McAfee Sees COVID-19-Themed Threats and PowerShell Malware Surge in Q2 2020

Key Findings McAfee sees COVID-19-themed cyber-attack detections increase by 605% in Q2 2020 McAfee saw PowerShell malware surge 117% due to proliferation of malicious Donoff documents Attacks on cloud services users reached nearly 7.5 million New malw… Continue reading McAfee Sees COVID-19-Themed Threats and PowerShell Malware Surge in Q2 2020

McAfee launches MVISION XDR, a cloud-based advanced threat management solution

McAfee announced industry-first extended detection and response (XDR) capabilities with the introduction of MVISION XDR platform, a cloud-based advanced threat management solution with complete coverage across the attack lifecycle, prioritization to pr… Continue reading McAfee launches MVISION XDR, a cloud-based advanced threat management solution

How cloud transformation helps stop emerging threats

Automation, agility, efficiency and cost play critical roles in accelerating public sector transformation through the cloud, according to an experienced cybersecurity-focused executive with an eye on the future. They also are provide a smarter, more progressive approach to protecting data, said Rajiv Gupta, a senior vice president in the cloud security business unit at McAfee, during an Oct. 20 presentation at CyberTalks, the annual summit of government and private sector leaders presented by Scoop News Group. The need to consider more modern security approaches has taken on new urgency since the COVID-19 pandemic impacted U.S. firms, forcing leaders to reconsider many of their operating assumptions. “Not only have you seen, in the U.S., employees working from home but, in many cases, the employees accessing large public cloud services,” Gupta said during a keynote presentation. “What we’ve seen is that a threat landscape has changed, the threat vectors have changed, the […]

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McAfee Introduces MVISION XDR, the Industry-First Proactive, Data-Aware and Open Extended Detection and Response Platform

Improves threats response across the entire IT environment and lowers total cost of operations for security operations centers with cloud-delivered security October 29, 2020 01:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MP… Continue reading McAfee Introduces MVISION XDR, the Industry-First Proactive, Data-Aware and Open Extended Detection and Response Platform

McAfee Advances SASE Solution With First-Of-Its-Kind Integrated Remote Browser Isolation at MPOWER Digital 2020

Delivers innovative threat and data protection capabilities for enterprise SASE deployments October 29, 2020 01:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–MPOWER Digital 2020 – McAfee Corp. (Nasdaq: MCFE), the device-to-cl… Continue reading McAfee Advances SASE Solution With First-Of-Its-Kind Integrated Remote Browser Isolation at MPOWER Digital 2020

Seclore and McAfee integrate to provide continuous protection of data in the cloud

Seclore announced that it will now provide a joint offering, combining its data-centric security technology with McAfee MVISION Cloud. This integration brings together the best of breed technologies in their respective fields. This integrated offering … Continue reading Seclore and McAfee integrate to provide continuous protection of data in the cloud

Biden Campaign Staffers Targeted in Cyberattack Leveraging Anti-Virus Lure, Dropbox Ploy

Google’s Threat Analysis Group sheds more light on targeted credential phishing and malware attacks on the staff of Joe Biden’s presidential campaign. Continue reading Biden Campaign Staffers Targeted in Cyberattack Leveraging Anti-Virus Lure, Dropbox Ploy

Community detection: CVE-2020-16898

By Ben Reardon, Corelight Security Researcher This month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday included a severe Remote Code Execution vulnerability in the way that Windows TCP/IP handles IPv6 “Router Advertisement” ICMP messages. Due to the severity and wide scop… Continue reading Community detection: CVE-2020-16898