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‘Police Ransomware’ Preys on Guilty Consciences
“Police ransomware” is big business, generating millions of euros for organized criminal groups. In May, at Europol’s...
Family Safety
McAfee Most Dangerous Celebrity 2012 – And The Riskiest Are…
Emma Watson has replaced Heidi Klum as McAfee’s 2012 Most Dangerous Celebrity to search for online. For...
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....
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...
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,...
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Combating Malware and Advanced Persistent Threats
In the past decade, the security industry has seen a constant rise in the volume of malware...
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‘Bioskits’ Join Ranks of Stealth Malware
We have seen many discussions of the MyBios “Bioskit” discovered at the end of 2011. MyBios was...
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Spreading the Flame: Skywiper Employs ‘Windows Update’
Microsoft has issued Security Advisory 2718704, in which the company disclosed that it recently became aware of...
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...
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‘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...
McAfee Labs
Pastebin Shares Botnet Source Code
Few days back, we found another Pastebin entry that contains a source which looks to be malicious...
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...Stay Updated
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