In September, I had the pleasure of giving the keynote speech at “Hacktivity 2011″ in Budapest, Hungary. I was very excited to see the large audience, about 1,000 visitors, among them very serious and well-known security professionals, instructors, and security enthusiasts. It was also exciting for me because I made the presentation in my native Read more…
Tags: conference, fake anti-virus software, hacking, Hacktivity, ICS, industrial control systems, malware, Rootkits, Stuxnet
Digital certificates and certificate authorities have been much in the news recently. Attacks–such as those used by Stuxnet, Duqu, and other malware–involving stolen certificates show an increasingly worrisome new security trend. Certificate authorities have been targeted several times in the recent past with some success. There is a large chunk of known malware signed by Read more…
Tags: Adobe, Digital Certificates, Duqu, Rogue Certificates, rootkit, RootkitRemover, Stuxnet, ZeroAccess
We discussed much of the unfolding Duqu attack in our previous post. Some new light has recently illuminated some missing pieces to this interesting attack. Researchers at CrySys Labs in Hungary have disclosed information about a Word document that is purported to be the installer file for the Duqu attacks. The document loads a kernel Read more…
Tags: Duqu, Kernel 0day vulnerability, Stuxnet, Zero-Day
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
The recent security breach at Lockheed Martin confirmed that the attacks we saw with Operation Aurora, identified by McAfee, and Stuxnet are just the beginning of a new era of targeted attacks. Cybercriminals are now executing the perfect plan to get closer to their target without raising any red flags. In the case of Operation Read more…
Tags: Lockheed Martin, malware, Night Dragon, Operation Aurora, Stuxnet, targeted attacks, Whitelisting, Zero-Day
The Iranian government on Monday said it was targeted by a new computer virus dubbed “Stars.” The report came from the director of Iran’s Passive Defense Organization through the country’s Mehr News Agency. Global media subsequently picked up the story, which has now been covered by the Associated Press, BBC, Reuters and many others. Stars would Read more…
Tags: critical infrastructure, Cybercrime, Endpoint Protection, enterprise, Stuxnet
Yesterday, McAfee released “In the Dark: Crucial Industries Confront Cyberattacks,” a sequel report focused on the critical civilian infrastructure that depends most heavily on industrial control systems. Our 2011 report is a follow up to last year’s “In the Crossfire: Critical Infrastructure in the Age of Cyberwar“. As our VP of Threat Intelligence Phyllis Schneck Read more…
Tags: critical infrastructure, enterprise, Public Sector, Stuxnet
Decades ago when the early communications networks were formed, scientists rallied around the joy of sending data at light speed and happily connected once-disparate networks together to create the early stages of the “Internet.” This capability eventually enabled conversations, money transfers, massive data sharing, and the confluence of convenience and efficiencies unlike any the world Read more…
Tags: critical infrastructure, Cybercrime, enterprise, Public Sector, Stuxnet
The New Year is already in full swing and as always, we at McAfee are working hard to anticipate and prepare our customers for potential threats. The year 2010 had many major cybersecurity incidents, including Operation Aurora and the Stuxnet virus, showing the sophisticated ways in which dangerous people seek to exploit information systems. These incidents Read more…
Tags: Cybercrime, Data Protection, Dave DeWalt, enterprise, government, Operation Aurora, Public Sector, Stuxnet, wikileaks
Looking at computer threats from quarter to quarter remains a busy experience for us at McAfee Labs. Through the first three quarters of the year we have analyzed and cataloged more threats than in all other years combined, and the growth in both volume and sophistication of malware and attacks shows no signs of slowing. Read more…
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