By Kristol, Sales Account Manager and President, McAfee African Heritage Community If you talked to me when I first started working at McAfee, I wouldn’t have believed you if you told me that I’d still be working here 16 years later. But I am still working here, and I’ve grown from every challenge and success

Destructive malware has been employed by adversaries for years. Usually such attacks are carefully targeted and can be motivated by ideology, politics, or even financial aims. Destructive attacks have a critical impact on businesses, causing the loss of data or crippling business operations. When a company is impacted, the damage can be significant. Restoration can

The Cyber Security Gurukul Series is an initiative by the ‘Women Wizards Rule Tech (W2RT)’, a unique program designed exclusively for Women professionals in Core Technologies by noted industry body NASSCOM. Focused specifically on the IT-ITES/BPM, Product and R&D Firms, the key aim of this initiative is to enable women with deeper knowledge various technologies

This post was written with contributions from the McAfee Advanced Threat Research team.   The McAfee Advanced Threat Research team and McAfee Labs Malware Operations Group have discovered a new global campaign targeting nuclear, defense, energy, and financial companies, based on McAfee® Global Threat Intelligence. This campaign, Operation Sharpshooter, leverages an in-memory implant to download

If you’re an avid reader of threat trends or a fan of red team exercises, you’ve probably come across a reference to the MITRE ATT&CK framework in the last few months. If you have ever wondered what it was all about or if you’ve never heard of it but are interested in how you can

Rejection is the unspoken risk that is present when we enter into any relationship be it a friendship or a love relationship. It’s a painful, inescapable part of life that most of us go to great lengths to avoid. That said, there’s a social media phenomenon called “ghosting” that can take the pain of rejection to

We are excited to announce that McAfee has been recognized as a 2018 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Endpoint Protection Platforms.  McAfee takes great pride in this distinction, as we feel that real-world feedback from our customers is the driving force behind the recognition and that they have spoken loudly about the value they

Rockstar Games’ Red Dead Redemption 2 has struck a popular chord with many online gamers. Unfortunately, the Western-themed action-adventure game has also become a popular vessel for malicious activity among cybercriminals as well. Scammers are tricking gamers into giving up their personal information with phony “free” downloads of the online game, while simultaneously making a

Pay-per-install, or PPI for short, is a type of software program that presents users with third-party offers while they are in the middle of another download. If a user clicks on the third-party advertisement, the software developer earns money from the download. One specific PPI program has caught the attention of our McAfee ATR team,

There’s pressure — lots of pressure. And not the typical I-want-a-bike or a doll-that-poops kind of pressure your kids may have foisted upon you just a few Christmases ago. No, this is the big leagues. Your child wants his or her first smartphone to show up under the tree this year. Is your son or daughter

It’s common for people to share their personal information with companies for multiple reasons. Whether you’re checking into a hotel room, using a credit card to make a purchase at your favorite store, or collecting rewards points at your local coffee shop, companies have more access to your data than you may think. While this

These predictions were written by Eoin Carroll, Taylor Dunton, John Fokker, German Lancioni, Lee Munson, Yukihiro Okutomi, Thomas Roccia, Raj Samani, Sekhar Sarukkai, Dan Sommer, and Carl Woodward. As 2018 draws to a close, we should perhaps be grateful that the year has not been entirely dominated by ransomware, although the rise of the GandCrab

Many music-lovers around the world use Spotify to stream all of their favorite tunes. While the music streaming platform is a convenient tool for users to download and listen to their music, hackers are capitalizing on the company’s popularity with a recent phishing campaign. The campaign lures users into giving up their account details, putting

It’s officially the most wonderful time of the year — no doubt about it. But each year, as our reliance and agility on our mobile devices increases, so too might our impulsivity and even inattention when it comes to digital transactions. Before getting caught up in the whirlwind of gift giving and the thrill of

The internet has allowed society to stay connected in more ways than ever before. We can speak to strangers across the globe, connect with loved ones in an instant, and share our lives publicly. As much as the internet has connected us in positive, eye-opening ways, its interactive nature has also created a new problem

In October, I was privileged to attend the two-day MITRE ATT&CK™ conference, where participants and attendees voiced their support for the ATT&CK framework. The event, sponsored by McAfee, served as a forum for sharing insights and best practices for using ATT&CK as a way to describe and demystify the complexities of today’s cyberattacks. MITRE is

The authors thank their colleagues Oliver Devane and Deepak Setty for their help with this analysis. McAfee Labs researchers have discovered new Russian malware, dubbed WebCobra, which harnesses victims’ computing power to mine for cryptocurrencies. Coin mining malware is difficult to detect. Once a machine is compromised, a malicious app runs silently in the background

If we asked database administrators, security teams, and risk teams about their definition of what database security is, the answers would vary widely. Each team views the definition based on their own requirements, but the one answer that most likely won’t appear is: “To protect data.” Traditionally, database security has always been seen as a

Holiday stress. Every year, come November, my resting heart rate starts to rise: the festive season is approaching. Not only is there so much to do but there’s so much to spend money on. There are presents to purchase, feasts to prepare and party outfits to buy. Throw in a holiday to fill the long

If you’re a gamer, you know how important virtual currency is. It allows you to purchase new costumes and weapons to personalize your avatar. But how does one go about gaining virtual currency? Players complete in-game challenges and are rewarded with coins to spend in their virtual world. These challenges can be pretty difficult and