McAfee stories - Page 5

Experts comment on record 772mil-user data breach
Mon, 21st Jan 2019
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Largest ever database of breached login details leaked on dark web, containing over a billion unique combinations of email addresses and passwords.

McAfee Gartner Customers’ Choice for Secure Web Gateway
Mon, 21st Jan 2019
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McAfee named 2019 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for Security Web Gateways with an average rating of 4.5 out of 5.

Sophos hires ex-McAfee SVP Gavin Struther
Wed, 16th Jan 2019
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After 16 years as the APAC senior vice president and president for McAfee, Struthers is now heading the APJ arm of Sophos.

How McAfee aims to curb enterprise data loss
Wed, 19th Dec 2018
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McAfee wins Gartner Peer Insights Award for top enterprise data loss prevention, satisfying stringent criteria.

McAfee named Leader in Magic Quadrant an eighth time
Thu, 13th Dec 2018
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The company has been once again named as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management.

What the people say - Gartner’s November Customers’ Choices
Tue, 20th Nov 2018
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virtualisation
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data analytics
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A roundup of the latest Gartner Peer Insight Customers’ Choices from Backup and Recovery to Business Intelligence and Analytics, and more.

Gallery: McAfee’s 2018 partner award winners are...
Tue, 6th Nov 2018
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partner programmes
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dimension data
DXC, Ingram Micro, Dimension Data and Datacom all took home awards. We have some photo highlights from the evening.

McAfee report shows cloud storage remains vulnerable to attack
Tue, 30th Oct 2018
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The report revealed that nearly a quarter of the data in the cloud can be categorised as sensitive, putting an organisation at risk if stolen or leaked.

McAfee announces new endpoint protection and cloud security products
Fri, 19th Oct 2018
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McAfee expands its MVISION portfolio with new EDR and Cloud solutions, offering advanced data protection and threat prevention from device to cloud.

Deep dive: Research finds new links among North Korea’s malware families
Fri, 10th Aug 2018
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North Korean cyber attacks have left behind clues that allow researchers to connect the dots between them, according to researchers from McAfee and Intezer.

Exclusive: Cloud and blockchain threats creating new channel opportunities
Tue, 31st Jul 2018
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While blockchain technology isn’t at the same maturity stage as cloud, the channel should start ramping up their security capabilities in that space.

Criminals “infect and collect” in cryptocurrency mining surge
Fri, 6th Jul 2018
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Coin miner malware grew a stunning 629% in the first quarter of 2018, rocketing from around 400,000 total known samples in Q4 2017 to more than 2.9mil.

Silver Peak adds Symantec, Forcepoint, McAfee to partner alliance
Wed, 20th Jun 2018
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They join the likes of Palo Alto Networks, OPAQ, Zscaler, and Fortinet in a rapidly expanding security alliance ecosystem.

Securing the cloud in the face of skills shortages
Wed, 6th Jun 2018
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With a shortage of skills to tackle immediate cybersecurity threats, especially in the cloud, companies need to look beyond traditional methods.

Android malware used to target North Korean defectors
Tue, 22nd May 2018
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A malware called RedDawn used Google Play to apparently target North Korean defectors, according to security firm McAfee.

Key takeaways from Privacy Awareness Week: Experts comment
Mon, 14th May 2018
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Cybersecurity experts from Sophos, Trend Micro, CyberArk, Mimecast, Bitglass & others share their thoughts on privacy and what it means for security.

Could gamers be the best contenders for cybersecurity roles?
Mon, 9th Apr 2018
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New research from McAfee reveals 78% of security pros see gamers as top candidates for cybersecurity roles, due to gaming's critical skills.

Canalys says SECaaS growing rapidly, while vendors struggle to keep up
Fri, 23rd Mar 2018
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Security-as-a-Service offerings surged in 2017 according to Canalys, but vendors like Symantec struggle to meet unpredictable investor expectations.

McAfee named a ‘Leader’ in Magic Quadrant for IDPS
Tue, 16th Jan 2018
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The inclusion of the company in the Leader category is based on Gartner’s criteria, including completeness of vision and ability to execute.

D-Link and McAfee team up on router with integrated endpoint protection
Tue, 9th Jan 2018
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endpoint protection
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smart home
The D-Link AC2600 Wi-Fi router powered by McAfee and Intel’s connected home technology automatically protects all devices connected to the network.