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Cryptocurrencies a Target for Cybercriminals, Part 1: the Risks of Innovation
All cryptocurrencies are a target for cybercriminals. Anywhere there is value, criminals, fraudsters, and charlatans will soon follow. Call it...
Cryptocurrencies a Target for Cybercriminals, Part 2: Social Platforms Come Next
One target of cybercriminals is cryptocurrencies, which hold tremendous wealth but are largely anonymous. This limits the attack surface mostly...
‘McAfee Labs Threats Report’ Delves Into Dangers of Data Loss
This blog post was written by Rick Simon. Data is leaking out of your organization: accidentally or intentionally, by internals...
McAfee Labs Offers Primer on Security Data Science and Machine Learning
Analytics, big data, automation, and machine learning are all terms we use when talking about the future of cybersecurity. As...
McAfee Labs Examines Whether Ransomware Is Coming to a Hospital Near You
Delivering uninterrupted services with immediate access to information is not an easy task. Doing it with legacy systems, a fragmented...
Hardware Hack Bypasses iPhone PIN Security Counter
A security researcher from the University of Cambridge has found a way to hack the iPhone NAND memory hardware to...
Unregulated at Any Speed: DoT’s Cybersecurity Policy for Self-Driving Cars
Despite headlines, hype, and hysteria, US government rightly chooses cybersecurity guidance over regulation. The Obama administration today unveiled its long-awaited...
How Can We Stop ‘ROP’ Cyberattacks?
IBM recently announced a software-oriented solution to help eradicate attacks by return-oriented programming (ROP) malware. ROP malware is a significant...
Macro Malware Employs Advanced Sandbox-Evasion Techniques
During the past couple of weeks, McAfee Labs has observed a new variant of macro malware. With this variant when...
Sharing Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence Is the Only Way We Win
Cybersecurity is a team sport. The bad guys share information, expertise, and code as they help one another. The good...
New Security Reality for Internet of Things
Recent distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are forcing a shift in how we think about the Internet of...
Ransomware Variant XTBL Another Example of Popular Malware
We have seen a huge increase in ransomware during the past couple of years. At McAfee Labs we have recently...
Android Banking Trojan Asks for Selfie With Your ID
In the first half of 2016 we noticed that Android banking Trojans had started to improve their phishing overlays on legitimate financial...
Unfolding the Mystery of Cerber Ransomware’s Random File Extension
This blog post was written by Sudhanshu Dubey. In an earlier blog, we discussed the evolution of the popular Cerber...
Password-Protected Attachment Serves Ransomware
Attacks by macro malware carrying ransomware are growing, as we have recently reported. Since early March we have seen macro...
How to Secure the Future of the Internet of Things
The world of security for the Internet of Things just became more complex. IoT devices are no longer a potential...
Weaponized Medical Data as Damaging as Clinton’s Emails or Trump’s Videos
The 2016 presidential election in the United States will be remembered for a great many things. Never before in US...
A ‘Second Economy’ Prognosis for Health Care Cybersecurity
McAfee CTO Steve Grobman has pointed out that gaining the upper hand in cybersecurity requires that we extend our thinking...
The Latest IoT Device I Do Not Want Hacked
What if someone hacked this remotely controlled semiautonomous tractor? I am a cybersecurity guy and a huge fan of technology....
Top 5 Things to Know About Recent IoT Attacks
While the IoT offers tremendous benefits, such as allowing users to monitor their homes or check the contents of their refrigerators remotely, it also presents a significant risk. For hackers, each IoT device represents a potential recruit for their bot armies.
Cerber Ransomware Now Hunts for Databases
Cerber is one of the most popular ransomware packages. It has upgraded itself to also target databases. It is...
Talking About Cyber Risks Educates the Community
In the last 12 months, we have seen an unprecedented number of cyberattacks occur or come to light. Sophisticated attacks against...
More Capable IoT Botnets to Emerge as the ‘Pros’ Enter the Fray
On the heels of severe distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, we see new botnets emerging that are powered by...
Worms Could Spread Like Zombies via Internet of Things
Security researchers recently created a proof-of-concept attack against Internet-connected lightbulbs, causing breached devices to infect their neighbors. The propagation...
‘SSL Death Alert’ (CVE-2016-8610) Can Cause Denial of Service to OpenSSL Servers
Recently we noticed a security patch has been published for the OpenSSL vulnerability called SSL Death Alert. As with other...
Big, Hard-to-Solve Problems
Improving the Lifecycle of Threat Defense Effectiveness When a new security tool or technique is released, Version 1.0 is usually...
Shamoon Rebooted?
We have recently received notifications and samples from impacted organizations in the Middle East that have hallmarks of the Shamoon...
