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
October 1, 2010 - The Storm worm marked its presence in early 2007 and became an infamous robot network primarily known for its spamming and phishing activities. Also known as Nuwar/Zhelatin/FakeAV/Peacomm, this bot reappeared early this year, distributed by fake AV software and (continue reading...) Read more
September 30, 2010 - It looks like some of the recent success in taking down Zeus-using cybercriminals is coming to the United States. The FBI has recently announced that it has charged as many as 60 people and has arrested 10 as part (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 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 15, 2010 - A new phishing scam is targeting users of the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS), a free service provided by the U.S. Department of the Treasury since 1996. The recent fraudulent format uses an email message that claims to be (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 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 - Yesterday we discovered a new Zeus campaign. Most of the messages associated with the new spam campaign are linked to the Asprox botnet. This time, the focus is on FedEx. Most of the attachments start with either FedExDoc.exe or FedExInvoice.exe. Those (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 25, 2010 - This blog was updated at 1.15 pm Pacific time on Aug. 26. McAfee Labs has detected a new strain of spam in the wild that is not only a sophisticated forgery of a Newegg purchase receipt, but there is also some (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 12, 2010 - On August 7, the French Police National Aux Frontiers arrested Vladislav Anatolievich Horohorin at the Nice airport when he attempted to board a flight to Moscow. This 27-year-old citizen of both Israel and the Ukraine lived, according to rumors, on (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