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AI Wrote This Malware: Dissecting the Insides of a Vibe-Coded Malware Campaign
Mar 18, 2026 | 15 MIN READ
Analysis of a Chrome Zero Day: CVE-2019-5786
1. Introduction On March 1st, Google published an advisory [1] for a use-after-free in the Chrome implementation...
Attackers Exploiting WinRAR UNACEV2.DLL Vulnerability (CVE-2018-20250)
Earlier this month Check Point Research reported discovery of a 19 year old code execution vulnerability in...
McAfee Protects Against Suspicious Email Attachments
Email remains a top vector for attackers. Over the years, defenses have evolved, and policy-based protections have...
JAVA-VBS Joint Exercise Delivers RAT
The Adwind remote administration tool (RAT) is a Java-based backdoor Trojan that targets various platforms supporting Java...
What’s in the Box?
2018 was another record-setting year in the continuing trend for consumer online shopping. With an increase in...
Ryuk, Exploring the Human Connection
In collaboration with Bill Siegel and Alex Holdtman from Coveware. At the beginning of 2019, McAfee...
MalBus: Popular South Korean Bus App Series in Google Play Found Dropping Malware
McAfee’s Mobile Research team recently learned of a new malicious Android application masquerading as a plugin for...
Happy New Year 2019! Anatova is here!
During our continuous hunt for new threats, we discovered a new ransomware family we call Anatova (based...
IE Scripting Flaw Still a Threat to Unpatched Systems: Analyzing CVE-2018-8653
Microsoft recently patched a critical flaw in Internet Explorer’s scripting engine that could lead to remote code...
Ryuk Ransomware Attack: Rush to Attribution Misses the Point
Senior analyst Ryan Sherstobitoff contributed to this report. During the past week, an outbreak of Ryuk ransomware...
Shamoon Attackers Employ New Tool Kit to Wipe Infected Systems
Last week the McAfee Advanced Threat Research team posted an analysis of a new wave of Shamoon...
McAfee Labs Threats Report Examines Cybercriminal Underground, IoT Malware, Other Threats
The McAfee Advanced Threat Research team today published the McAfee® Labs Threats Report, December 2018. In this...
