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Business Email Compromise Hurts Your Organization
As many workers do today, you probably get emails from your boss asking you to perform various tasks. You may...
Bypassing Microsoft’s Patch for the Sandworm Zero Day, the Root Cause
On October 21, we warned the public that a new exploitation method could bypass Microsoft’s official patch (MS14-060, KB3000869) for...
CactusTorch Fileless Threat Abuses .NET to Infect Victims
McAfee Labs has noticed a significant shift by some actors toward using trusted Windows executables, rather than external malware, to...
Call an Exorcist! My Robot’s Possessed!
Overview As part of our continued goal of helping developers provide safer products for businesses and consumers, we here at...
Can Zealous Security Cause Harm?
Good security requires balancing risks, costs, and usability. Too much or too little of each can be unhealthy and lead...
Careto Worldwide Malware Attack Unmasked
On Monday Kaspersky Labs announced the discovery of a large number of malware infections across large parts of the globe. Kaspersky...
CelebGate: a Long, Dangerous List of Celebrities
During the past few days, the media has been abuzz with the massive celebrity photo leak nicknamed CelebGate 2014. The...
Celebrating Halloween – McAfee Style
By Dawson McPherson, Talent & Communications Coordinator Two weeks ago, I stepped into the McAfee Plano office with a mixture...
Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Advice and Insights from some of McAfee’s brightest STEM leaders This International Day of Women and Girls in Science, #TeamMcAfee...
Celebrating multi-national cultures this Hispanic Heritage Month
Do you know the difference between Hispanic and Latino? What about the traditions that are important parts of the Hispanic...
Cerber Ransomware Evades Detection With Many Components
This blog was co-written by Sapna Juneja. Cerber is a quickly evolving type of malware called crypto-ransomware. Cerber encrypts files...
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...
Cerber Ransomware Updates Configuration File
This blog post was written by Sudhanshu Dubey. McAfee Labs has recently analyzed Version 2 of Cerber, one of the...
Chat Friend Finder Apps on Google Play Leak Personal Information
Somewhat controversial websites or apps called chat friend finders, or ID BBS (Bulletin Board System) are spreading widely in Japan....
Chinese Cybercriminals Develop Lucrative Hacking Services
Underground cybercrime profits in China have likely already exceeded US$15.1 billion (100 billion Chinese yuan); caused more than $13.8 billion...
Chinese Trojan Hooks Macs, iPhones
“Distrust and caution are the parents of security”–Benjamin Franklin A recent threat targeting Chinese users of Mac OS X and...
Cidox Trojan Spoofs HTTP Host Header to Avoid Detection
Lately, we have seen a good number of samples generating some interesting network traffic through our automated framework. The HTTP...
Clever Billing Fraud Applications on Google Play: Etinu
Authored by: Sang Ryol Ryu and Chanung Pak A new wave of fraudulent apps has made its way to the...
Clever Phishing Attacks Target Google, Yahoo, DHL Customers
Last week McAfee Labs received a phishing page that efficiently uses the CSS format of the Gmail login page and...
ClickFix Deception: A Social Engineering Tactic to Deploy Malware
Authored by Yashvi Shah and Vignesh Dhatchanamoorthy McAfee Labs has discovered a highly unusual method of malware delivery, referred to...
Clop Ransomware
This new ransomware was discovered by Michael Gillespie on 8 February 2019 and it is still improving over time. This...
CLOP Ransomware exploits MOVEit software
Authored by: Abhishek Karnik and Oliver Devane You may have heard recently in the news that several organizations, including banks,...
Cloud Clustering Vulnerable to Attacks
The authors thank John Fokker and Marcelo CaroVargas for their contributions and insights. In our upcoming talk at the Cloud...
Code Execution Technique Takes Advantage of Dynamic Data Exchange
Email phishing campaigns are a popular social engineering technique among hackers. The idea is simple: Craft an email that looks...
Combating Malware and Advanced Persistent Threats
In the past decade, the security industry has seen a constant rise in the volume of malware and attacks associated...
Coming Home To Vote for Marriage Equality
By Chris, Localization Engineer Chris is a localization engineer for McAfee in Cork, Ireland, who is passionate about inclusivity for...
Configuring McAfee ENS and VSE to Prevent Macroless Code Execution in Office Apps
Microsoft Office macros are a popular method of distributing malware. Users can defend themselves against macro attacks by disabling macros....
