Topic: Vincent Weafer

The latest personnel announcements and other company news.Vincent Weafer (left), a longtime researcher at Symantec, has joined McAfee as senior vice president of engineering. At McAfee Labs, Weafer will be tasked with delivering security research and real-time global threat intelligence, used ...

McAfee points out cyber-criminals' likely targets

0 View Larger Image . McAfee Labs released its annual "Threat Predictions" on Tuesday, highlighting online vulnerabilities that cyber-criminals are...

Apple users lose some immunity to cybercrime

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fake security software was the No. 1 cybersecurity woe afflicting computer users in 2009, and Apple users lost some of their immunity to cybercrime as they stored more data online instead of on hard drives, according to the ...
Computers infected with the Conficker worm are being updated with a new variant that sidesteps an industry effort to sever the link between the worm and its hacker controllers, according to researchers at Symantec.. Conficker, which is also known as "Downadup," gained ...
Any spam drop that resulted after the takedown of a rogue internet service provider last week was short-lived, researchers said Tuesday.Any spam drop that resulted after the takedown of a rogue internet service provider last week was short-lived, researchers said Tuesday ...

Hackers update Conficker worm

Computers infected with the Conficker worm are being updated with a new variant that sidesteps an industry effort to sever the link between the worm and its hacker controllers, according to researchers at Symantec.. Conficker, which is also known as "Downadup," gained ...
A bill before the U.S. Senate targeted at spyware needs some fine-tuning, with part of it seemingly allowing broadband providers and computer software and hardware vendors to scan users' computers without authorization, a couple of spyware experts said.. Another portion of ...