This past April (4/19 to 4/21) I had the great pleasure and experience of joining the Red Team at 9th NCCDC competition. It was actually my 2nd year on the Red Team and 4th year to attend in total (I judged in 2010 and 2011). McAfee is actually a perpetual Read more…
Tags: anti-virus, critical infrastructure, Cybercrime, Data Protection, global threat intelligence, internet security, labs, malware, McAfee, McAfee Labs, NCCDC, Network Security, Red Team, Risk and Compliance, security
One threat has evolved and dominated the threats landscape like no other: botnets. Practically every day a new set of online criminals attempt to exploit users in some way or the other. The best way to stop this threat at the perimeter is to identify its communication channel and block the bot from connecting to Read more…
Tags: botnet, Domain Generation Algorithm, global threat intelligence, malware
Intel and McAfee welcome European Union resolve to fight cyber threats By David Hoffman, Raj Samani and Christoph Luykx Today, the European Commission and the EU’s External Action Service (EEAS) presented its response to the growing threats presented in cyberspace by releasing a policy document (the “Communication”), outlining the longer term required actions together with Read more…
Tags: Cybercrime, cybersecurity, EMEA, global threat intelligence, public policy, Public-Private partnerships
Proactive and preemptive. That’s the caliber of protection we are working toward integrating into all of our network security products. Because without proactive and preemptive protection, online security will never be completely secure. Thankfully for all of us, McAfee Labs knows this is the key too. That’s why, every year McAfee Labs publishes its Threat Read more…
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Late last week, reports began to surface that the Israeli police (along with other regional law enforcement) were targeted by a malware attack. The entry vector was described as a phishing campaign sent from Benny Gantz (head of the Israeli Defense Forces). Initially, details and indicators around the malware were beyond sparse. Aside from the FROM: address, Read more…
Tags: antivirus, Cyber Security Mom, Endpoint Protection, global threat intelligence, internet security, Israel, labs, malware, McAfee Labs, Network Security, phishing, security, spam, ValidEdge, web protection, XtremeRAT
As discussed on our Q3 Global Channels Town Hall,(on-demand replay) we witnessed many great accomplishments in Q2, not least of which was celebrating our 25th anniversary as a company. Our relentless search for SAFE has been 25 enthralling years of keeping our partners, customers and families safe – something that I’m very proud of having Read more…
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Like Zeus, it appears that Operation High Roller is a banking trojan much more advanced in terms of quality, applicability to broad platforms and automation. Its ability to scale far beyond current banking malware is of great concern. So you want to know what you can do now to protect yourself? Here are some tips Read more…
Tags: Deep Defender, global threat intelligence, GTI, highroller, hips, McAfee Application Control, OHR, virusscan
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…
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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
McAfee Labs has just released the McAfee Threats Report, First Quarter 2012, and I’m proud of it. I am cribbing from the intro to this quarter’s report, but it kinda says it all: “The Greek philosopher Heraclitus, known for his doctrine of change as central to the universe, once wrote that ‘everything flows, nothing Read more…
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