McAfee announces intent to purchase Skyhigh Networks
In an effort to build upon its security portfolio, McAfee announced Monday it intends to acquire Skyhigh Networks for an undisclosed amount. The deal comes fewer than eight months after the company was spun out from Intel as...
Cisco and McAfee announce partnership focused on shared threat intelligence
The need for robust online security continues to grow as hackers contrive new and creative ways to circumnavigate existing countermeasures and disrupt networks. In an effort to shield companies from these threats, Security firm McAfee...
Mobile devices will become the biggest users of “big data” and business intelligence/analytics by 2015/16 as users increasingly look for information to help them be more productive.
A 2011 McAfee survey entitled “Mobility and Security: Dazzling Opportunities, Profound Challenges” found that 63% of mobile devices accessing corporate networks are also used for personal activities.
Just about every conversation I had at the recent CTIA event in New Orleans either involved the words “spectrum crunch” or revolved around that perceived issue. Whether it was carriers, device makers or infrastructure companies,
Increases in the sales of PCs, laptops, and especially smartphones are spurring growth in the security market. A report from Symantec Corp. shows that while the number of vulnerabilities decreased by 20% last year compared to 2010, the number of malicious attacks continued to...
During the last two years we’ve seen an increase in attacks on smartphones and mobile devices. We’ve run across rootkits, botnets and other malware. Attackers have moved on from simple destructive malware to spyware and malware that makes them money.
Security continues to be a moving target in the mobile space with consumers facing an array of third-party choices for security apps and other measures. While third-party apps flourish on their won, Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) and AT&T Inc. (T) have tapped McAfee Inc....
The disconnect between business and personal activities on mobile devices brings on many challenges, as highlighted in a new report from McAfee (INTC) done in partnership with Carnegie Mellon University.“Devices are no longer just consumer devices or business devices. They are both,” Richard Power,...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.Forget about chutzpah … the tech sector in Israel has two advantages – a skilled...
Intel Corporation announced the acquisition of McAfee, Inc. is complete. McAfee will continue developing and selling security products and services under its own brand. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intel, McAfee reports into Intel's Software and Services Group. The acquisition is said to...
Digital security firm McAfee says the number of malicious software attacks rose by 46% last year and that hackers have started zoning in on mobile phones – specifically the popular Android and iOS platforms.
AT&T Mobility announced it will begin to offer McAfee Enterprise Mobility Management software. The software will enable businesses to offer employees their choice of mobile devices across multiple operating systems, while delivering highly secure access to corporate applications. Businesses will be able to...
Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in our September Special Edition, Behind the Scenes, a focus on integrated subscriber and network management systems. To download the complete Special Edition, click here. In an increasingly mobile world, securing data on the go has become more...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.You have to hand it to firms like Intel Corp. (INTC) and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)...
The mobile enterprise world for years has been rife with talk of Trojan horses, data-soiling worms and other Internet-age nasties. For the time being, though, the biggest threat to mobile security is the user.Security technology vendors have long tried to plug their wares by...
Sprint Nextel Corp. made several announcements this week that lend a sense of momentum to the carrier's plans to deploy its WiMAX service, dubbed Xohm, on schedule.Since the collapse last year of a Sprint Nextel deal with Clearwire Corp. to mesh their WiMAX efforts,...
BEDFORD, Mass.-Two top executives at Boston Communications Group Inc. have bowed out of their positions in connection with an internal review of stock-option grants, as has the company's general counsel. BCGI's chief financial officer, Karen Walker, left the company, while President and Chief Executive...
BEDFORD, Mass.—Two top executives at Boston Communications Group Inc. have bowed out of their positions in connection with an internal review of stock-option grants, as has the company’s general counsel. BCGI’s chief financial officer, Karen Walker, left the company, while President and Chief Executive...
In the wake of reports that a mobile trojan dubbed Redbrowser.A had been encountered in Russia, the major security firms working in the mobile space issued cautious alerts to their clients and made restrained public statements. The muted response seemed to reflect the stance...
Imagine this: a company's chief financial officer uses his smart phone to download a game while waiting at an airport-but the game contains a virus that sends all the data on the phone to a Web site, and the company's financial results get posted...
In a nod to the growing chatter around wireless viruses and hacking, Nokia Corp. announced it would install security software from Symantec Corp. in its Series 60 smart phones, devices that run the Symbian operating system. The move is the industry's latest acknowledgement that...
