Cybersecurity Awareness Month: If You Connect It, Protect It October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which is led by the U.S. government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in conjunction with the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA)—a national non-profit focused on cybersecurity education & awareness. McAfee is pleased to announce that we’re a proud participant. We live in a day and age when even lightbulbs can be hacked. Perhaps you’ve caught the stories in the news:…

Are you trying to figure out the best way to protect your organisation from cyber attacks and data breaches? It can be tricky to know where to begin, which is why our Cyber Security Risk Scorecard contains a simple guide to help you secure your systems. We’ve run through some of the essential steps in this blog, or download the full, free checklist from our website. Install firewalls Firewalls are one of many types of…

Convenience vs. Online Security: Have Your Cake and Eat It Too We live in a world where convenience is king. Personally, I don’t know what I would do without my calendar alerts popping up on my smartphone, ensuring that I don’t miss any important meetings (or birthdays).  I can also use a variety of apps to make appointments with my family’s doctor and check up on my kids’ educational progress while they are at home…

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, learn about how an adware family known primarily for distributing browser hijackers, Linkury, has been caught distributing malware. Also, read about a newly uncovered strain of the Glupteba trojan.   Read on: Cross-Platform Modular Glupteba Malware Uses ManageX Trend Micro recently encountered a variant of the Glupteba…

Welcome to National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM)! The meaning of the month has been obscured from its original purpose, somewhat, due to it having been hijacked by marketing and PR teams. It is worth pointing out that it remains a worthy cause. NCSAM is a collaboration between the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) and National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA). It is designed to influence government, business, and consumers to consider the cybersecurity implications…

Network Products Guide, the industry’s leading technology research and advisory guide, recently named the winners in their 15th Annual 2020 Network PG’s IT World Awards. Judges from a broad spectrum of industry voices around the world participated and their average scores determined the 2020 award winners.  McAfee took center stage with three wins, including Gold for McAfee MVISION Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) and Silver for McAfee MVISION Cloud for Containers and McAfee MVISION Unified Cloud…

Für viele ist das Arbeiten im Home Office zur Normalität geworden. Microsoft Teams stellt dabei den Ankerpunkt der effektiven Zusammenarbeit und dem Austausch von Inhalten in Microsoft 365 dar. Welche Auswirkung das jedoch auf die Sicherheit hat, diskutieren wir in diesem Podcast. Hierfür zusammengekommen sind Alexander Haug, unser Security Engineer mit Fokus auf Data Protection, sowie Chris Trynoga, unser Solution Architect und Experte für ganzheitliche Sicherheitsansätze. Source link

McAfee Advanced Threat Research (ATR) is collaborating with Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) and its Blackrock Castle Observatory (BCO) and the National Space Center (NSC) in Cork, Ireland The essence of Space 4.0 is the introduction of smaller, cheaper, faster-to-the-market satellites in low-earth-orbit into the value chain and the exploitation of the data they provide. Space research and communication prior to Space 4.0 was primarily focused on astronomy and limited to that of governments and…

McAfee Advanced Threat Research (ATR) is collaborating with Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) and its Blackrock Castle Observatory (BCO) and the National Space Center in Cork, Ireland In the first of this two-part blog series we introduced Space 4.0, its data value and how it looks set to become the next battleground in the defense against cybercriminals. In part two we discuss the architectural components of Space 4.0 to threat model the ecosystem from a…