A new report published by McAfee, Inc. stresses the need for the security industry to take a more proactive position against cybercriminals. In light of recent cyberespionage, the breakup of cybercrime rings, and the threats that sophisticated malware such as Stuxnet present to critical infrastructures, McAfee Labs researchers and industry experts call for a more proactive strategy for fighting cybercrime.
The days of the humble password are clearly numbered, and John McAfee, that always colourful character from the security world, has his own invention which he believes will hammer the final nails into the coffin of the traditional user/password combination – the EveryKey.
Maximum PC: New types of ransomware increased 165 percent in the first quarter of 2015, according to Intel Security's McAfee Labs Threats Report for May 2015 (PDF). The rapid rise was driven in large part by the CTB-Locker ransomware family, which McAfee Labs says is difficult to detect, along with a new rasnomware family called Teslacrype and the emergence of new versions of Cryptowall, TorrentLocker, and BandarChor.
Forget typing in passwords, Intel wants you to use your body to log into email and online bank accounts.
I hope they succeeded. It annoys me a lot whenever I forget my passwords and have to reset them.
