Tag: mcafee
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VB2019 paper: Different ways to cook a crab: GandCrab Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) analysed in depth
Though active for not much longer than a year, GandCrab had been one of the most successful ransomware operations. Running as a Ransomware-as-a-Service scheme, the malware regularly updated itself to newer versions to stay ahead of decryptors released by security researchers. High-level overview of the GandCrab RaaS model. In a paper presented at VB2019 in…
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VB2016 paper: Diving into Pinkslipbot’s latest campaign
Pinkslipbot, also known as Qakbot or Qbot, is a banking trojan that makes the news every once in a while, yet never seems to get the attention of the world’s Zbots and Dridexes. I looked at the malware myself three years ago , but since then it has been updated several times, the most recent…
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VB2016 paper: Diving into Pinkslipbot’s latest campaign
Pinkslipbot, also known as Qakbot or Qbot, is a banking trojan that makes the news every once in a while, yet never seems to get the attention of the world’s Zbots and Dridexes. I looked at the malware myself three years ago , but since then it has been updated several times, the most recent…
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Vulnerability turns McAfee’s anti-malware solution into open relay
Flaw allows for spam to be sent through customers’ PCs. A vulnerability discovered in McAfee ‘s SaaS for Total Protection , the company’s hosted anti-malware solution, effectively turns a customer’s machine into an open relay, allowing others to send spam through it. Open relays allow anyone to send mail through a machine to any recipient…
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AV-Test.org unveils latest results
Trend Micro achieves pass; Microsoft and McAfee fail to reach certification standards. Independent testing body AV-Test.org has released its latest set of quarterly test results, reporting on the performance of 19 products in its multi-layer certification scheme. The reports show some major players not reaching the required grade, with McAfee ‘s Internet Security solution missing…
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Computer chip giant buys AV giant
Intel becomes new owner of McAfee for the princely sum of $7.8bn Intel , the world’s biggest manufacturer of computer chips, is poised to acquire security giant McAfee – one of the ‘big four’ anti-malware vendors – in a deal worth $7.8 billion, the company’s biggest acquisition in its history. Under the terms of the…
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AV-Test.org issues latest round of testing results
Symantec and Microsoft outdo Trend and McAfee in live tests. Independent testing organisation AV-Test.org has released its latest round of test results in a simplified format, providing at-a-glance details of performance in a series of tests aimed at mimicking real-world situations. Testing covered a wide range of criteria, all run in a fully connected and…
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McAfee offers payments to cover FP cleanup costs
Compensation for faulty update victims could set precedent. Victims of the erroneous McAfee DAT update last month are being offered cash payments to cover costs incurred in fixing the problem. The issue emerged on 21 April, when users of McAfee ‘s corporate solution VirusScan Enterprise found their machines rendered inoperable after the common process svchost…