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Analyzing Microsoft Office Zero-Day Exploit CVE-2017-11826
McAfee Labs has performed frequent analyses of Office-related threats over the years: In 2015, we presented research on the Office...
‘BadRabbit’ Ransomware Burrows Into Russia, Ukraine
This post was researched and written by Christiaan Beek, Tim Hux, David Marcus, Charles McFarland, Douglas McKee, and Raj Samani. McAfee...
KRACKs: Five Observations on WPA Authentication Vulnerability
KRACKs are in the news. McAfee has already discussed these key reinstallation attacks that affect Wi-Fi setups in two posts:...
ROCA: Which Key-Pair Attacks Are Credible?
This blog was co-written by Brook Schoenfield. In the past two weeks, we have seen two big encryption issues arise:...
KRACKs Against Wi-Fi Serious But Not End of the World
This blog was written by Brook Schoenfield. On October 12, researcher Mathy Vanhoef announced a set of Wi-Fi attacks that...
Tips for Effective Threat Hunting
This blog was co-written by Ramnath Venugopalan. In May, McAfee surveyed more than 700 IT and security professionals around the...
Conquering Fear at McAfee
By Radhika, Director of Global Consumer Product Marketing. With the U.S. school year beginning, I’ve been in touch with the...
Taiwan Bank Heist and the Role of Pseudo Ransomware
Widespread reports claim the Far Eastern International Bank in Taiwan has become a victim of hacking. The attacks demonstrate the global nature of cybercrime, with the cybercriminals attempting to wire US$60 million to destinations such as Sri Lanka, Cambodia, and the United States.
Staying Anonymous on the Blockchain: Concerns and Techniques
With Bitcoin at one point valued at more than $5,000 per unit, cryptocurrencies have excited a lot of interest from...
The McAfee Adventures of a Middle School Teacher
By Lori, AVID Teacher, Haggard Middle School I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen. –...
Stefan’s Tale: A 17-Year Journey to McAfee
By Stefan, Senior Security Consultant in Sydney, Australia. When I was younger, I wanted to be a policeman and help...
Linux Kernel Vulnerability Can Lead to Privilege Escalation: Analyzing CVE-2017-1000112
This blog was written by Krishs Patil. A memory corruption bug in UDP fragmentation offload (UFO) code inside the Linux...
First 30 Days at McAfee: Pups at Work, VR and Pledge Wall
By Beth, HR Communication Specialist in Plano, Texas. For the last six consecutive years, The Dallas Morning News has recognized...
McAfee Labs: Faceliker Surge Manipulates Facebook “Likes” to Promote News, Other Content
Criminals excel in manipulating the trust within human relationships, particularly as individuals project themselves into digital realms such as social...
Apache Struts at REST: Analyzing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2017-9805
Apache Struts, an open-source web development framework, is prone to vulnerabilities. We wrote about CVE-2017-9791 in July. The latest is...
Microsoft Kills Potential Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Office (CVE-2017-8630)
Recently the McAfee IPS Research Team informed Microsoft about a potential remote code execution vulnerability in Office 2016 that McAfee...
Android Click-Fraud App Repurposed as DDoS Botnet
The McAfee Mobile Research Team tracks the behavior of Android click-fraud apps. We have detected multiple implementations, including recent examples...
Emotet Trojan Acts as Loader, Spreads Automatically
Since the middle of July, McAfee has observed new updates of the Emotet, a Trojan that was first discovered in...
