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Sinkholing CountLoader: Insights into Its Recent Campaign
May 13, 2026 | 10 MIN READ
McAfee Discovers Pinkslipbot Exploiting Infected Machines as Control Servers
This blog was written by Sanchit Karve. McAfee Labs has discovered that banking malware Pinkslipbot (also known...Misuse of DocuSign Email Addresses Leads to Phishing Campaign
DocuSign, which provides electronic signatures and digital transaction management, reported that email addresses were stolen by an...Fake WannaCry ‘Protectors’ Emerge on Google Play
Are Android devices affected by the self-propagating ransomware WannaCry? No—because this threat exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft...How to Protect Against WannaCry Ransomware in a McAfee Environment
This post was updated on May 31 with links to three McAfee community videos concerning WannaCry ransomware. ...Adylkuzz CoinMiner Spreading Like WannaCry
The last few days have been very busy for security teams all around the globe due to...Analysis of Chrysaor Keylogging Mechanism Shows Power of Simple Malicious Code
Many attacks on mobile devices use social engineering to initially infect a victim’s system. They download malware...Further Analysis of WannaCry Ransomware
McAfee Labs has closely monitored the activity around the ransomware WannaCry. Many sources have reported on this...Vulnerable OpenSSL Handshake Renegotiation Can Trigger Denial of Service
OpenSSL, the popular general-purpose cryptographic library that implements SSL/TLS protocols for web authentication, has recently suffered from...Mirai, BrickerBot, Hajime Attack a Common IoT Weakness
This blog post was written by Rick Simon. We know that devices in the Internet of Things...Cerber Ransomware Evades Detection With Many Components
This blog was co-written by Sapna Juneja. Cerber is a quickly evolving type of malware called crypto-ransomware....Banned Chinese Qvod Lives on in Malicious Fakes
Qvod used to be a popular video player and developer in China. Due to piracy allegations and...Mirai Botnet Creates Army of IoT Orcs
This post was based on analysis by Yashashree Gund and RaviKant Tiwari. There is a lot of...
