Indians are more likely to check their partner's email accounts, stalk their ex-partners on Facebook and Twitter and even post pictures of private moments online, compared to their global counterparts, says a survey by security software maker McAfee. ...
05:48 PM, Feb 11, 2013
Miami: Anti-virus software founder John McAfee arrived in the US on Wednesday night after being deported from Guatemala, where he had sought to evade police questioning in the killing of a man in neighboring Belize. The American Airlines commercial jet carrying McAfee landed in Miami shortly before 7 pm on Wednesday, said Miami International Airport spokesman Greg Chin. A short time later, a posting on McAfee's website announced that he...
07:47 AM, Dec 13, 2012
Guatemala City: US software pioneer John McAfee, facing deportation from Guatemala to Belize to answer questions over the death of a neighbour, has bought himself some time with legal appeals, the Guatemalan government said on Sunday. McAfee's lawyers have filed a request with a local court to grant him leave to stay in Guatemala until his legal appeals against deportation have been settled, which could take months. "The government of...
05:02 PM, Dec 10, 2012
Guatemala City: US software guru John McAfee, fighting deportation from Guatemala to Belize to face questions about the slaying of a neighbor, said on Saturday he wants to return to the United States. "My goal is to get back to America as soon as possible," McAfee, 67, said in a phone call to Reuters from the immigration facility where he is being held for illegally crossing the border to Guatemala...
09:40 AM, Dec 09, 2012
Guatemala City: Software guru John McAfee, fighting deportation to Belize, was rushed to a hospital in Guatemala on Thursday shortly after his asylum request was rejected, but a suspected heart attack turned out to be stress in a fresh twist to the saga. The 67-year-old US computer software pioneer was taken swiftly from a hospital in a police car out of the sight of media, after earlier arriving in an...
08:27 AM, Dec 07, 2012
Guatemala City: US software guru John McAfee, on the run from authorities in Belize seeking to question him in a murder probe, was arrested by Guatemalan police on Wednesday for illegally entering the country, that nation's interior minister said. McAfee, who had been in hiding for three weeks, crossed into Guatemala with his girlfriend, Samantha, to evade authorities in Belize who wanted to question him as "a person of interest"...
08:46 AM, Dec 06, 2012
Anti-virus software founder John McAfee has been on the run after his neighbour in Belize was found murdered in November. In an interview to CNN, McAfee claimed that he did not kill anyone and alleged that the government wants to frame him in the case. ...
10:41 AM, Dec 03, 2012
New Delhi: Indian teens spend 86 per cent of their time daily on Facebook followed by 54 per cent on Twitter, a survey by McAfee today said. "On a daily basis, the surveyed Indian teens spend 86 per cent of their time on Facebook followed by 54 per cent time on Twitter," McAfee's 'Secret Lives of Teens' survey said. It added that 97 per cent of teens have access to...
05:35 PM, Nov 22, 2012
To the many people who crossed his path on a tropical island in Belize, it was apparent John McAfee's life had taken some bizarre turns in the last few years. The anti-virus software guru, who started McAfee Associates in 1989, has been in hiding since police said they wanted to question him about the weekend murder of his neighbour, fellow American Gregory Faull, with whom McAfee had quarrelled. Despite his...
01:51 PM, Nov 16, 2012
Belize City: Police in Belize want to question US anti-computer virus software pioneer John McAfee in connection with the murder of a neighbour he had been quarrelling with, but they say he remains a person of interest at this time and is not a suspect. McAfee, who invented the anti-virus software that bears his name, has homes and businesses in Belize, and is believed to have settled in the country...
10:54 AM, Nov 13, 2012
Quick Heal is a completely homegrown anti-virus software company that's not only beaten big, multi-billion dollar competitors like McAfee and Symantec, but is also taking back the fight to their turfs in other countries around the world. It has come a long way since 1995, when the first version was released for Rs 500, written entirely by Sanjay Katkar, 41, then fresh out of college. His brother, Kailash, 46, a...
12:01 PM, Nov 12, 2012
New York: Emma Watson is the favorite celebrity bait for cyber criminals trying to lure Internet users. McAfee said Monday that the 'Harry Potter' star is the "most dangerous" celebrity to search for online. That's because many sites use Watson to trick users into downloading malicious software or to steal personal information. When searching for the 22-year-old Watson, there's a one-in-eight chance of landing on a malicious site. This is...
05:02 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Boston: Security software maker McAfee rejected a claim that several large corporate customers had recently switched over to using products from rival Symantec Corp. Symantec Chief Financial Officer James Beer told Reuters in an interview late on Wednesday that his company was taking share in the anti-virus software market away from McAfee, which was purchased by chipmaker Intel Corp in February. Beer said that several large McAfee customers had switched...
01:56 PM, Jan 27, 2012
Boston: Anti-virus software maker McAfee warned that a flaw in one of its products could make customers' PCs vulnerable to attacks in which hackers used their computers to distribute spam. The company, which is a unit of chipmaker Intel Corp, disclosed the flaw in a message to customers on its website Wednesday. McAfee spokesman Ian Bain said t least one customer had fallen victim to such an attack, which leveraged...
01:26 PM, Jan 19, 2012
London: Hackers can shut down your running car and expose you to all-too-sudden dangers - so beware, says anti-virus firm McAfee. It warns that greater reliance on computers and Bluetooth-enabled functions exposes cars to malicious hacking. "As more and more functions get embedded in the digital technology of automobiles, the threat of attack and malicious manipulation increases," McAfee senior vice president Stuart McClure said. Criminals could wreck havoc since software...
04:46 PM, Sep 09, 2011
Bangalore: US computer security software maker McAfee said the number of malware targeted at Android devices jumped 76 per cent since last quarter, making Android the most attacked mobile operating system. "This year we have seen record breaking numbers of malware, especially on mobile devices, where the uptick is in direct correlation to popularity," Vincent Weafer, senior vice president of McAfee Labs, said in a statement. In the second quarter...
12:54 PM, Aug 23, 2011
London: A major new hacking attack underscores that governments and companies are losing the war against cyber thieves, but it's unclear if the disclosure will prompt quicker global action against online break-ins. A US report that intruders breached the computer networks of 72 organisations around the world over a five-year period in the biggest hacking campaign found to date will be seized on by Western states to call for tougher...
12:52 PM, Aug 04, 2011
Boston: Security experts have discovered the biggest series of cyber attacks to date, involving the infiltration of the networks of 72 organisations including the United Nations, governments and companies around the world. Security company McAfee, which uncovered the intrusions, said it believed there was one "state actor" behind the attacks but declined to name it, though one security expert who has been briefed on the hacking said the evidence points...
07:13 PM, Aug 03, 2011
New Delhi: Osama bin Laden may be dead, but his terror looms large on the internet with cyber criminals using this as a bait to lure innocent people and make money. Following the news of Laden's death, cyber criminals were quick to set up phishing sites to lure people who were searching for and sharing information about the Al Qaeda leader. According to the security software firm Symantec, the first...
05:36 PM, May 04, 2011
London: Cellphone security threats rose sharply last year as a proliferation of Internet-enabled mobile devices like smartphones and tablets provided new opportunities for cybercriminals, security software maker McAfee said. In its fourth-quarter threat report, released on Tuesday, McAfee said the number of pieces of new cellphone malware it found in 2010 rose 46 per cent over 2009's level. "As more users access the Internet from an ever-expanding pool of devices...
12:11 PM, Feb 08, 2011
