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An Update on DNSChanger and Rogue DNS Servers

In late 2011, the FBI released documents and data focusing on “Operation Ghost Click.” This malicious operation, leveraging a variety of DNSChanger-type malware, was defined by the FBI as an...

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Skywiper – Fanning the ‘Flames’ of Cyberwarfare

A few weeks ago, Iran reported intensified cyberattacks on its energy sector that they observed as a direct continuation of the Stuxnet and Duqu attacks. Over the weekend, the IR Cert (Iran’s emergency...

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McAfee Named a Leader in 2012 Gartner Magic Quadrant for SIEM

Following our acquisition of NitroSecurity last year, we have been working towards fully integrating their Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) technology into our portfolio of solutions....

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Advanced Malware Protection with Network Security Platform

McAfee Network Security Platform customers have benefited from malware protection for some time now. Most customers already use McAfee Global Threat Intelligence (GTI), which has been available since...

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Thinking Outside of the Sandbox: McAfee Advanced Threat Defense Unveiled

It’s always a great day when you can share something so innovative that it will surely change the game in the industry. Today, at the McAfee FOCUS 2013 conference, McAfee and my team announced the...

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New in SIEM – Advanced Correlation Features

Now that 9.2 has been out for some time, it’s time to document some of the very cool things the McAfee SIEM can do. While the documentation is a must read for the how, this post is meant to bring you...

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Using the McAfee SIEM to Augment Successful Detection of Fraudulent Financial...

Financial fraud has a wide range of impact across a society: Providers of financial services may incur the largest losses, but the users of financial services who become victims may be hit much harder....

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Updates and Mitigation to Microsoft Office Zero-Day Threat (CVE-2013-3906)

On November 5, Microsoft posted Security Advisory 2896666. This vulnerability, discovered by Haifei Li of McAfee Labs, affects multiple versions of Microsoft Office, Windows, and Lync. Successful...

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McAfee SIEM with Ease

This blog post was written by Karl Klaessig. Think security and event management is hard from the get go? Think again. The initial set up of McAfee Enterprise Security Manager (ESM) within McAfee’s...

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Four Pillars Build the Foundation of Successful SIEM

Talking with customers during the past few months, the key topics and questions we heard were all about targeted attacks, threat intelligence, and security information and event management (SIEM)....

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McAfee SIEM Enables Cloud Security and Reduces time and resources for...

This blog post was written by Karl Klaessig. DTS is one of the larger systems companies in Germany, with around 140 team members in six locations.  Mid-sized and enterprise companies, as well as public...

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Understanding The Ever-Changing Security Landscape

Since starting my career at McAfee in 2002, I have seen so many changes within the company and the security industry at large. New technologies have transformed the relationship between enterprises,...

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McAfee Named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Information and...

This blog post was written by Karl Klaessig. In June, Gartner, Inc. published its annual Magic Quadrant for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), which evaluates vendors who offer SIEM...

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The Evolution of SIEM: Part 1

This blog post was written by Karl Klaessig. They say you can’t teach an old dog, new tricks—or can you? The technology landscape has changed dramatically over the last 10 years, and many security...

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Progress Report: Critical Security Controls Adoption

This blog was written by Barbara Kay. Today the SANS Institute released its survey on adoption of the Top 20 Critical Security Controls (CSCs) for Effective Cyber Defense. It’s a worthwhile read for...

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Cyber Threat Management: A Perfect Fit for McAfee SIEM

This blog was written by Bart Lenaerts-Bergman. Driven by the misfortune of many, Cyber Threat Intelligence exchange and consumption is becoming more proliferated, accessible and standardized. Together...

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Why SIEM is a Winning Security Strategy

This blog post was written by Karl Klaessig. Like most things in life, successful planning for a secure network takes a pre-baked strategy. And, with that strategy comes the actions and tasks needed to...

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Intelligent, Actionable, Integrated

Reaping the benefits of SIEM For automated tools such as Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) to improve your security posture and reduce your response time, they need to be intelligent,...

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Defending Against Ransomware with McAfee Threat Intelligence Exchange

In a blog last week, I discussed CryptoLocker, a particularly nefarious family of ransomware, and how to defend against it. I thought it would be worthwhile to demonstrate how McAfee Threat...

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Seven key SIEM actions to thwart attacks in the security “Golden Hour”

This blog was written by Bart Lenaerts-Bergman. As cyber criminals move faster and stealthier, taking advantage of new tools provided through an adversarial community, security teams need to be able to...

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