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At McAfee, Protecting Customers Takes Precedence Over Seeking Headlines
One question I often hear is “When will McAfee publish a report on the latest threat?” It seems to be...
Win32/Syndicasec Used In Targeted Attacks Against Indian Organizations
During the last couple of months, we’ve observed several RTF exploits that target Indian organizations. The first RTF exploit was...
McAfee’s New Digital Safety Program at the 2014 CED Fall Policy Conferencece
This week I had the privilege of visiting Washington, D.C., to attend the Committee for Economic Development (CED) Fall Policy...
Bypassing Microsoft’s Patch for the Sandworm Zero Day
This is the second part of our analysis of the Sandworm OLE zero-day vulnerability and the MS14-060 patch bypass. Check out...
Exploit Kits Improve Evasion Techniques
Exploit kits are toolkits that malicious developers use to take advantage of client-side vulnerabilities, targeting web browsers and programs that...
Bypassing Microsoft’s Patch for the Sandworm Zero Day, the Root Cause
On October 21, we warned the public that a new exploitation method could bypass Microsoft’s official patch (MS14-060, KB3000869) for...
Chinese Trojan Hooks Macs, iPhones
“Distrust and caution are the parents of security”–Benjamin Franklin A recent threat targeting Chinese users of Mac OS X and...
App Inventor Enables the Easy Creation of Malicious Apps
In today’s increasingly connected society, heaps of new mobile apps are cropping up every day. It no longer takes a...
What Is a Trojan Horse?
One of history’s great literary classics is Homer’s Iliad, which tells the story of the Trojan horse—the wooden horse that...
New Exploit of Sandworm Zero-Day Could Bypass Official Patch
Update of October 25: Some comments posted after we published this report suggest that our proof-of-concept exploit will trigger the...
What is Criminal Identity Theft?
Identity theft gets all kinds of buzz in the news. It’s not hard to see why—in 2012, over 16.6 million...
Android’s CyanogenMod Vulnerable to Zero-Day Threat
Have you installed CyanogenMod on your Android device? If yes, you’re likely vulnerable to a newly discovered zero-day threat (an...
Banks are Using Biometric Measures to Protect Against Fraud
When thinking about biometric security, one might picture Mission Impossible-like retinal scanning or fingerprint reading technology a la the iPhone...
Emma Watson Video Scam: Hackers Use Celeb’s Popularity to Unleash Viruses
Following the announcement of the 2014 Most Dangerous Celebrities™ earlier this month, our senses have been heightened to scams on...
What is Browser Hijacking?
Imagine it. You sit down at your computer about to do your daily perusal of Buzzfeed or check out The...
The Hacker’s New Best Friend Could be Your USB Port
It’s tiny and portable, yet perfect for storing large items. I’m talking about the good ol’ Universal Serial Bus (a.k.a...
What’s Your Click IQ?
The recent celebrity photo hacks are an unfortunate reminder of how devastating or embarrassing it can be to have your...
Have You Had the ‘Dangerous Celebrity’ Talk with Your Kids?
By now hopefully you’ve had several critical conversations with your child about the good, the bad, and the risky of...
Digital Dares: Dumb Kids with Smart Phones
Do you remember the guy or girl in high school who always took things just a little too far? If...
You Could Get Prank Called (and Charged) By Your Own Phone
Most people would never think to prank call themselves. However, they may be allowing their smart phones to do just...
Top 3 Phishing Attacks Use Similar Tricks
Phishing scams are immensely popular and we see millions of phishing messages everyday. Today we offer the top three phishing...
Apps to Stop You (Adults!) from Texting and Driving
She was texting and driving when she hit my kid. No, it wasn’t a careless teenager or a group of...
A Connected Nation: IoT in America in 2025
If there’s one thing that remains consistent about technology, it is that it’s always in flux. From tablets to phablets,...
40 Phrases Every Child Needs to Hear
With school back in full swing our house has transitioned almost instantly from long, fun summer days to tighter schedules,...
BackOff Malware Uses Encryption to Hide Its Intentions
Often we see malware authors using encryption or obfuscation along with other techniques to modify the static contents of malware....
Mobile Malware, Phishing and Ransomware — Oh My!
So far, 2014 has been a tumultuous year for the security industry. We’ve seen thousands of computers taken hostage through...
Nude Celebrity Photo Dump Has Many Asking What Happened
Hundreds of private photos belonging to several high-profile Hollywood actresses were posted online this past weekend. They are explicit in...
