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McAfee's open source statements are fighting words to Matt Asay

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2008-04-15 08:47:01 by HASH0x8b572d0 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...McAfee folks have libeled open source in a recent white paper they released on botnets. Here is the quote in question Taking the bot controller offline may kill a botnet. As a result, many bots use a Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) or have a list of backup IP addresses to survive such an event. Bot technology is rapidly evolving, often...
 
Tags: source, matt, source brings, matt asay, source applications, linux, linux versus windows, source watchdog, mcafee
 
 
 
 
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McAfee Partner isn't McAfee Secure either

2008-05-20 21:04:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
...McAfee Software. OK They use Verisign 128-bit SSL to secure your transaction. Can't take issue with that All good so far...but wait Shouldn't a McAfee Partner be McAfee Secure Apparently not, and being one wouldn't have cured the XSS blues anyway Next in our video series, a supposedly secure shopping cart that is far from Here's an IFRAME...
 
Tags: mcafee, mcafee secure, mcafee partner, secure, mcafee software, verisign 128-bit ssl, bad, bad business practices, ssl
 
 
 
 
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PC Universe is shrinking thanks to McAfee Secure's cluelessness

2008-06-27 10:11:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
...McAfee Secure / Hacker Safe and the 109% sales increase it resulted in for PC Universe , the other an interview with the Internet's single biggest dillweed, Cresta Pillsbury . These articles are both a bit dated, but they equally embrace the premise of "trust" logos as a predominant sales driver, rather than any actual motivation to secure a...
 
Tags: internet retailer piece, internet retailer, secure, mcafee secure, universe, internet retailer top, hacker safe seal, hacker safe, hacker safe shoppers
 
 
 
 
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XSS Comedy at McAfee Secure's Expense

2008-06-30 21:10:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
...McAfee Secure's expense As well you should know by know, the existence of XSS vulnerabilities in a site that is required to meet PCI DSS standards means that the site IS NOT PCI COMPLIANT. Very simple, right Let's consider the McAfee Secure/Hacker Safe-branded site for Organize-It A seemingly handy site, perfect for your HGTV types, likely...
 
Tags: site, seemingly handy site, mcafee secure, mcafee, test, trusty marquee test, organize-it site, marquee, xss
 
 
 
 
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McAfee is NOT McAfee Secure

2008-05-13 09:39:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
A challenge was put forth on Zero Day , and it has been answered Apparently, McAfee doesn't care about XSS on their own sites either I'll let the video speak for itself For the love of all thing good and proper, McAfee, please address this issue...for yourselves and the consumers who look to you to do the right thing Sincerely Russ McRee ...
 
Tags: mcafee, russ mcree, digg, care, issue, icio, challenge, proper, day
 
 
 
 
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McAfee looks to tackle Gigabit Ethernet security

2008-04-23 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b06b5c in Network World on Security
 
McAfee is to tackle the problems of bottlenecks within organizations that have adopted Gigabit Ethernet. The company has introduced the McAfee M-8000 Network Security Platform to cope with the challenges thrown up by the faster network speed
 
Tags: gigabit ethernet, faster network speed, challenges thrown, tackle, mcafee, cope, bottlenecks, organizations, company
 
 
 
 
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McAfee, Yahoo team on Web security

2008-05-07 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
McAfee and Yahoo today announced a partnership on Web security in which Yahoo's search engine is making freely available to users the warnings about unwanted or malicious code on Web sites as determined through McAfee's security technology
 
Tags: web security, mcafee, yahoo, malicious code, web sites, security technology, warnings, partnership, users
 
 
 
 
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Yahoo! Boosts Search Security with McAfee Partnership

2008-05-07 10:21:16 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...McAfee technology. Red warning messages may soon start showing up next to questionable or dangerous site links in a yahoo search. Apparently, Google started this over a year ago in February 2007 Another interesting factoid from the original article Citing a March 2008 survey conducted by marketing research services provider Decipher, Yahoo...
 
Tags: yahoo, americans online, online, survey online, people, people supposedly prefer, neighborhood crime, malware, crime
 
 
 
 
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McAfee to pay $13.8 million to settle backdating lawsuits

2007-12-22 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
McAfee has taken two major steps toward closing the stock-option backdating scandal that has plagued the company for the past two years
 
Tags: mcafee, major steps, past, scandal, company, stock-option