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Family Safety
Malicious Websites – The Web is a Dangerous Place
McAfee’s latest Threats Report shows a growth in malicious websites replacing botnets as the primary infection mechanism....Sep 06, 2012 | 2 MIN READ
McAfee Labs
Facebook Bot Spreads Through Chat Messengers [Updated]
Update from Facebook: The Facebook security team been actively tracking this botnet and providing McAfee AV to...Aug 29, 2012 | 4 MIN READ
McAfee Labs
AutoIt and Malware: What’s the Connection?
During the last couple of weeks I’ve come across three malware samples packed using compiled AutoIt scripts,...Aug 28, 2012 | 5 MIN READ
McAfee Labs
Combating Malware and Advanced Persistent Threats
In the past decade, the security industry has seen a constant rise in the volume of malware...Jun 29, 2012 | 4 MIN READ
McAfee Labs
‘Bioskits’ Join Ranks of Stealth Malware
We have seen many discussions of the MyBios “Bioskit” discovered at the end of 2011. MyBios was...Jun 07, 2012 | 5 MIN READ
McAfee Labs
Spreading the Flame: Skywiper Employs ‘Windows Update’
Microsoft has issued Security Advisory 2718704, in which the company disclosed that it recently became aware of...Jun 04, 2012 | 4 MIN READ
McAfee Labs
Jumping Into the Flames of Skywiper
There has been quite a bit of analysis and speculation about the Flamer/Skywiper threat. As we started...May 29, 2012 | 5 MIN READ

Family Safety
What Does It Take To Be Digitally Secure?
Let’s get one thing straight: it’s no longer possible to deny that your life in the physical...May 16, 2012 | 3 MIN READ
McAfee Labs
‘Android/NotCompatible’ Looks Like Piece of PC Botnet
A lot of recent attacks on Android users are attributed to fake websites of popular applications such...May 08, 2012 | 5 MIN READ
McAfee Labs
Pastebin Shares Botnet Source Code
Few days back, we found another Pastebin entry that contains a source which looks to be malicious...May 07, 2012 | 2 MIN READ

Mobile Security
Mobile and Phishing – Why It’s More Dangerous
Phishing occurs when scammers send emails that appear to have been sent by legitimate, trusted organizations in...May 04, 2012 | 3 MIN READ
McAfee Labs
CVE-2012-0158 Exploit in the Wild
Since last week, we have seen many specially crafted files exploiting CVE-2012-0158, a vulnerability in MSCOMCTL.OCX in...Apr 23, 2012 | 2 MIN READ