Content Tagged ‘General Chatter’

An Interesting Bypass

September 30, 2010 - I was analyzing a piece of malware the other day and came across a unique method to place malware locally on a host without using the network to transfer it. This is something that is so simple in design, and (continue reading...) Read more

Global Web 2.0 Report Released

September 27, 2010 - Today, McAfee released a report based on a survey of more than 1,000 decision-makers about the use of Web 2.0 technology for business. The report reveals some interesting results (for example, who would have thought the United States is among the (continue reading...) Read more

Stuxnet Update

September 24, 2010 - Stuxnet has received a lot of attention since McAfee first blogged about it in July. This post will answer some of the frequently asked questions we’ve received. Q: What is Stuxnet? A: Stuxnet is (continue reading...) Read more

“A very warm invitation to you,” Courtesy of a Mass-Spam Run

September 17, 2010 - McAfee Labs has been monitoring a spam run that was launched earlier today. The message follows: Subject: A very warm invitation to you Body: Hello, Hope your week has been wonderfull well.  I would like to extend a very warm invitation to you to (continue reading...) Read more

Widespread Reporting of “Here you have” Virus (aka W32/VBMania@MM)

September 9, 2010 - – Latest updates moved to the bottom  – McAfee Labs is currently investigating a new threat commonly referred to as the “Here you have” virus due to the email subject line the worm uses during propagation.  It looks like multiple (continue reading...) Read more

McAfee Quarterly Threats Report Released

August 10, 2010 - Malware has reached its highest levels, making the first six months of 2010 the most active half-year ever for total malware production. At the same time, spam leveled out, with only 2.5 percent growth from last quarter. Malware continued to soar (continue reading...) Read more

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