Poor Security Exposes Medical Data to Cybercriminals

ARCHIVED STORY McAfee Researchers Find Poor Security Exposes Medical Data to Cybercriminals By Christiaan Beek · March 11, 2018 The nonperishable nature of medical data makes an irresistible target for cybercriminals. The art of hacking requires significant time and effort, encouraging experience...

IoT Devices: The Gift that Keeps on Giving… to Hackers

ARCHIVED STORY IoT Devices: The Gift that Keeps on Giving… to Hackers By Tim Hux · November 16, 2017 McAfee Advanced Threat Research onMost Hackable Gifts You’ve probably noticed the recent increase in Internet connected drones, digital assistants, toys, appliances and other devices hitting the...

DarkGate again but... Improved?

DarkGate again but... Improved? By Ernesto Fernández Provecho · June 3, 2024 Executive summary During 2023, DarkGate made a comeback with a version full of new features, becoming one of the most preferred Remote Access Trojans RATs by malicious actors. However, this momentum also required...

A Catalog of Hazardous AV Sites – A Tale of Malware Hosting

A Catalog of Hazardous AV Sites – A Tale of Malware Hosting By Trellix · May 23, 2024 This blog was written by Gurumoorthi Ramanathan Executive summary In mid-April 2024, Trellix Advanced Research Center team members observed multiple fake AV sites hosting highly sophisticated malicious files suc...

Trellix Global Defenders: LAPSUS$ Data Breaches and Proactive Protections

Trellix Global Defenders: LAPSUS$ Data Breaches and Proactive Protections By Taylor Mullins · March 23, 2022 Trellix is continuing to monitor the threat activity related to the LAPSUS$ threat group and their recent breaches of large organizations such as NVIDIA, Samsung, Microsoft, and Okta. This...

Babuk Ransomware

ARCHIVED STORY Babuk Ransomware By Alexandre Mundo · February 23, 2021 Executive Summary Babuk ransomware is a new ransomware threat discovered in 2021 that has impacted at least five big enterprises, with one already paying the criminals $85,000 after negotiations. As with other variants, this...

Iran Cyber Threat Update

ARCHIVED STORY Iran Cyber Threat Update By Trellix · January 08, 2020 Recent political tensions in the Middle East region have led to significant speculation of increased cyber-related activities. McAfee is on a heightened state of alert to monitor the evolving threats and rapidly implement...

Shamoon Returns to Wipe Systems in Middle East, Europe

ARCHIVED STORY Shamoon Returns to Wipe Systems in Middle East, Europe By Alexandre Mundo · December 14, 2018 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...

Blurring the Lines: How Nation-States and Organized Cybercriminals Are Becoming Alike

Blurring the Lines: How Nation-States and Organized Cybercriminals Are Becoming Alike By Tomer Shloman · January 7, 2025 The distinction between nation-state actors and organized cybercriminals is becoming increasingly blurred in our rapidly evolving cyber landscape. Historically, these groups ha...

Detecting and Visualizing Lateral Movement Attacks with Trellix Helix Connect - Part 2

Detecting and Visualizing Lateral Movement Attacks with Trellix Helix Connect - Part 2 By Maulik Maheta · May 21, 2023 This blog was also written by Chintan Shah Executive summary In the part 1 of this series we discussed in depth about the known Lateral movement attacks like abusing weak service...

McAfee ATR Analyzes Sodinokibi aka REvil Ransomware-as-a-Service - The All-Stars | McAfee Blogs

McAfee ATR Analyzes Sodinokibi aka REvil Ransomware-as-a-Service – The All-Stars John Fokker · OCT 02, 2019 Episode 2: The All-Stars Analyzing Affiliate Structures in Ransomware-as-a-Service Campaigns This is the second installment of the McAfee Advanced Threat Research ATR analysis of Sodinokibi...

80 to 0 in Under 5 Seconds: Falsifying a Medical Patient's Vitals

ARCHIVED STORY 80 to 0 in Under 5 Seconds: Falsifying a Medical Patient's Vitals By Douglas McKee · August 11, 2018 The author thanks Shaun Nordeck, MD, for his assistance with this report. With the explosion of growth in technology and its influence on our lives, we have become increasingly...

No Privileges, No Lockout, No Trace: Kerberoasting with SPN Misconfigurations

No Privileges, No Lockout, No Trace: Kerberoasting with SPN Misconfigurations By Maulik Maheta and Henry Bernabe · August 27, 2026 Executive Summary Active Directory misconfigurations are vulnerabilities that attackers can exploit before defenders notice them. This blog exposes a stealthier...