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U.S. Arrests Zeus-Operating Cybercriminals
By David Marcus at 30 September, 2010, 10:51 am
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 of a global cyberfraud scam. Summaries of the incident can be found here, here, and here.
Zeus [...]
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Loading ...Application-Based Control: the Future of Botnets?
By David Marcus at 29 September, 2010, 5:00 am
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, such as Twitter and XMPP-enabled applications like Google Talk, to take over a user’s computer.
As [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...World of Warcraft Spearphishing and Botting
By David Marcus at 13 September, 2010, 7:58 am
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:
Now normally I simply ignore most whispers I get in-game (other times I simply don’t notice them) but this one caught [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...SpyPro Fake-Alert Malware Joins ‘Scareware’ Lineup
By David Marcus at 12 September, 2010, 9:29 pm
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 alert” anti-virus software.
Rogue malware authors use various methods to fool victims into purchasing their products. [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Labs Releases Whitepaper on Cooperative Anti-Malware on Endpoint and Gateway
By David Marcus at 31 August, 2010, 10:27 am
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, covering both endpoint and gateway uses. Beyond introductions to malware detection methodologies–ranging from exact detection to [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Remote iPhone Jailbreak Using PDF Exploit Should Serve as Wake-Up Call
By David Marcus at 3 August, 2010, 9:54 am
Like many iPhone users, I “jailbreak” my iPhone. I do this for many reasons, but mainly for console-level access and the darn cool infosec tools that are available through Cydia. Like many iPhone users, I was quite happy when the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) was able to get jailbreaking included under “fair use” within the [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Social Networking Threats: New Report From McAfee Labs
By David Marcus at 12 July, 2010, 1:47 pm
Social networking sites and technologies are among the hottest happenings on the Internet. However, in this case every benefit comes with an equal danger: These sites and technologies are also huge targets for cybercriminals. One of McAfee Labs senior researchers, Anthony Bettini, has written an excellent whitepaper on the subject. Social Networking Apps Pose Surprising [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Social Networking Threats: New Report From McAfee Labs
By David Marcus at 12 July, 2010, 1:47 pm
Social networking sites and technologies are among the hottest happenings on the Internet. However, in this case every benefit comes with an equal danger: These sites and technologies are also huge targets for cybercriminals. One of McAfee Labs senior researchers, Anthony Bettini, has written an excellent whitepaper on the subject. Social Networking Apps Pose Surprising [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...McAfee, Parental Controls, and Apple Devices = Safer Kids Online
By David Marcus at 22 June, 2010, 5:19 am
Today we announced our McAfee® Family Protection iPhone®, iPod touch® and iPad™ Edition. McAfee now provides strong parental controls to keep young people safe when they are browsing the Internet on an Apple mobile device. McAfee released McAfee Family Protection for the PC in June 2009.
According to data released by Admob in 2010, [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...McAfee Survey: Secret Life of Teens
By David Marcus at 22 June, 2010, 4:56 am
Today McAfee released the results from our survey “Secret Life of Teens,” which provides a detailed snapshot of online teen behavior. It reveals that 85 percent of teens go online somewhere other than at home and under the supervision of their parents, nearly a third (32 percent) of teens say they don’t tell their parents [...]
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