October 1, 2010 - This week in Troyes, France, the University of Technology hosted the fourth French-Speaking Days on Digital Investigations, designed for investigators, prosecuting attorneys, and legal experts in charge of fighting cybercrimes. All the participants in the congress were members of the (continue reading...) Read more
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
September 29, 2010 - During the last six years, botnets have become one of the biggest threats to security professionals, businesses, and consumers. We at McAfee Labs have just released more information about how cybercriminals can use common social networks and common web applications, (continue reading...) Read more
September 28, 2010 - On April 30 www.multimedia***.com, a newly registered website that allowed users to post, search, and view amateur videos, came online. The site was part of a group of 160 new domain registrations, and was identified by the network of sensors (continue reading...) Read more
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
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
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
September 13, 2010 - Over the weekend I had the chance to put some work into my lowbie dwarf paladin named Boulderbrain. I was at the Stormwind bank minding my own business when I suddenly get this whisper: (continue reading...) Read more
September 12, 2010 - Social engineering is probably the most common technique for to enticing unsuspecting victims to reveal information or purchase something of no value. In the anti-virus world we often see malware authors use scare tactics to sell rogue anti-virus or “fake (continue reading...) Read more
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
September 1, 2010 - Two weeks ago, I posted a blog entry talking about the counterfeiting of legal documents. I have received many comments and requests for further data related to this type of fraud from various Eastern Europe countries, France, and even (continue reading...) Read more
August 31, 2010 - The Anti-Malware engine is a critical and core piece of the McAfee anti-malware solutions. As with any core technology, the engine must be rock-solid stable, fast, and functionally rich. A new McAfee Labs whitepaper outlines these engine technologies and values, (continue reading...) Read more
August 24, 2010 - While reading Microsoft’s confirmation of the DLL preloading risks in arbitrary Windows applications vulnerability, somehow it reminded me of the wave of LD_PRELOAD vulnerabilities that were exploited many years back on multiple non-Windows-based systems. It’s not a new (continue reading...) Read more
August 24, 2010 - We unceasingly monitor and combat old and emerging web threats, taking different approaches to best protect our customers. Cybercriminals continuously look for new ways to steal valuable information. A recent phishing scam we’ve seen impersonates three popular institutions: PayPal, Bank of (continue reading...) Read more
August 23, 2010 - Phishing and identity theft involve not only the theft of funds. In addition to financial data, information collected by cybercriminals also can allow them to create and sell false legal documents. On top of selling malware, renting botnets, or launching denial-of-service (continue reading...) Read more
August 13, 2010 - McAfee Labs detected a new wave of the PWS-Zbot (a.k.a Zeus) spam campaign this week. Some common phrases used in the email subject headers: Subject: Sales Dept Subject: Another candidate brought to you Subject: Summary of payments These emails carried PWS-Zbot Trojan variants that are (continue reading...) Read more
August 11, 2010 - Bored by numbers, stats and facts in normal reports? Then the latest McAfee Security Journal is just what you were waiting for! It’s time to be proactive on cybersecurity, the latest McAfee, Inc. Security Journal examines strategies for shifting from defense to (continue reading...) Read more
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
July 26, 2010 - As McAfee Labs predicted in a previous blog post regarding the Microsoft Windows Shell .LNK vulnerability, it was just a matter of time before malware started using Exploit-CVE2010-2568 to take advantage of this new Microsoft zero-day flaw. The (continue reading...) Read more