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W97M Downloader Serves Vawtrak Malware
McAfee Labs recently found a variant of the W97M macro malware downloader that runs the Vawtrak malware. Although W97M usually...
Vulnerable OpenSSL Handshake Renegotiation Can Trigger Denial of Service
OpenSSL, the popular general-purpose cryptographic library that implements SSL/TLS protocols for web authentication, has recently suffered from several vulnerabilities. We...
Vulnerability Discovery in Open Source Libraries: Analyzing CVE-2020-11863
Open Source projects are the building blocks of any software development process. As we indicated in our previous blog, as...
Vulnerability Discovery in Open Source Libraries Part 1: Tools of the Trade
Executive Summary Open source has become the foundation for modern software development. Vendors use open source software to stay competitive...
VSkimmer Botnet Targets Credit Card Payment Terminals
April 2 This blog has been updated with McAfee’s NSP detection. See end of blog. While monitoring a Russian underground...
VPNFilter Malware Adds Capabilities to Exploit Endpoints
VPNFilter, a botnet-controlled malware that infects networking devices, was first documented by researchers from Cisco Talos. McAfee Labs also published...
VPNFilter Botnet Targets Networking Devices
VPNFilter is a botnet with capabilities to support both intelligence collection and destructive cyberattack operations. The Cisco Talos team recently notified members of the Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA) of its findings and published this blog.
Veterans Day U.S. – A McAfee MoM’s Reflection
By: Deb, Executive Assistant, Plano TX On Monday, November 11, the U.S. celebrates Veterans Day. We at McAfee U.S. are...
Vertexnet Botnet Hides Behind AutoIt
Recently we found some new malware samples using AutoIt to hide themselves. On further analysis we found that those sample...