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Babuk: Biting off More than they Could Chew by Aiming to Encrypt VM and *nix Systems?
Co-written with Northwave’s Noël Keijzer. Executive Summary For a long time, ransomware gangs were mostly focused on...
Fighting new Ransomware Techniques with McAfee’s Latest Innovations
In 2021 ransomware attacks have been dominant among the bigger cyber security stories. Hence, I was not...
An Overall Philosophy on the Use of Critical Threat Intelligence
The overarching threat facing cyber organizations today is a highly skilled asymmetric enemy, well-funded and resolute in...
REvil Ransomware Uses DLL Sideloading
This blog was written byVaradharajan Krishnasamy, Karthickkumar, Sakshi Jaiswal Introduction Ransomware attacks are one of the most...
Hancitor Making Use of Cookies to Prevent URL Scraping
This blog was written by Vallabh Chole & Oliver Devane Over the years, the cybersecurity industry has...
Zloader With a New Infection Technique
This blog was written by Kiran Raj & Kishan N. Introduction In the last few years, Microsoft...
New Ryuk Ransomware Sample Targets Webservers
Executive Summary Ryuk is a ransomware that encrypts a victim’s files and requests payment in Bitcoin cryptocurrency...
Fuzzing ImageMagick and Digging Deeper into CVE-2020-27829
Introduction: ImageMagick is a hugely popular open source software that is used in lot of systems around...
Analyzing CVE-2021-1665 – Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Windows GDI+
Introduction Microsoft Windows Graphics Device Interface+, also known as GDI+, allows various applications to use different graphics...
McAfee Labs Report Highlights Ransomware Threats
The McAfee Advanced Threat Research team today published the McAfee Labs Threats Report: June 2021. In this...
A New Program for Your Peloton – Whether You Like It or Not
Executive Summary The McAfee Advanced Threat Research team (ATR) is committed to uncovering security issues in both software and hardware...
Are Virtual Machines the New Gold for Cyber Criminals?
Introduction Virtualization technology has been an IT cornerstone for organization for years now. It revolutionized the way...
