Craig Schmugar is a Sr. Principal Engineer at McAfee. Since joining McAfee in 2000 he has worked in different areas of research, from Malware Operations to Innovation Research. More recently Craig has been focused on endpoint product efficacy; assessing detection effectiveness and seeking opportunities to make it stronger. He has over a dozen pending or issued patents to his name.
Craig has a bachelor’s degree in Music Performance from the University of North Florida, and a master’s degree in Jazz pedagogy from Northwestern University.
More from Craig Schmugar
Scammers Impersonating Windows Defender to Push Malicious Windows Apps
Summary points: Scammers are increasingly using Windows Push Notifications to impersonate legitimate alerts Recent campaigns pose as a Windows Defender...
How to Stop the Popups
McAfee is tracking an increase in the use of deceptive popups that mislead some users into taking action, while annoying...
Attackers Exploiting WinRAR UNACEV2.DLL Vulnerability (CVE-2018-20250)
Earlier this month Check Point Research reported discovery of a 19 year old code execution vulnerability in the wildly popular...
McAfee Protects Against Suspicious Email Attachments
Email remains a top vector for attackers. Over the years, defenses have evolved, and policy-based protections have become standard for...
