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The McAfee Secure Standard: Sort Of

2008-10-07 23:47:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
...McAfee Secure Standard, drafted to transparently describe the McAfee Secure service, as promised during my meeting with Joe Pierini and Kirk Lawrence of McAfee some weeks ago. I admit my attitude has soured since last I discussed it here, as the Standard is not yet ready for public release (I last said 2-3 weeks and that was five weeks ago),...
 
Tags: mcafee, mcafee secure customers, sites, mcafee secure sites, mcafee secure standard, mcafee secure service, mcafee secure, loved mcafee secure, convince mcafee
 
 
 
 
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McIrony: An unexpected response from McAfee

2008-08-30 13:04:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
...McAfee Secure - Hacker Safe, at a level heretofore unexplored. I believe it was more damaging than anything I've said to date, and as such, presented potential risk for me. So I ran it by some friends before publishing it. Then a most extraordinary thing happened. I had a long chat with Nate McFeters , who described an awakening he'd recently...
 
Tags: mcafee, mcafee secure, negative security research, research, mcafee secure product, security, security research community, information security professional, positive outcome
 
 
 
 
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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's Hacker Safe nominated for a Pwnie

2008-07-21 11:05:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
...McAfee's Hacker Safe, specifically Joesph Pierini's response to the findings XSSed.com and I gave to Thomas Claburn for publication in Information Week this past January Joseph Pierini, director of enterprise services for the "Hacker Safe" program, stepped in it when he said that XSS vulnerabilities can't be used to hack a server Cross-site...
 
Tags: hacker safe, mcafee, hacker safe fiasco, pierini, joseph pierini, mcafee secure, vendor response, server, joesph pierini
 
 
 
 
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McAfee announces new security suite

2008-10-14 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b6bac4 in Network World on Security
 
McAfee Tuesday announced the release of the McAfee(r) Total Protection (ToPS) for Secure Business, a suite that offers SMBs complete security in one easy-to-manage package. A set of McAfee daily practices also released Tuesday
 
Tags: mcafee, mcafee daily practices, mcafee tuesday, tuesday, secure business, suite, total protection, easy-to-manage package, tops