Kids, Travel and Wi-Fi
If your brood of kids is anything like mine, holiday travel is all about devices and Wi-Fi. Sure, we’ll focus...
Massive Security Flaw for High Sierra Macs Emerges
When it comes to cybersecurity, we’ve seen our fair share of device flaws. Sometimes, hackers leverage these vulnerabilities to execute...
Should I Worry About AVGater, Which Exploits Some Security Products?
This blog was written by Brook Schoenfield. On November 10, a researcher reported the vulnerability AVGater, which affects some antimalware...
Don’t Substitute CVSS for Risk: Scoring System Inflates Importance of CVE-2017-3735
This blog was co-written by Brook Schoenfield and Damian Quiroga. I am a wry observer of vulnerability announcements. CVE-2017-3735—which can...
Malware Mines, Steals Cryptocurrencies From Victims
How’s your Bitcoin balance? Interested in earning more? The value of cybercurrency is going up. One way to increase your...
Top Tips For Securing Your Devices
By now most of us know how important it is to protect our computers and smartphones from malware and other...
Threat Group APT28 Slips Office Malware into Doc Citing NYC Terror Attack
This blog post was co-written by Michael Rea. During our monitoring of activities around the APT28 threat group, McAfee Advanced...
Self-Signed Certificates Can Be Secure, So Why Ban Them?
This blog was co-written by Brook Schoenfield and Ramnath Venugopalan. In many organizations the use of self-signed certificates is forbidden...
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....
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...
