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Exploring Winrar Vulnerability (CVE-2023-38831)
Authored by Neil Tyagi On 23 August 2023, NIST disclosed a critical RCE vulnerability CVE-2023-38831. It is...Sep 19, 2023 | 8 MIN READ

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Agent Tesla’s Unique Approach: VBS and Steganography for Delivery and Intrusion
Authored by Yashvi Shah Agent Tesla functions as a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) and an information stealer...Sep 08, 2023 | 13 MIN READ

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Peeling Back the Layers of RemcosRat Malware
Authored by Preksha Saxena McAfee labs observed a Remcos RAT campaign where malicious VBS files were delivered...Aug 29, 2023 | 9 MIN READ

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Crypto Scam: SpaceX Tokens for Sale
Authored by: Neil Tyagi Scam artists know no bounds—and that also applies to stealing your cryptocurrency. Crypto...Aug 24, 2023 | 5 MIN READ

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Invisible Adware: Unveiling Ad Fraud Targeting Android Users
Authored by SangRyol Ryu, McAfee Threat Researcher We live in a world where advertisements are everywhere, and...Aug 04, 2023 | 6 MIN READ

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The Season of Back to School Scams
Authored by: Lakshya Mathur and Yashvi Shah As the Back-to-School season approaches, scammers are taking advantage of...Aug 02, 2023 | 5 MIN READ

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Scammers Follow the Rebranding of Twitter to X, to Distribute Malware
Authored by: Vallabh Chole and Yerko Grbic On July 23rd, 2023, Elon Musk announced that the social...Jul 25, 2023 | 3 MIN READ

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Android SpyNote attacks electric and water public utility users in Japan
Authored by Yukihiro Okutomi McAfee’s Mobile team observed a smishing campaign against Japanese Android users posing as...Jul 21, 2023 | 5 MIN READ

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CLOP Ransomware exploits MOVEit software
Authored by: Abhishek Karnik and Oliver Devane You may have heard recently in the news that several...Jun 21, 2023 | 3 MIN READ

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GULoader Campaigns: A Deep Dive Analysis of a highly evasive Shellcode based loader
Authored by: Anandeshwar Unnikrishnan Stage 1: GULoader Shellcode Deployment In recent GULoader campaigns, we are seeing a...May 09, 2023 | 22 MIN READ

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New Wave of SHTML Phishing Attacks
Authored By Anuradha McAfee Labs has recently observed a new wave of phishing attacks. In this wave,...May 08, 2023 | 5 MIN READ

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Deconstructing Amadey’s Latest Multi-Stage Attack and Malware Distribution
Authored by By Yashvi Shah McAfee Labs have identified an increase in Wextract.exe samples, that drop a...May 05, 2023 | 17 MIN READ