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How to Install Windows 8 alongside your primary OS
By Toralv Dirro at 18 April, 2012, 2:29 pm
Windows 8 is ready for download and it is fast, stable and very responsive. Since it is still pre-beta, sadly, we cannot use it as our primary OS. We look at how to install it alongside our primary OS.
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Loading ...Looking Back At The History Of The iPad
By Toralv Dirro at 3 April, 2012, 7:00 am
As the third iPad is set to launch, we take a look at the history of the iPad.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...New Report: ‘Reputation: The Foundation of Effective Threat Protection’
By Toralv Dirro at 28 September, 2010, 8:55 am
On April 30 www.multimedia***.com, a newly registered website that allowed users to post, search, and view amateur videos, came online. The site was part of a group of 160 new domain registrations, and was identified by the network of sensors and data feeds that contribute to McAfee Global Threat Intelligence. Seemingly legitimate, many of these [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Global Web 2.0 Report Released
By Toralv Dirro at 27 September, 2010, 4:57 pm
Today, McAfee released a report based on a survey of more than 1,000 decision-makers about the use of Web 2.0 technology for business. The report reveals some interesting results (for example, who would have thought the United States is among the countries with the lowest adoption rate, and Germany is the country with the most companies [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...McAfee Security Journal Fall 2010: Security Takes The Offensive
By Toralv Dirro at 11 August, 2010, 9:03 am
Bored by numbers, stats and facts in normal reports? Then the latest McAfee Security Journal is just what you were waiting for!
It’s time to be proactive on cybersecurity, the latest McAfee, Inc. Security Journal examines strategies for shifting from defense to offense in cybersecurity.
In light of recent cyberespionage, the breakup of cybercrime rings, and the threats [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...McAfee Quarterly Threats Report Released
By Toralv Dirro at 10 August, 2010, 4:54 pm
Malware has reached its highest levels, making the first six months of 2010 the most active half-year ever for total malware production. At the same time, spam leveled out, with only 2.5 percent growth from last quarter.
Malware continued to soar in the second quarter, as there were 10 million new pieces cataloged in the first [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Remote Jackpot: Hacking ATMs
By Toralv Dirro at 28 July, 2010, 4:47 pm
Isn’t it just everybody’s dream: to walk up to an ATM, swipe your card, get a flashy screen reading “We Have A Winner,” and watch the machine spew out all its money? That dream just became reality.
At least in a great presentation from Barnaby Jack at the Black Hat Briefings in Las Vegas. “Jackpotting Automated [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Counting Badness
By Toralv Dirro at 24 July, 2009, 11:30 am
Following up on the recent post by my colleague Dave Marcus concerning malware growth, the guys from AV-Test in Germany just released their updated stats. To avoid confusion when comparing the different numbers, here’s a quick explanation of the different counts:
AV-Test counts unique binaries. Unique means different cryptographic hashes. So the same Trojan, obfuscated with [...]
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