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  • McAfee Hosts First Annual Charity Golf Tournament - EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)

    16 May 2012 | 2:00 am
    McAfee Hosts First Annual Charity Golf TournamentEON: Enhanced Online News (press release)(EON: Enhanced Online News)--McAfee, the world's largest dedicated security technology company, today announced that its first annual McAfee Charity Golf Tournament generated over $150000 for The Parkinson's Institute and Clinical Center and The and more »

  • Young, black professionals give downtown another look - Greenville News

    16 May 2012 | 1:02 am
    Young, black professionals give downtown another lookGreenville NewsWe're working on the following obituaries for Wednesday morning's newspaper: Frances Couch byers of Greensboro, NC (Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Northwest); Dan Terrell Hughs of Greenville (Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown); Lelia Lusenna Greer and more »

  • New mom battles flesh-eating bacteria - Greenville News

    16 May 2012 | 1:02 am
    New mom battles flesh-eating bacteriaGreenville NewsWe're working on the following obituaries for Wednesday morning's newspaper: Frances Couch byers of Greensboro, NC (Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Northwest); Dan Terrell Hughs of Greenville (Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown); Lelia Lusenna Greer and more »

  • Seniors work to keep Gamecocks' clubhouse loose - Greenville News

    16 May 2012 | 1:02 am
    Seniors work to keep Gamecocks' clubhouse looseGreenville NewsWe're working on the following obituaries for Wednesday morning's newspaper: Frances Couch byers of Greensboro, NC (Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Northwest); Dan Terrell Hughs of Greenville (Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown); Lelia Lusenna Greer and more »

  • Disabilities board trying to fix problems, interim director says - Greenville News

    15 May 2012 | 9:44 pm
    Disabilities board trying to fix problems, interim director saysGreenville NewsWe're working on the following obituaries for Wednesday morning's newspaper: Frances Couch byers of Greensboro, NC (Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Northwest); Dan Terrell Hughs of Greenville (Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown); Lelia Lusenna Greer
 
 
 
 
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  • Peering Into a Pinterest Scam Toolkit

    Hardik Shah
    14 May 2012 | 12:33 pm
    Pinterest is getting lots of media attention lately. Spammers are also starting to exploit the social-media “pinup” site to make quick money. We have found that there are already lots of ready-to-use tools that make it easy for anyone to start Pinterest scams without much difficulty or technical skill. These tools are so easy that many require only the attacker or scammer to change a couple of lines of code in the available kit. They can literally start a new Pinterest scam within minutes! Such tools come bundled with all the required software: account creator, mass follower…

  • Mother’s Day a Lure for Fake Gift Offers

    Paras Gupta
    11 May 2012 | 1:12 am
    Mother’s Day is normally celebrated by people to express their love for their mothers. We sometimes buy them special gifts such as watches, antiques, greeting cards, or flowers. Spammers also celebrate Mother’s Day, but with a different goal in mind. As always, spammers like to take advantage of special occasions and festivals. Currently we see a trend in spam mails offering fake Rolex watches as the perfect gift on Mother’s Day. Should you buy one of these fake watches for your mother, or for anyone? Not from these people. Watch out for these emails and don’t click on the links…

  • Unwanted Apps in Google Play Pose as Fake AV

    Carlos Castillo
    10 May 2012 | 1:47 pm
    In recent years one of the most prevalent malware threats for PCs (and lately Mac users) is fake-antivirus software, which pretends to be a legitimate security program. Its real purpose is to charge victims a fee to remove a nonexistent threat. The same threat has now been ported to mobile devices. In some cases we see the same or similar behavior: getting revenue from users via SMS messages to a premium-rate number or malware that poses as security software to encourage users to install a malicious app (such as Android/Zitmo.F). Recently 17 suspicious applications, uploaded by the developer…

