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From Email to RAT: Deciphering a VB Script-Driven Campaign
Authored by Preksha Saxena and Yashvi Shah McAfee Labs has been tracking a sophisticated VBS campaign characterized by obfuscated Visual...
From Internet to Internet of Things
Thirty years ago, Tim Berners-Lee set out to accomplish an ambitious idea – the World Wide Web. While most of...
From Military Kid to Product Marketing: My McAfee Journey
Employee Spotlight: Meet Jovohn! From military beginnings to mobile security champion, meet Jovohn, our passionate Product Marketer and MAHC President....
From Smart Shoes to Safe Routers: Innovation Shines Bright at CES 2017
CES 2017 (the Consumer Electronics Show) has come and gone once again, bringing with it the newest wearables, state-of-the-art tech...
From Spam to AsyncRAT: Tracking the Surge in Non-PE Cyber Threats
Authored by Yashvi Shah and Preksha Saxena AsyncRAT, also known as “Asynchronous Remote Access Trojan,” represents a highly sophisticated malware...
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...
From the Ground Up: How the Cars of the Future Will Be Secured
Autonomous systems are doing wonders for us, whether it be in factory manufacturing or recommending where you go to get...
From Workshops to Leader Panels: A Recap of Women’s History Month at McAfee
From Workshops to Leader Panels: A Recap of Women’s History Month at McAfee March is Women’s History Month and International...
Further Analysis of WannaCry Ransomware
McAfee Labs has closely monitored the activity around the ransomware WannaCry. Many sources have reported on this attack and its...
Fuzzing ImageMagick and Digging Deeper into CVE-2020-27829
Introduction: ImageMagick is a hugely popular open source software that is used in lot of systems around the world. It...
Game Golf Exposure Leaves Users in a Sand Trap of Data Concerns
Apps not only provide users with a form of entertainment, but they also help us become more efficient or learn...
Game Over! Malicious Minecraft Character Skins Infect Over 50,000 Accounts
Video games allow users to become a whole new persona, to experience imaginary worlds, and live out scenarios that are...
GameOver Zeus/Cryptolocker: Am I Still Infected?
It has been two weeks since the announcement by multiple global law enforcement agencies regarding the takedown of the communications...
GandCrab Ransomware Puts the Pinch on Victims
Update: On August 9 we added our analysis of Versions 4.2.1 and 4.3. The GandCrab ransomware first appeared in January...
Generative AI: Cross the Stream Where it is Shallowest
The explosive growth of Generative AI has sparked many questions and considerations not just within tech circles, but in mainstream...
Get Schooled on Security
It’s hard to imagine what college would have been like if I had today’s technology in my arsenal. With spell...
Get Your Online Privacy Under Control
Online privacy: too often managing this aspect of our digital lives gets shuffled to the bottom of our ‘to-do’ lists....
Get Yourself AI-powered Scam Text Protection That Spots and Block Scams in Real Time
The tables have turned. Now you can use AI to spot and block scam texts before they do you harm. ...
Getting Down With The Kids – Internet Slang for Dummies!
Whenever my boys come home with a new buzz word or saying, I instantly feel like a dinosaur. Whether it...
Getting Your Kids Ready for School—And Their Smartphones Too
If you’re the parent of a tween or teen, chances are they’re not the only ones going back to school....
Ghosts May Not Be Real but Trolls Are – Look Out for Social Media Trolls
The Cambridge Dictionary describes a troll as “an imaginary, either very large or very small creature in traditional Scandinavian stories,...
Ghosts of Botnets Past, Present, and Future
‘Twas the morning of October 21st, and all through the house many IoT devices were stirring, including a connected mouse....
Ghouls of the Internet: Protecting Your Family from Scareware and Ransomware
It’s the middle of a workday. While researching a project, a random ad pops up on your computer screen alerting...
Gift Card Scams — The Gift That Keeps on Taking
Gift card scams are an easy payday for scammers—and a costly mistake for victims. They work because gift cards are...
Gift Your Kids The Know-How To Maintain A Healthy Digital Reputation
The Digital India initiative by the Government of India is aimed at ushering in a digitally empowered society. One of...
GitHub’s Dark Side: Unveiling Malware Disguised as Cracks, Hacks, and Crypto Tools
Authored by Aayush Tyagi Video game hacks, cracked software, and free crypto tools remain popular bait for malware authors. Recently,...
Giving Back: McAfee Global Community Service Day
This past Thursday, McAfee had its 3rd annual Global Community Service Day (GCSD). With McAfee’s workforce turning up to volunteer...
