Update on May 2 Adobe has confirmed this vulnerability and has scheduled a patch release for May 14. Looking back this year’s RSA Conference, you might have the feeling that the current threat landscape is primarily a series of advanced attacks. This concept includes well-known advanced persistent threats (APTs) and zero-day vulnerability exploits. To Read more…
Tags: 0 day vulnerability, Adobe Reader, Advanced Persistent Threat, APT, detection, email tracking service, exploit, PDF, tracking usage, Zero-Day
Attackers use all kinds of attack vectors to steal sensitive information from their targets. Their efforts are not limited to only zero-day vulnerabilities. Malware authors often exploit old vulnerabilities because a large number of organizations still use old vulnerable software. The Trojan Travnet, which steals information, is a classic example of malware that takes advantage Read more…
Tags: APT, bots, CVE-2010-3333, data theft, malware, nettraveler, Travnet, trojan
‘Nation-state sponsored cyber attacks’ – A powerful statement, and one that represented the majority of recent headlines in press articles about the Gauss malware. With the targeted nature of the attack, and its complexity cited as examples to support ‘Gauss-es’ of the attribution. Whilst the speculation makes for excellent media stories and fuels alcohol induced Read more…
Tags: Advanced Persistent Threat, APT, APTs, cyber attacks, DLP, firewall, Flame, Gauss, Information Security, IPS, McAfee Security, Night Dragon, security
There has been quite a bit of analysis and speculation about the Flamer/Skywiper threat. As we started to analyze this threat, we knew from the very beginning that this was going to be a giant undertaking and potentially very long term. Now we want to pause to help the people we protect visualize the kind Read more…
Tags: advanced persistent threats, antivirus, APT, critical infrastructure, Cybercrime, Data Protection, enterprise, Flamer, global threat intelligence, Identity thieves and cybercriminals, labs, malware, McAfee, McAfee Labs, Mobile, mobile security, Network Security, SkyWiper, social networking
A few weeks ago, Iran reported intensified cyberattacks on its energy sector that they observed as a direct continuation of the Stuxnet and Duqu attacks. Over the weekend, the IR Cert (Iran’s emergency response team) published a new report that describes this attack as Flame and/or Flamer. Some other news agencies also called the attack Read more…
Tags: Advanced Persistent Threat, antivirus, APT, Cybercrime, cyberespionage, cyberwarfare, espionage, global threat intelligence, malware, McAfee Labs, targeted attack
Anyone who has been in information security recently knows that it has gotten easier for cybercriminals to build stealth crimeware. The malware we deal with on a regular basis grows ever more difficult to find, while high-end targeted attacks such as Stuxnet and other advanced persistent threats (APTs, the abbreviation I hate) are using ever Read more…
Tags: advanced persistent threats, APT, crimeware, Cybercrime, Data Protection, Endpoint Protection, identity protection, malware, Network Security, Operation Aurora, rootkit, Rootkits, security, Stuxnet
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