  • Evolution of Android Malware: IRCBot Joins the Party

    Arun Sabapathy
    9 May 2012 | 6:50 am
    We all know how fast the smart phone market is growing. Along with it, the complexity and the numbers of mobile malware are also on the rise. While I was going through our mobile malware collection, I found an interesting piece of malware for Android. This malware acts as an IRC Bot, just as we have seen in Windows malware. This malware binary is not a repackaged application as we have seen in the past. It masquerades as the game MADDEN NFL 12. The malware has three modules embedded into it: The main component is actually a dropper that drops a set of other components onto the compromised…

  • ‘Android/NotCompatible’ Looks Like Piece of PC Botnet

    Fernando Ruiz
    8 May 2012 | 5:27 pm
    A lot of recent attacks on Android users are attributed to fake websites of popular applications such as Cut the Rope, Instagram, Angry Birds, or Grand Theft Auto III. However, the very recently discovered malware NotCompatible uses a distribution method not previously seen in the mobile world. The malware hacks into vulnerable websites to inject a hidden iframe that points to a malicious application. This app is downloaded to the device without user consent when the victim visits the infected legitimate website. Let’s take a deeper look into this malicious application, which has a very…
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  • McAfee Issues Pinterest Scam Alert, Warns Users to “Pin with Caution”

    Consumer Threat Alerts
    15 May 2012 | 2:58 pm
    Pinterest users should be careful when visiting a link that uses catchy titles like “Free Gift Card” “Shocking video” or “Free Giveaways” In March, McAfee Labs reported a new wave of social scams targeting Pinterest users that could compromise their personal information. Today, McAfee Labs warns consumers that ready-to-use toolkits, that make it easy for anyone to start a Pinterest scam without much difficulty or technical skill, are readily available on the web.  These toolkits are used by cybercriminals to redirect users to scam sites, asking them to fill out surveys or…

  • Mac Users Face Growing Malware Threats

    Consumer Threat Alerts
    27 May 2011 | 2:34 pm
    Apple users should be on the lookout for fake antivirus software and other malware targeting the Mac platform, McAfee warns While it used to be that Mac users felt somewhat insulated from the variety of malware threats circulating the web, cybercriminals have noted the growing popularity of Apple products and are now distributing malware aimed at Mac users. In particular, McAfee Labs™ has recently seen a number of fake antivirus programs that claim to protect users from computer threats, but actually download malicious software onto their machines. Phony antivirus programs have been a…

  • Osama bin Laden Death Scams Haunt the Internet

    Consumer Threat Alerts
    4 May 2011 | 4:23 pm
    Be wary of unsolicited emails and messages related to Osama bin Laden, McAfee warns Cyber scammers are using the high-profile news of Osama bin Laden’s death to distribute dangerous emails and messages related to the incident. So far, McAfee Labs™ has seen spam emails that claim to have confirmation of bin Laden’s death—or survival—as well as phony Facebook messages offering videos of his demise. If you click on the links in the messages, they can download malicious software onto your computer or spam your friends and contacts. As usual, McAfee warns, the cyber scammers are using a…

  • Fake-Alert Scam Targets Mac Users

    Tad Heppner
    4 May 2011 | 6:08 am
    One of the most prevalent families of recent Trojans is called fake alerts. These Trojans generate fake warning screens that look like they were generated by legitimate security or anti-malware software. The majority of malware within this family attempts to con users by convincing them that their systems are at risk and that they should purchase the full version of the software to clean and repair their systems. One reason these fake alert scams have been so prevalent recently is largely due to the success of these scams. The Trojans use ever more professional-looking alerts to convince…

  • Easter Bunny Delivers Basket of Malware

    Consumer Threat Alerts
    18 Apr 2011 | 5:09 pm
    Avoid clicking on links and images in malware-laden emails, McAfee warns Computer users around the world received phony Easter greetings with links to malware on Monday, according to research by McAfee Labs™. Cybercrooks often take advantage of current events to grab computer users’ attention, and this time they are using the upcoming Christian holiday to distribute dangerous emails with links to a password-stealing program. Fortunately, the threat has already been identified by McAfee and McAfee software will protect customers against it. One email appears to be a typical e-card with a…
 
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