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2016: A Year at Ransom
This week’s McAfee Labs Threats Report: December 2016 provides an overview of how ransomware has evolved over the course of 2016, and...
How to Protect Against OpenSSL 1.1.0a Vulnerability CVE-2016-6309
This blog post was written by Rock Liu. Recently the OpenSSL security library gained a fix for a critical security...
Millions Possibly Affected by Newly Discovered Stegno Malvertising
When it comes to deception, cybercriminals have many options at their disposal. There’s phishing, where crooks posing as an authority...
Shamoon Rebooted in Middle East, Part 2
Last week we provided some initial analysis on recent attacks targeting organizations in the Middle East. The attack has hallmarks...
What’s the Deal with Mirai? A Rundown on one of the Biggest Botnets
Every once in a while, a type of malware become so effective and prevalent that it dominates headlines for weeks....
5 Old School Rules to Carry into the Online World
We are social creatures, and now that our social circles are almost entirely digital, the mass migration of millions of...
Why You’re Going to Have to Start Filtering Your Calendar Invitations
Sometime in November, Apple users began receiving unwanted calendar invitations on their devices. These invitations featured “amazing savings” and discounts...
Farewell to the SHA-1 Hash Algorithm
Rest in peace SHA-1. Like all security controls, they are valuable only for a certain time. SHA-1, a legacy hashing...
From the Cloud to Drones: Threat Predictions for 2017
2016 has been quite the year. From widespread IoT attacks, to ransomware campaigns that extract millions of dollars, cyberthreats have...
