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McAfee Blog
blogs.mcafee.com · Company blog · on HN since 2010
McAfee Labs researchers publish analyses of malware, ransomware, botnets, and security vulnerabilities.
What HN saysHN links it for primary reporting on Operation Shady RAT, which a commenter calls more detailed than any popular account.
26HN people shared it
5linked it in comments
72stories submitted
140story points
10 years agolast shared
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Most-shared posts
- 1Revealed: Operation Shady RAT3 people · 4 points · first shared 2011 · 1 comments on HN
- 2Meet 'Tox': Ransomware for the Rest of Us2 people · 9 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 3AutoIt and Malware: What’s the Connection?1 people · 18 points · first shared 2014 · 1 comments on HN
- 4Bypassing Microsoft’s Patch for the Sandworm Zero Day1 people · 12 points · first shared 2014 · 1 comments on HN
- 5Botnets access millions of SSNs and DOBs1 people · 5 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 6Crash and Burn: Snapchat Security Flaws Strike Again1 people · 5 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 7Unmasking “Careto,” the Most Sophisticated Malware Yet1 people · 4 points · first shared 2014 · 1 comments on HN
- 8‘Pony’ Botnet Gallops Off With 2 Million Passwords1 people · 3 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 9Memory Forging Rootkit1 people · 3 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 10Intel files amicus brief in support of Apple1 people · 3 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 11Apple Hit by Same Java Exploit as Facebook1 people · 2 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 12I Smell a RAT: Java Botnet Found in the Wild1 people · 2 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 13Unfolding the Mystery of Cerber Ransomware’s Random File Extension1 people · 2 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 14Yahoo Mail Hacked: Secure Your Account Now1 people · 2 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 15Security AND Compliance, eh?1 people · 2 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
dragontamer · 2013-07-18
http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/don%E2%80%99t-confuse-anonymous-wi…
Yes and No.
Russian Gangs are known to fly the flag of Anonymous, but I bet you that the rank-and-file members of Anon would prefer not to be confused with those guys.
dreww · 2011-08-03
More good commentary here on another HN post:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2840062
and the blog post on McAfee has more details than any popular account:
http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/revealed-operation-shady-rat
ja30278 · 2011-08-03
In this case, look at the target data that was recovered from a single control server: http://blogs.mcafee.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ShadyRAT_diagram_ca…
US defense contractors; the governments of US, Canada, Vietnam, South Korea, Taiwan, and India; Democracy/Human Rights groups; mining, security, electronics, power companies.
That seems like an unlikely target list for someone who's in it for the 'lulz'.
metachris · 2011-08-03
A better account of the story at the McAfee Blog: http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/revealed-operation-shady-rat
eapen · 2011-03-28
From - http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Mar/313
Vulnerabilities in *McAfee.com
1. VULNERABILITY DESCRIPTION
-> Cross Site Scripting
http://download.mcafee.com/products/webhelp/4/1033/#javascript:top.loc…
-> Information Disclosure > Internal Hostname:
http://www.mcafee.com/js/omniture/omniture_profile.js
($ ruby host-extract.rb -a
http://www.mcafee.com/js/omniture/omniture_profile.js)
-> Information Disclosure > Source Code Disclosure:
view-source:http://download.mcafee.com/clinic/includes/commoninc/cookiecommon.asp
view-source:http://download.mcafee.com/clinic/includes/commoninc/appcommon.asp
view-source:http://download.mcafee.com/clinic/includes/commoninc/partnerCodesLibra…
view-source:http://download.mcafee.com/clinic/Includes/common.asp
view-source:http://download.mcafee.com/updates/upgrade_patches.asp
view-source:http://download.mcafee.com/updates/common/dat_common.asp
view-source:http://download.mcafee.com/updates/updates.asp
view-source:http://download.mcafee.com/updates/superDat.asp
view-source:http://download.mcafee.com/eval/evaluate2.asp
view-source:http://download.mcafee.com/common/ssi/conditionals.asp
view-source:http://download.mcafee.com/common/ssi/errHandler_soft.asp
view-source:http://download.mcafee.com/common/ssi/variables.asp
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