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McAfee Labs Threats Report Examines Cybercriminal Underground, IoT Malware, Other Threats
The McAfee Advanced Threat Research team today published the McAfee® Labs Threats Report, December 2018. In this edition, we highlight...
Shamoon Returns to Wipe Systems in Middle East, Europe
Destructive malware has been employed by adversaries for years. Usually such attacks are carefully targeted and can be motivated by...
Why I Bring My Authentic Self to Work at McAfee
By Kristol, Sales Account Manager and President, McAfee African Heritage Community If you talked to me when I first started...
‘Operation Sharpshooter’ Targets Global Defense, Critical Infrastructure
This post was written with contributions from the McAfee Advanced Threat Research team. The McAfee Advanced Threat Research team...
Pay-Per-Install Company Deceptively Floods Market with Unwanted Programs
For the past 18 months, McAfee Labs has been investigating a pay-per-install developer, WakeNet AB, responsible for spreading prevalent adware...
New DHS Agency Will Provide Needed Emphasis on Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is playing an increasingly greater role in our government and economy. As our world becomes more interconnected, the cyberthreat...
McAfee Labs 2019 Threats Predictions Report
Our predictions for 2019 move away from simply providing an assessment on the rise or fall of a particular threat, and instead focus on current rumblings we see in the cybercriminal underground that we expect to grow into trends and subsequently threats in the wild.
WebCobra Malware Uses Victims’ Computers to Mine Cryptocurrency
McAfee Labs researchers have discovered new Russian malware, dubbed WebCobra, which harnesses victims’ computing power to mine for cryptocurrencies.
Triton Malware Spearheads Latest Attacks on Industrial Systems
Malware that attacks industrial control systems (ICS), such as the Stuxnet campaign in 2010, is a serious threat. This class of cyber sabotage can spy on, disrupt, or destroy systems that manage large-scale industrial processes. An essential danger in this threat is that it moves from mere digital damage to ...
McAfee Explorers: From Student to Teacher
Ahmad, Software Architect Hailing from a small town in India, school for me was largely a means to an end....
