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McAfee Spam Experiment Sheds Little New Light on Spam-demic

mcafee-spam-experiment.jpgYou don't have to be a member of Mensa to predict if you go around asking for spam you'll get it. But that's exactly what security firm McAfee did with its Spam Experiment conducted in April. The test asked 50 people from ten countries to defy common sense and for 30 days surf the Web on a computer with no anti-spam software. Participants were encouraged "to go where most Internet users would not dare" in an effort to see what would happen. Guess what, they were spammed.

McAfee Proves Link Between Spam and Cybercrime

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McAfee experiment reveals the growing psychological nature of spam

McAfee, Inc. Experiment Reveals the Growing Psychological Nature of Spam

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Security Bites 106: McAfee plays with spam

McAfee released on Tuesday the results of a monthlong spam experiment. The security company provided 50 people worldwide with a clean laptop armed only with antivirus protection (no anti-spam protection) and a brand new domain for e-mail. McAfee then asked them to surf the Net and blog about their experiences.

McAfee extends VirusScan Enterprise product line

McAfee, Inc. is extending its VirusScan(R) Enterprise product line to protect mission-critical enterprise applications. McAfee continuously researches new potential areas for attacks and will be the first to protect these new vectors. McAfee's VirusScan family will include three new products: McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Offline Virtual Images, McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for use with the SAP NetWeaver(R) platform, and McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for Storage.

Breaking Down Blog Spam Malware

Jesper Johansson, co-author of Windows Vista Security: Securing Vista Against Malicious Attacks, recently wrote an article in The Register which dissects a new type of threat. Anyone with a blog has probably seen blog spam- comments made on blog posts which have little or nothing to do with the actual blog post, but contain links to spam-related web sites. I have spam filters in place, so I rarely even see the blog spam posts. They are an annoyance, and I simply delete them in periodic batches. However, Jesper did stop to look at the spam and noticed that a new breed was becoming prevalent. The new breed, rather than just leading to some annoying spam site, are actually malware attacks. For a complete breakdown of the threat, and Jesper's dissection and analysis, check out Anatomy of a Malware Scam.

What Happens When You Reply To ALL of Your Spam

bednarz writes "For Tracy Mooney, a married mother of three in Naperville, Ill., the decision to abandon cyber-sense and invite e-mail spam into her life for a month by participating in a McAfee experiment was a bit of a lark. The idea of the Spammed Persistently All Month (S.P.A.M.) experiment — which fittingly started on April Fool's Day — was to have 50 volunteers from around the world answer every spam message and pop-up ad they got. Mooney was game, especially since McAfee was giving a free PC to all participants. She told her story to Network World."

Spam on the rise; spammers turn to new avenues

Spam is on the increase again, and Sophos' latest spam trends report shows that only one in 28 e-mails can be considered legitimate. The rest are like the Vikings in that classic Monty Python skit: Spam, spam, spam.

McAfee Research Reveals Many SMBs in Denial About Security

PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McAfee, Inc. MFE today announced the release of startling research that reveals the true cost of cyber attacks on small and medium sized businesses (SMBs). A key misconception revealed by the survey is that many SMBs feel they are too small to be targets for cybercriminals. The report can be downloaded at http://www.mcafee.com/doessizematter.

McAfee Research Reveals Many SMBs in Denial About Security

PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McAfee, Inc. (MFE) today announced the release of startling research that reveals the true cost of cyber attacks on small and medium sized businesses (SMBs). A key misconception revealed by the survey is that many SMBs feel they are too small to be targets for cybercriminals. The report can be downloaded at http://www.mcafee.com/doessizematter.

Spam experiment overloads inboxes

Surfing the web unprotected will leave the average web user with 70 spam messages each day, according to an experiment by security firm McAfee.

