Organisation
organisation:mcafee
Antivirus and security company that obtained, reverse-engineered, and analyzed the malware used in the campaign.
Antivirus and security company that obtained, reverse-engineered, and analyzed the malware used in the campaign.
“McAfee reverse-engineered the malware”
The antivirus company that acquired Mobman’s cybersecurity company, according to the episode.
“I made a cyber-security company and then I sold that company to McAfee.”
Security company that analyzed the school’s custom Excel macro virus.
“McAfee at the time was like, yeah, this is a macro virus”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | DEVELOPED_BY | John McAfee | Explicit | 20 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | Operation Aurora | Explicit | 19 |
Operation Aurora INVOLVES McAfee
McAfee obtained and reverse-engineered the malware used in the attack and named the operation after its Aurora folder.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 19 Details
“When McAfee reverse-engineered the malware they found that when the hacker executed the attack they ran it out of a folder called Aurora”
McAfee DEVELOPED_BY John McAfee
Jack says John McAfee started the McAfee antivirus software company.
Explicit Confidence 90% · Jack Rhysider EP 20 Details
“That’s John McAfee who started the McAfee antivirus software”