GEC NEWS WIREMcAfee’s new investment will focus on investigations of the global threat landscape’s most sophisticated cyberwarfare and cybercrime campaigns. McAfee will also increase its engagement with law enforcement and academia, including coordinated efforts to take down criminal networks, develop new approaches to fighting cybercrime, and recruit more young people to join the ranks of cybersecurity professionals. As a proof point of this commitment, McAfee released evidence that a series of Shamoon malware campaigns targeting Saudi Arabia are the work of one coordinated force of attackers, rather than that of multiple independent renegade hacker groups.
“Campaign investigations complete our triad of research capabilities focused on keeping the digital world safe,” said Steve Grobman, Chief Technology Officer for McAfee LLC. “McAfee is committed to bringing together world-class threat intelligence, vulnerability research, and investigative expertise to provide customers more insights into how specific malicious actors develop and wage cyber-attacks.”
“We strongly believe that the latest threat data must be complemented with a deeper understanding of how today’s advanced cyberattacks operate,” said Raj Samani, Chief Scientist and head of McAfee Strategic Intelligence, the group leading McAfee’s investigative research. “The revelations of this latest research remind us that data can be the difference, but only if we can gain a view into the inner workings of threats, the campaigns they spearhead, and the individuals and organizations behind them.”
