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Cross-Device Security Means “All Access”

You may have a laptop, desktop, netbook, notebook, Ultrabook, tablet, Mac, or mobile phone. You might be single, married, or have ten kids. Either way, you probably have at least one, if not six or more, devices requiring comprehensive security. My family of four has 12 devices, all of which I do my best to Read more…

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Safe Banking On Your Mobile Device

Mobile banking has experienced rapid growth over the last three years, in the U.S., more than doubling from 5% of online adults in 2007 to 12% by June 2010. Furthermore, Forrester predicts that one in five–or 50 million–U.S. adults will be using mobile banking by 2015. However, identity theft is a major concern and studies Read more…

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2012 Threats: Are You Ready?

History is said to be a good indicator of what might come in the future. If you follow trends in how things are done and what tends to gain momentum then you can get a pretty good idea of what’s ahead. McAfee Labs™ is made up of security professionals who spend all their waking hours Read more…

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The Mobile Ecosystem In The US

It’s no surprise that smartphones and tablets are changing the way people are interacting not only online, but also in every day life. New ways of shopping, reading books, watching TV, communicating with colleagues, family and friends, banking, and even managing one’s health are all made possible with these powerful mobile devices. Ubiquitous computing with Read more…

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15 Social Media Security Tips

1. Realize that you can become a victim at any time. Not a day goes by when we don’t hear about a new hack. With 55,000 new pieces of malware a day, security never sleeps. 2. Think before you post. Status updates, photos, and comments can reveal more about you than you intended to disclose. Read more…

Tags: antivirus, counter identity theft, family identity safety, identity protection, McAfee Identity Protection, privacy settings, social media, social media online scams

What folly of a report – don’t be dense on density measures

What a folly of a report illuminating nothing but questions for AV performance for VMware virtualized environments with three top antivirus companies? Normally a head-to-head comparison would include like-for-like products.  However, not this report. The McAfee MOVE AV for VDI, which would optimize the AV for the workflows, was not even included. Highlighting the ability Read more…

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My New Year’s Resolutions – Eat Less, Exercise More, Be Cyber Safety Aware!

 I love the beginning of a new year – it holds all sorts of opportunities for us, but unfortunately it also poses some great opportunities for cybercriminals, according to the McAfee Labs’ 2011 Threat Predictions report. I’ve always taken some comfort in knowing that my family Mac was less susceptible to some of the cyber Read more…

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New Year’s Resolutions – CyberMom Style!

Since New Year’s I have been hearing and thinking a lot about resolutions. I have never really been one to “resolve” to do anything for the New Year per say. But since I know many people like New Year’s Resolutions, it suddenly occurred to me, what if I could put together some of the things Read more…

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If it smells ‘phishy’, it probably is!

During the school holidays I was surprised by the number of people I spoke to who commented that they had received a larger than normal number of phishing emails in their inbox.  But it was a conversation I had with an uncle of mine about a “funny” experience he had had while selling a car Read more…

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Alert from McAfee: Beware of scareware

Welcome to my inaugural blog about online threats! The purpose of this blog is to alert families to some of the dirty tricks that the bad guys use to scam families on the Internet.  The first scam I’m going to tell you about is not a new one, but it remains popular. It’s called scareware, Read more…

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