re moving faster than ever before with more precision, agility, and innovation. With McAfee’s expected growth in 2019 as the device-to-cloud cybersecurity company, we recognize the need to ensure that the Americas Channel Team is sharply focused. As I’ve met with members of my team, […]
This 5-minute read proposes a more comprehensive systems view of project risk management, moving on from the fill-out-the-template approach. Risk pervades our lives, shapes our strategies, and influences our behavior. It accompanies every project, but unlike the triple constraint, you can actually ignore it and (with some luck) be successful. Please don’t; this is not […]
Bank of Valetta, which went dark for a day after the fraudulent transfers of €13 million, is now looking to get the money back Things are going back to normal for Bank of Valetta (BOV) and its customers following a cyberattack that caused Malta’s largest bank to take the unprecedented step of temporarily shutting down […]
An interview with ESET malware researcher Lukáš Štefanko about Android banking malware, the topic of his latest white paper Banking malware continued to plague the Android platform throughout 2018, with cybercrooks relentlessly targeting users with banking Trojans and fake banking apps, but also experimenting with new money-stealing techniques. To help users navigate the tricky and […]
In just a few weeks, San Francisco will be taken over by cybersecurity professionals and vendors at Moscone Center for the 2019 RSA Conference. There’s a lot packed into the conference—that’s why we’re breaking down the best ways to see McAfee in action. So take out your calendars and make note of the events below. […]
When each member of your security team is focused on one narrow slice of the pie, it’s easy for adversaries to enter through the cracks. Here are five ways to stop them. Today, enterprises consist of complex interconnected environments made up of infrastructure devices, servers, fixed and mobile end-user devices and a variety of applications […]