McAfee news from FierceCIO

Security firm Symantec has been hit with a class-action lawsuit for automatically renewing the subscription of a New York man. The crux of the case has to do with promises the company made in an... Read more...

Facebook and McAfee, a leading maker of anti-virus software, are partnering to fight a common foe: Malware that has been attacking Facebook in far greater numbers as the social networking site grows... Read more...

It's a new year and a new agenda for hackers is lurking in cyberspace. Security vendor McAfee reports that hackers will be targeting Adobe Systems' Flash and Acrobat Reader products in 2010,... Read more...

AV-Comparatives has released a comparison of some of the top anti-malware on the market. Note that the objective of this analysis was to identify how well antivirus scanners can detect malware using... Read more...

More midsize companies in the United States are skimping on security just at a time when they are being attacked in greater numbers by cybercriminals, according to a new McAfee report released last... Read more...

We reported last week that Microsoft's Security Essentials (MSE) could be out "in a matter of weeks." Well, it seems we were wrong: MSE will in fact be available for download by the general public... Read more...

The two leading makers of computer security software, Symantec and McAfee, are in a race for business. The New York Times reports this week that each has become more aggressive as they try to get... Read more...

Microsoft will be launching the beta version of its free antivirus software for PCs "soon," according to eWeek. Code-named Morro, the application will eventually find its way to Microsoft's Website... Read more...

IT leaders are worried that the economic downturn may prompt some laid-off and disgruntled employees to resort to data theft. A McAfee-sponsored worldwide survey of 1,000 IT decision makers found... Read more...

Microsoft plans to release free antivirus software code-named Morro. This new offering will be made available by the end of next year, and is slated to replace its embattled Windows Live OneCare... Read more...