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McAfee Labs 2020 Threats Predictions Report
With 2019’s headlines of ransomware, malware, and RDP attacks almost behind us, we shift our focus to...Dec 04, 2019 | 11 MIN READ

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McAfee ATR Analyzes Sodinokibi aka REvil Ransomware-as-a-Service – What The Code Tells Us
Episode 1: What the Code Tells Us McAfee’s Advanced Threat Research team (ATR) observed a new ransomware...Oct 02, 2019 | 18 MIN READ

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McAfee Labs 2019 Threats Predictions Report
These predictions were written by Eoin Carroll, Taylor Dunton, John Fokker, German Lancioni, Lee Munson, Yukihiro Okutomi,...Nov 29, 2018 | 22 MIN READ
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Despite Decline in Use of Adobe Flash, Vulnerabilities Will Continue to Cause Concern
This post was researched and written by Brook Schoenfield with the assistance of Tim Hux, Abhishek Karnik,...Apr 17, 2018 | 12 MIN READ
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McAfee Labs 2018 Threats Predictions Previews Five Cybersecurity Trends
Welcome to the McAfee Labs 2018 Threats Predictions Report. We find ourselves in a highly volatile stage of cybersecurity everyday.Nov 29, 2017 | 21 MIN READ
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Should I Worry About AVGater, Which Exploits Some Security Products?
On November 10, a researcher reported the vulnerability AVGater, which affects some antimalware products.Nov 28, 2017 | 7 MIN READ
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Don’t Substitute CVSS for Risk: Scoring System Inflates Importance of CVE-2017-3735
I am a wry observer of vulnerability announcements. CVE-2017-3735 presents an excellent example of the limitations of the CVSS.Nov 24, 2017 | 12 MIN READ
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Self-Signed Certificates Can Be Secure, So Why Ban Them?
In many organizations the use of self-signed certificates is forbidden by policy. Organizations may ban the use of self-signed certificates.Nov 03, 2017 | 5 MIN READ
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KRACKs Against Wi-Fi Serious But Not End of the World
On October 12, researcher Mathy Vanhoef announced a set of Wi-Fi attacks that he named KRACKs, for key reinstallation attacks.Oct 18, 2017 | 11 MIN READ
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Linux Kernel Vulnerability Can Lead to Privilege Escalation: Analyzing CVE-2017-1000112
A memory corruption bug in UDP fragmentation offload (UFO) code inside the Linux kernel can lead to local privilege escalation.Oct 02, 2017 | 7 MIN READ
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McAfee Labs: Faceliker Surge Manipulates Facebook “Likes” to Promote News, Other Content
The McAfee Labs Threats Report, released today, identifies a notable surge in similar activity by the Faceliker malware.Sep 26, 2017 | 3 MIN READ

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Everyday Hero: 5 Questions with McAfee Labs’ Paula Greve
iWith cybersecurity experts taking center stage this week at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, the...Jul 26, 2017 | 5 MIN READ