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McAfee announced a new evolution of its partnership, including a multi-year extended agreement, with Fujitsu Client Computing to deliver consumer security solutions to FCCL device users. McAfee and FCCL's longstanding partnership makes the integration of the products seamless to end-users allowing them to easily leverage McAfee security solutions to protect their digital lives.
Gaming has become one of the primary sources of entertainment for consumers in the wake of the global pandemic, and with the shift to a digital-first lifestyle, McAfee continues to focus on protecting consumers during moments that matter - when opportunistic hackers find an entry point - especially as gaming PC sales growing 16.2% in 2020. Launched in 2019, McAfee Gamer Security delivers a unique combination of performance and protection through its built-from-ground-up feature set, considering the needs of the wide spectrum of PC gaming - from families with children that game to PC gamers themselves.
Panasonic and McAfee have agreed to jointly start building a Vehicle Security Operation Center to commercialize vehicle security monitoring services. To protect connected vehicles around the world against cyberattacks, the companies will build vehicle SOCs that enable accurate detection and early response to attacks and help strengthen cybersecurity measures in the automotive industry.
McAfee announced the general availability of McAfee MVISION Cloud Native Application Protection Platform, a new security service designed to secure cloud native applications. McAfee MVISION CNAPP is the industry's first platform that brings application and data context to converge Cloud Security Posture Management for public cloud infrastructure, and Cloud Workload Protection Platform to protect applications distributed across virtual machines, compute instances and containers.
Security vendor McAfee has detected an attack it believes was likely aimed at telecoms companies in the hope of stealing information related to 5G networks. McAfee has named the attack "Operation Diànxùn" and says it resembles past attacks perpetrated by groups named RedDelta and Mustang Panda.
The McAfee Advanced Threat Research Strategic Intelligence team has identified an espionage campaign that is specifically targeting telecommunication companies in an attack dubbed "Operation Diànxùn." McAfee researchers Thomas Roccia, Thibault Seret and John Fokker said in a blog post that the malware is using tactics similar to those seen from groups like RedDelta and Mustang Panda. Cybersecurity companies Intsights and Positive Technologies both identified Mustang Panda last year as an advanced persistent threat group behind a number of COVID-19-themed attacks on people in Vietnam and Mongolia.
McAfee announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Enterprise business to a consortium led by Symphony Technology Group in an all-cash transaction for $4.0 billion. McAfee's Enterprise business has set the pace and standard within the cybersecurity industry for more than 30 years and has become a recognized leader for device-to-cloud cybersecurity solutions.
McAfee is changing owners again as part of a $4 billion all-cash transaction that includes the sale of its enterprise business unit. McAfee, based in San Jose, Calif., announced on Monday it was selling its enterprise operations Symphony Technology Group, a private equity firm that also owns security behemoth RSA Corp. The decision to shed the enterprise business follows a similar move by McAfee's traditional rival Symantec, which sold off its enterprise unit and rebranded as the NortonLifeLock consumer security brand.
McAfee will sell off its enterprise business to private equity firm Symphony Technology Group for $4bn in cash, the venerable security biz announced on Monday. After selling off its enterprise arm McAfee will focus on its consumer security business, using its wide brand recognition to grab more of the growing cybersecurity market.
The creator of McAfee computer security software faces charges he cashed in on a "Pump-and-dump" scheme, promoting cryptocurrencies on Twitter to drive up their value. John McAfee, founder of the antivirus firm that bears his name, and Jimmy Watson face charges of conspiracy, fraud, and money laundering in connection with schemes to trick cryptocurrency investors, according to an indictment unsealed by the US Department of Justice.