McAfee Research Reveals Many SMBs in Denial About Security

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McAfee, Inc. today announced the release of startling research that reveals the true cost of cyber attacks on small and medium sized businesses (SMBs). A key misconception revealed by the survey is that many SMBs feel they are too small to be targets for cybercriminals. The report can be downloaded at http://www.mcafee.com/doessizematter.

McAfee Research Reveals Many SMBs in Denial About Security

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE) today announced the release of startling research that reveals the true cost of cyber attacks on small and medium sized businesses (SMBs). A key misconception revealed by the survey is that many SMBs feel they are too small to be targets for cybercriminals. The report can be downloaded at http://www.mcafee.com/doessizematter.

McAfee Research Reveals Many SMBs in Denial About Security

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE) today announced the release of startling research that reveals the true cost of cyber attacks on small and medium sized businesses (SMBs). A key misconception revealed by the survey is that many SMBs feel they are too small to be targets for cybercriminals. The report can be downloaded at http://www.mcafee.com/doessizematter.

McAfee Research Reveals Many SMBs in Denial About Security

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE) today announced the release of startling research that reveals the true cost of cyber attacks on small and medium sized businesses (SMBs). A key misconception revealed by the survey is that many SMBs feel they are too small to be targets for cybercriminals. The report can be downloaded at http://www.mcafee.com/doessizematter.

McAfee's Great Spam Experiment, Unplugged

Many spam messages sent to participants in the study were phishing emails or contained malware or links to malware-ridden sites

Research and Technology to Help Psychological Issues of Space Travel

Psychologists meeting this week at the American Psychological Association's 116th Annual Convention are taking the time to discuss the challenges astronauts will face on the longer missions planned for NASA's return to the moon and missions to Mars. Presenters at the first every symposium to address the psychological aspects of long-term spaceflight outlined the mental health challenges and introduced a new interactive computer program that will help address psychosocial issues in space. Psychologists said longer missions mean astronauts will be faced with immense psychological pressures as they adjust to being so far away from Earth, which could lead to depression and interpersonal conflicts. "Lessons learned from the past, research in extreme environments, training, conditioning, and countermeasures for psychological stress are some of

McAfee 'proves' if you act stupid get spam - durh

McAfee has run an experiment where a number of subjects using pristine laptops spent a month surfing the web unprotected (except for anti-virus).Â

McAfee (MFE) NewsBite - McAfee Reports Stronger-Than-Expected Earnings

McAfee Inc. (MFE) opened at 34.60. So far today, the stock has hit a low of 34.29 and a high of 35.00. MFE is now trading at 34.81, up 2.06 (5.95%). The stock hit its 52 week high of 41.66 in October and set its 52 week low of 27.80 in January. MFE slipped at the end of 2007, but has moved to the upside since the beginning of this year. Security software maker McAfee announced yesterday evening its second-quarter profit dipped to $47.8 million, hurt by hefty charges and a legal settlement. The company posted earnings of 52 cents per share, while analysts forecast earnings of 45 cents per share. Revenue climbed to $396.8 million, just above analysts' view for $369.1 million in sales. Technical indicators for the stock are bearish and steady while S&P gives MFE a neutral 3 STARS (out of 5) hold rating.

Spam gets sophisticated, says McAfee

Spam is evolving and utilising more languages and cultural nuances as it becomes more difficult to detect and the most popular spam subject remained financial offers, including pre-approved loans and credit cards.

McAfee S.P.A.M. experiment and more ridiculous HackerSafe failures

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McAfee Research Reveals Many SMBs in Denial About Security

today announced the release of startling research that reveals the true cost of cyber attacks on small and medium sized businesses (SMBs). A key misconception revealed by the survey is that many SMBs feel they are too small to be targets for cybercriminals. The report can be downloaded at http://www.mcafee.com/doessizematter.

McAfee's Mountain Of Spam

(06-30) 20:28 PDT -- Internet users in the United States receive more spam than those in any other country. Spammers are shifting toward more-sophisticated e-mail campaigns. And no wired country is immune to the ubiquitous Nigerian scam spam.

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