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Macro Malware Employs Advanced Obfuscation to Avoid Detection
Attacks by macro malware carrying ransomware are growing, as we have recently reported on Blog Central here and here. Now McAfee Labs...
Is Cloud Security An Exaggerated Concern?
Research indicates the challenge has never been about security, but about transparency. The results are in: We have made zero...
Healthcare Organizations Must Consider The Financial Impact Of Ransomware
Sometimes the impact of an attack can extend well beyond the attack itself. McAfee’s five-year threats projection report predicted that...
Unsubscribing From Unwanted Email Carries Risks
We all receive loads of unwanted email solicitations, warnings, and advertisements. The number can be overwhelming to the point...
CVE-2016-0153: Microsoft Patches Possible OLE Typo
Recently McAfee Labs discovered an interesting bug in Windows’ OLE implementation, which Microsoft patched this week. Now that the patch...
Convergence and the Future of Cyber Security
CSE 2016 Future of Cyber Security by Matthew Rosenquist from Matthew Rosenquist The security industry is changing. Technology innovation is...
DHS Accelerates Information Sharing Standards Effort; McAfee to Chair Working Group
This post first appeared at Policy@Intel on March 9. In an effort to accelerate cyber information sharing, and in response...
McAfee Labs Unlocks LeChiffre Ransomware
At McAfee Labs we recently received a low-profile ransomware called LeChiffre. Unlike ransomware that is distributed by a spam campaign or...
Who Took The Cookies From The Cookie Jar?
This blog was written by Scott Montgomery, McAfee’s previous vice president and chief technology officer of public sector. The indictment...
W97M Downloader Serves Vawtrak Malware
McAfee Labs recently found a variant of the W97M macro malware downloader that runs the Vawtrak malware. Although W97M usually...
