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First Mobile Security App to Combine Antivirus, Anti-theft, Web and App Protection, Call/SMS Filtering and Protection from Potentially Unwanted Programs

January 30, 2012 -- BUSINESS WIRE--McAfee today announced the next generation of McAfee® Mobile Security software, providing smartphone and tablet owners with more controls to preserve their privacy and protection against financial fraud, identity theft and viruses. Available now, McAfee Mobile Security 2.0 supports Google Android-based smartphones and tablets, including those running on Intel® architecture as well as BlackBerry and Symbian smartphones. New features include McAfee App Alert™, which provides important information about what apps are doing with users’ personal information. Call and SMS filtering block unwanted numbers and spam texts. The app is also powered by the McAfee Global Threat Intelligence network, which constantly analyzes global threat data to identify and quickly block new threats with over-the-air app updates.

"McAfee Mobile Security 2.0 now offers Android, BlackBerry and Symbian users definitive mobile technology to protect against the most harmful threats to mobile devices today," said John Thode, executive vice president and general manager, Consumer, Mobile and Small Business at McAfee. "It is increasingly clear that using a smartphone without security means any sensitive information, such as photos, bank account information or company data on that mobile device is at risk of falling into the wrong hands." Read more

"Of course, the whole point of a Doomsday Machine is lost, if you *keep* it a *secret*!" – Dr. Strangelove in "Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb," Columbia Pictures (1964)

At last month's Black Hat, DefCon events…you could almost smell the cyber napalm in the morning.

While there are a lot of good things about Las Vegas (business-friendly policies), it's a logical location for a hacking, malware, cyber penetration convention. After all, it was founded on a fundamental human frailty … personal greed, beating the odds.

HINT: It's impossible to beat the odds!

Unfortunately, you also can't beat the odds when it comes to protecting personal, corporate and government secrets. Malicious and pain-in-the-behind bad guy hacking, hacktivism wins more often than the good guys. It's why no one with half a brain uses any of the ATM machines when the nearly 9,000 "attendees" are in town. They're hacked just for the heckovit!

It was here that Aruba wanted to demonstrate the strength of their cryptographic technology and wireless technology by provisioning the two events.

Now that takes … well, you know!Read more

"No matter how incompetent the assassins, no matter how much they miss their target, there's always one person who always gets hit." – Frank Farmer (Kevin Kostner), "The Bodyguard," Warner Bros (1992)

The growing list of mobile device options is exhilarating! You can be in touch with anyone, anywhere--all the time. And anyone, anywhere can be in touch with you.

It doesn't matter if you're at home, in the office, in class, at a party, thinking about a party, talking about a party…

Doing, thinking anything you tap, post it, BAM!! you're sharing…with the virtual world.

Wait a minute, you don't want to share it with "them?"

Don't want them to tap into your device…your home…your business? Tough! Privacy is invaded all of the time. Read more

Still can't put down the smartphone you received for the holidays? Can't get the kids to disconnect from their gaming console?

Many families don't take the necessary steps to protect themselves from the dangers of cybercrime associated with new technology devices. But in light of rising cybercrime rates, the latest technology gadgets are only as good as they are secure. Here are some tips from McAfee explaining how to protect your latest Internet-connected devices, monitor your family's technology use, understand the limitations of free security software, and more.

1. Be aware that threats aimed at mobile phones are growing – Use software that backs up smart devices and use strong discretion when storing, saving or editing personal information on your smartphone or device. Don't keep all of your personal passwords on your device, and avoid using it to store financial information like credit card and bank account numbers.

2. Keep in mind that gaming and entertainment devices are now Internet-connected – Many people don't realize that their new gaming console may represent another port of entry for cybercrooks into their household. Some Internet TV applications can expose personal information, so be sure to install anti-virus software, two-way firewalls, anti-spyware, anti-phishing, and safe search capabilities, just as you would on a PC. Block free browser access via these devices and use parental controls wherever possible to ensure the safety of children who play interactive games. Read more

October 1, 2009 -- The world's largest dedicated security company, McAfee, Inc., today announced the availability of McAfee Online Backup, a new secure online service for consumers that stores and encrypts digital assets such as photos, videos, music, e-mails and other files.

Industry research shows a strong market need for a secure, automated, and simple to use online backup solution:

• Every week 140,000 hard drives will crash in the United States (according to Google Labs)
• Every week 12,000 laptops are lost or stolen in U.S. airports (according to Dell & Ponemon Institute LLC)
• 70% of data losses are due to events beyond user control (according to a study by Pepperdine University)
• U.S. consumers own, on average, nearly 1,800 digital files each, yet more than half (52%) don't backup their data because they don't know how, believe it takes too much time or don't have the tools needed to backup (according to the Consumer Electronics Association)

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April 27, 2009--McAfee, Inc. today announced that it has completed an internal beta for a new offering that will help families oversee their kids' and teens' online interests, while keeping them safe as they learn and explore the Internet. The McAfee product is named "McAfee Family Protection" and will be available for sale later this quarter.

The McAfee Family Protection software allows parents to set up individual accounts for each of their children so it can be tailored for kids as they grow. Some features include the ability to approve a list of e-mail contacts, filter both categories of content as well as specific keywords, set up time limits and monitor personal information that users post on social networking sites.

As increasing numbers of kids and teens have their own PCs and use them not only for schoolwork, but for entertainment and to communicate with peers, research shows that U.S. parents have become more concerned with online safety issues. In particular, kids and teens support their parents' worries by communicating with strangers and hiding online activities:

• 52% of teens admitted having given out personal information to someone online they didn't know offline
• 16% of kids and teens admit they have private e-mail addresses or social networking profiles to hide what they do online from their parents
• 43% of parents do not know what personal information their children have been posted on the Internet
• 63% of parents are concerned with their children's security when they are online
• 52% are concerned about inappropriate content on Web sites

*Sources: 2008 Forrester Consumer Technographics survey; Virtual Parenting Report, March 2009; McAfee/Harris Interactive Moms and Teens Survey, 2009. Read more