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Researchers Follow the Breadcrumbs: The Latest Vulnerabilities in Windows’ Network Stack
The concept of a trail of breadcrumbs in the offensive security community is nothing new; for many...
McAfee ATR Launches Education-Inspired Capture the Flag Contest!
McAfee’s Advanced Threat Research team just completed its second annual capture the flag (CTF) contest for internal...
Two Pink Lines
Depending on your life experiences, the phrase (or country song by Eric Church) “two pink lines” may...
A Year in Review: Threat Landscape for 2020
As we gratefully move forward into the year 2021, we have to recognise that 2020 was as...
2021 Threat Predictions Report
The December 2020 revelations around the SUNBURST campaigns exploiting the SolarWinds Orion platform have revealed a new...
How A Device to Cloud Architecture Defends Against the SolarWinds Supply Chain Compromise
In a blog post released 13 Dec 2020, FireEye disclosed that threat actors compromised SolarWinds’s Orion IT...
Additional Analysis into the SUNBURST Backdoor
Executive Summary There has been considerable focus on the recent disclosures associated with SolarWinds, and while existing...
SUNBURST Malware and SolarWinds Supply Chain Compromise
Part I of II Situation In a blog post released 13 Dec 2020, FireEye disclosed that threat...
CVE-2020-17051: Remote kernel heap overflow in NFSv3 Windows Server
CVSS Score: 9.8 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C Overview Microsoft released a patch today for a critical vulnerability (CVE-2020-17051) in the Windows NFSv3 (Network File...
Operation North Star: Behind The Scenes
Executive Summary It is rare to be provided an inside view on how major cyber espionage campaigns...
Operation North Star: Summary Of Our Latest Analysis
McAfee’s Advanced Threat Research (ATR) today released research that uncovers previously undiscovered information on how Operation North...
Top 5 Things to Know About Recent IoT Attacks
While the IoT offers tremendous benefits, such as allowing users to monitor their homes or check the...
