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How to Protect Against WannaCry Ransomware in a McAfee Environment
This post was updated on May 31 with links to three McAfee community videos concerning WannaCry ransomware. ...Adylkuzz CoinMiner Spreading Like WannaCry
The last few days have been very busy for security teams all around the globe due to...Analysis of Chrysaor Keylogging Mechanism Shows Power of Simple Malicious Code
Many attacks on mobile devices use social engineering to initially infect a victim’s system. They download malware...Further Analysis of WannaCry Ransomware
McAfee Labs has closely monitored the activity around the ransomware WannaCry. Many sources have reported on this...WannaCry: The Old Worms and the New
The morning of Friday, May 12 multiple sources in Spain began reporting an outbreak of the ransomware...An Analysis of the WannaCry Ransomware Outbreak
Charles McFarland was a coauthor of this blog. Over the course of Friday, May 12 we received...Vulnerable OpenSSL Handshake Renegotiation Can Trigger Denial of Service
OpenSSL, the popular general-purpose cryptographic library that implements SSL/TLS protocols for web authentication, has recently suffered from...Mirai, BrickerBot, Hajime Attack a Common IoT Weakness
This blog post was written by Rick Simon. We know that devices in the Internet of Things...Cerber Ransomware Evades Detection With Many Components
This blog was co-written by Sapna Juneja. Cerber is a quickly evolving type of malware called crypto-ransomware....Banned Chinese Qvod Lives on in Malicious Fakes
Qvod used to be a popular video player and developer in China. Due to piracy allegations and...Mirai Botnet Creates Army of IoT Orcs
This post was based on analysis by Yashashree Gund and RaviKant Tiwari. There is a lot of...Critical Office Zero-Day Attacks Detected in the Wild
At McAfee, we have put significant efforts in hunting attacks such as advanced persistent threats and “zero...
