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The Threat Center is McAfee’s cyberthreat information hub. From here, you can learn about top cybersecurity threats in our continuously curated Threat Landscape Dashboard, search our McAfee Global Threat Intelligence database of known security threats, read in-depth threat research reports, access free security tools, and provide threat feedback.
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This edition highlights significant investigative research and trends in threats in Q1 2019.
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Learn about today’s top cybersecurity threats. These security threats have been identified and analyzed by our threat research team as the most impactful threats today. These include threats to network security, information security, and more. Click on a specific threat to learn about how to best protect your business.
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The ransomware uses AES and RSA encryption and demands between 15 and 50 Bitcoin for the decryption ...
The ransomware uses RSA-2048 and ChaCha20 encryption and requires the victim to contact the threat a...
Emissary Panda, also known as APT27 and Lucky Mouse, targeted entities with the ZxShell remote acces...
The APT34 threat group, also known as OilRig or Helix Kitten, are suspected to have targeted compani...
50 domains with ties to the Thallium threat group, also known as APT37 and Reaper, were taken offlin...
A spoofing vulnerability exists in the way Windows CryptoAPI (Crypt32.dll) validates Elliptic Curve ...
An issue was discovered in Citrix Application Delivery Controller (ADC) and Gateway 10.5, 11.1, 12.0...
Vulnerability in the Oracle WebLogic Server product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: WLS Core...
A memory corruption vulnerability has been discovered in the Microsoft Internet Explorer Scripting E...
A zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in Mozilla Firefox. The critical flaw is due to a type ...
Advanced Threat Research Lab
The Advanced Threat Research Lab provides our researchers access to state-of-the-art hardware and equipment targeting the discovery, exploitation, and responsible disclosure of critical vulnerabilities. The lab also showcases working demos of research projects, such as attacks against medical devices, cars, and more.
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