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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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 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...
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...
Locky Ransomware Hides Inside Packed .DLL
McAfee Labs has seen a huge increase in Locky ransomware in recent months (discussed in an earlier blog). Locky is aggressively...
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...
Malware Hides in Installer to Avoid Detection
At McAfee Labs we recently observed various threat families using the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS). This practice is not...
Improve Protection Against Cyberattacks Through Shared Threat Intelligence
This blog post was written by Rick Simon. At the RSA Conference 2016 in San Francisco, Chris Young, GM and...
Wildfire Ransomware Extinguished by Tool From NoMoreRansom
McAfee and Kaspersky Lab, partners in the project NoMoreRansom, are pleased to announce today the availability of a decryption tool...
