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Critical Office Zero-Day Attacks Detected in the Wild
At McAfee, we have put significant efforts in hunting attacks such as advanced persistent threats and “zero days.” Yesterday, we...
Ransomware Families Use NSIS Installers to Avoid Detection, Analysis
Malware families are constantly seeking new ways to hide their code, thwart replication, and avoid detection. A recent trend for...
Analyzing a Fresh Variant of the Dorkbot Botnet
This blog post was written by Sudhanshu Dubey. At McAfee Labs, we have recently observed a new variant of the...
Analyzing CVE-2017-3731: Truncated Packets Can Cause Denial of Service in OpenSSL
OpenSSL is a popular open-source library for SSL and is used by various software and companies across the world. In...
Spora Ransomware Infects ‘Offline’—Without Talking to Control Server
Spora is a ransomware family that encrypts victims’ files and demands money to decrypt the files. It has infected many...
Macro Malware Targets Macs
Macro malware has been spreading for years. New techniques arise all the time to hide malicious code and thus increase...
Analyzing KillDisk Ransomware, Part 2: Variants and Screen Unlocking
This blog post was written by Sudhanshu Dubey. At McAfee Labs we recently analyzed the ransomware KillDisk. In part 1 of...
McAfee Launches ‘Threat Landscape Dashboard’
Every week, we read in the news of another breach or targeted campaign, as more patches are released to protect...
Analyzing CVE-2016-9311: NTPD Vulnerability Can Lead to Denial of Service
The network time protocol synchronizes time across various devices on a network. The network time protocol daemon (NTPD) is an...
Spotlight on Shamoon
Our analysis this month has pointed to Shamoon emerging in the Middle East. We have recently seen a number of...
