Featured Blogs
The Future of Hacktivism and Anonymous
After the publication of the 2013 Threats Predictions from McAfee Labs, I have received many queries regarding our expectation of...
The Hidden Costs of Cyber Attacks
The real costs of cyber attacks are difficult to understand. The impacts of cybersecurity are terribly challenging to measure, which...
The Kids are in Charge
By Ribu, Communications Manager Kids are wonderful, aren’t they? And what could be better than having a record-breaking 500 children...
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....
The Legacy Continues – What Black History Month Means to Us
By Karla, Digital Media Specialist At McAfee, we celebrate the diverse backgrounds of our global workforce year-round, but during the...
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. –...
The Morning After: What Happens to Data Post-Breach?
This post first appeared on the security website Dark Reading. We need consumers and businesses to not simply shrug off...
The New Intern-Net
By Cristina, Channel Team Intern in Plano, Texas. As a college student today, it often feels like it’s essential to...
The Newest Malicious Actor: “Squirrelwaffle” Malicious Doc.
Authored By Kiran Raj Due to their widespread use, Office Documents are commonly used by Malicious actors as a way...
The Rise and Risks of AI Art Apps
Authored by Fernando Ruiz The popularity of AI-based mobile applications that can create artistic images based on pictures, such as...
The Rise of Backdoor-FCKQ (CTB-Locker)
By Raj Samani (@Raj_Samani) and Christiaan Beek (@ChristiaanBeek) In the McAfee Labs Threats Report published in November 2014, Senior Vice...
The Rise of Deep Learning for Detection and Classification of Malware
Co-written by Catherine Huang, Ph.D. and Abhishek Karnik Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to evolve and has made huge progress over the last decade. AI shapes our daily lives. Deep learning is a subset of techniques in AI that...
The Rising Trend of OneNote Documents for Malware delivery
Authored By Anandeshwar Unnikrishnan,Sakshi Jaiswal,Anuradha M McAfee Labs has recently observed a new Malware campaign which used malicious OneNote documents...
The Riskiest Web Domains Revealed – Mapping The Malweb
The world’s most heavily trafficked web domain, .COM, is now the riskiest, according to our fourth annual Mapping the Mal...
The Scam Strikes Back: Exploiting the CrowdStrike Outage
Authored by Lakshya Mathur, Vallabh Chole & Abhishek Karnik Recently we witnessed one of the most significant IT disruptions in...
The Season of Back to School Scams
Authored by: Lakshya Mathur and Yashvi Shah As the Back-to-School season approaches, scammers are taking advantage of the opportunity to...
The Stealthy Stalker: Remcos RAT
Authored By Sakshi Jaiswal, Anuradha M In Q3 2024, McAfee Labs identified a sharp rise in the Remcos RAT threat....
The Tradeoff Between Convenience and Security – A Balance for Consumers & Manufacturers
This week McAfee Advanced Threat Research (ATR) published new findings, uncovering security flaws in two popular IoT devices: a connected...
