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The OPM hack explained: Bad security practices meet China’s Captain America

In April of 2015, IT staffers within the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the agency that manages the government’s civilian workforce, discovered that some of its personnel files had been hacked. Among the sensitive data that was exfiltrated were millions of SF-86 forms, which contain extremely personal information gathered in background checks for […] more…

Maintenance 11/28/18: Data Center Services may be partially unavailable

PEOPLE AND LOCATIONS IMPACTED: All students, faculty, and staff with services at the University Park Data Center IT SERVICE(S) IMPACTED: Data Center services and equipment DATE AND TIME: Services and equipment at the University Park Data Center may be affected from 4:00am ET until 7:00pm ET on 11/28/18. NOTES: Maintenance is on the A side […] more…

Maintenance 11/13/18: Data Center Services may be partially unavailable

PEOPLE AND LOCATIONS IMPACTED: All students, faculty, and staff with services at the University Park Data Center IT SERVICE(S) IMPACTED: Data Center services and equipment DATE AND TIME: Services and equipment at the University Park Data Center may be affected from 4:00am ET until 7:00am ET on 11/13/18. NOTES: Maintenance is on the B side […] more…

Overcoming Common SD-WAN Security Mistakes

Digital transformation is about much more than moving workflows to the cloud and adopting IoT. It is about retooling the entire network to make it faster, more efficient, much more flexible, and cost-effective. Which means it also includes things like agile software and application development, rethinking access and onboarding, and creating dynamic and adaptable network […] more…

State County Authorities Fail at Midterm Election Internet Security

One of the things we at McAfee have been looking at this midterm election season is the security of election infrastructure at the individual county and state levels. A lot of media and cybersecurity research focus has been placed on whether a major national attack could disrupt the entire U.S. voting infrastructure. Headlines and security […] more…

DarkPulsar

In March 2017, the ShadowBrokers published a chunk of stolen data that included two frameworks: DanderSpritz and FuzzBunch. DanderSpritz consists entirely of plugins to gather intelligence, use exploits and examine already controlled machines. It is written in Java and provides a graphical windows interface similar to botnets administrative panels as well as a Metasploit-like console […] more…

Breaking Down the Rapidly Evolving GandCrab Ransomware

Most ransomware strains have the same commonalities – bitter ransom notes, payment demanded in cryptocurrency, and inventive names. A select few, however, can go undetected by a handful of antimalware products. Meet GandCrab ransomware, a strain that somehow manages to accomplish all of the above. Our McAfee Labs team has found that the ransomware, which […] more…

35 state attorney generals tell FCC to pull the plug on robocalls

The AGs want the FCC to adopt SHAKEN and STIR. more…

How the McAfee Rotation Program is Providing Opportunities

By: Darius, Sales & Marketing Rotation Engineer “The sky is the limit.” It’s a phrase I heard frequently growing up, in school, college and university. To me, the phrase means there are endless opportunities. So, my nine-year-old self desired to be a racecar driver, my freshman year ambition was to be a developer and then […] more…

MuddyWater expands operations

Summary MuddyWater is a relatively new APT that surfaced in 2017. It has focused mainly on governmental targets in Iraq and Saudi Arabia, according to past telemetry. However, the group behind MuddyWater has been known to target other countries in the Middle East, Europe and the US. We recently noticed a large amount of spear […] more…

When the Digital Impacts the Physical

Cyberattacks have always been, well, cyber. Their immediate effects were on our data, our digital information, and our devices…until they weren’t. The interconnected nature of the world and the way it’s built in 2018 has brought us exciting and revolutionary innovations, but it has also been leveraged by hackers to extend the impact of a […] more…

Phishing Campaign uses Hijacked Emails to Deliver URSNIF by Replying to Ongoing Threads

by Erika Mendoza, Anjali Patil and Jay Yaneza While most phishing campaigns are fairly simplistic in nature and easy to spot (they usually involve a legitimate-looking email, often with a malicious attachment or link embedded in the text), a spam campaign we observed in September indicates attackers are angling towards a more sophisticated form of phishing. […] more…

Hackers Target Real Estate Deals, With Devastating Impact

James and Candace Butcher were ready to finalize the purchase of their dream retirement home, and at closing time wired $272,000 from their bank following instructions they received by email. Within hours, the money had vanished. read more more…

5 Reasons Why Strong Digital Parenting Matters More than Ever

As a parent raising kids in a digital culture, it’s easy to feel at times as if you have a tiger by the tail and that technology is leading your family rather than the other way around. But that familiar feeling — the feeling of being overwhelmed, outsmarted, and always a step or two behind […] more…

Announcing McAfee’s Evolved Consumer Product Portfolio

Every fall the leaves change colors, sweaters replace sundresses, and new changes are afoot. Especially for us at McAfee. In fact, we’re announcing quite a few changes to our consumer security portfolio this fall. Tailored to the increasingly connected world we live in, our evolved line of products focuses on better performance, better ransomware protection, […] more…

W. Va. to use blockchain-based mobile app for mid-term voting

West Virginia this fall will let members of the military and their families deployed overseas to vote by smartphone or tablet using a blockchain-based app developed by a Salt Lake City start-up, Voatz. The voters using the app would otherwise have to submit paper absentee ballots via mail or vote over a land line telephone. The […] more…

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