Gold Support Handbook
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Threat Center Resources and Notifications
The McAfee Threat Center contains a comprehensive list of top vulnerabilities and threats. It also contains links to
useful tools for virus removal and McAfee Foundstone
®
tools that can simulate a vulnerable site to highlight common
weaknesses. Visit the McAfee Threat Center at
https://www.mcafee.com/us/threat_center/default.asp
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The McAfee Threat Center includes:
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Sage
journal
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—McAfee Labs’ security journal, which provides insights into future security threats
McAfee AudioParasitics
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—Podcasts on the latest threats
McAfee Labs blog
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—Blogs from McAfee malware researchers
Current malware and vulnerability descriptions
—Rankings on the latest threats
You can also sign up for email notifications:
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McAfee Labs Threat News-
McAfee Labs Threat News is a notification about the latest information regarding
threats that reach Low-Profiled, Medium, Medium-On-Watch, High, or High-Outbreak assessment levels.
Details on the classification of threat levels are available at
https://www.mcafee.com/us/threat_center/outbreaks/virus_library/risk_assessment.html
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Sign up for McAfee Labs Threat News at
https://vil.nai.com/vil/join_list.aspx
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McAfee Labs Security Advisories -
McAfee Labs Security Advisories are notifications created by the global
research team to map high-profile threats to the McAfee technologies that protect your environment. Sign up
for McAfee Labs Security Advisories at
https://www.mcafee.com/us/threat_center/securityadvisory/signup.aspx
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McAfee Labs DAT notification service
McAfee Labs DAT notifications inform you when DATs are ready to download. Every Monday through Friday,
McAfee Labs posts the latest DATs to ensure that your product contains the most up-to-date detection and
repair capabilities. In the event a security threat is discovered and McAfee Labs assigns a risk assessment to
the threat that is Medium or above, you will be notified of the emergency DAT posting.
Sign up for the McAfee Labs DAT notification service at
https://vil.nai.com/vil/signup_DAT_notification.aspx
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TrustedSource.org
TrustedSource.org provides precise information about email sender reputation by domain and IP address. It provides
you with a view into current and historical reputation and sending patterns of sends, as well as analytical information
such as country of origin, network ownership, and hosts for known senders within each domain.
It also provides a URL checking tool that provides status, categorization, and web reputation information for URLs in
the TrustedSource Web Database (URLs organized into categories and reputation ratings for use in web filtering
policies). You can also suggest categorization changes for URLs.
