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BOB SAGET

McAfee antivirus program fault causes millions of PCs to shut down | Mail Online - 0 views

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    Antivirus vendor McAfee Inc confirmed that a software update had caused its antivirus program to target the harmless file, leading PCs to repeadedly reboot.
dr tech

Antivirus software is dead, says security expert at Symantec | Technology | theguardian... - 0 views

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    "Dye told the Wall Street Journal that hackers increasingly use novel methods and bugs in the software of computers to perform attacks, resulting in about 55% cyberattacks going unnoticed by commercial antivirus software."
jamandham

AVG can sell your browsing and search history to advertisers (Wired UK) - 0 views

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    The free antivirus software AVG is selling your online information for profit and you have no control over your privacy and security.
dr tech

Google says Chinese hackers who targeted Biden campaign are faking McAfee software - Th... - 0 views

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    "Google said in a new blog post that hackers linked to the Chinese government have been impersonating antivirus software McAfee to try to infect victims' machines with malware. And, Google says, the hackers appear to be the same group that unsuccessfully targeted the presidential campaign of former Vice President Joe Biden with a phishing attack earlier this year. A similar group of hackers based in Iran had tried to target President Trump's campaign, but also was unsuccessful."
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