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AI Wrote This Malware: Dissecting the Insides of a Vibe-Coded Malware Campaign
Mar 18, 2026 | 15 MIN READ
Analyzing CVE-2017-3731: Truncated Packets Can Cause Denial of Service in OpenSSL
OpenSSL is a popular open-source library for SSL and is used by various software and companies across...Spora Ransomware Infects ‘Offline’—Without Talking to Control Server
Spora is a ransomware family that encrypts victims’ files and demands money to decrypt the files. It...Macro Malware Targets Macs
Macro malware has been spreading for years. New techniques arise all the time to hide malicious code...Analyzing KillDisk Ransomware, Part 2: Variants and Screen Unlocking
This blog post was written by Sudhanshu Dubey. At McAfee Labs we recently analyzed the ransomware KillDisk. In...McAfee Launches ‘Threat Landscape Dashboard’
Every week, we read in the news of another breach or targeted campaign, as more patches are...Analyzing CVE-2016-9311: NTPD Vulnerability Can Lead to Denial of Service
The network time protocol synchronizes time across various devices on a network. The network time protocol daemon...Spotlight on Shamoon
Our analysis this month has pointed to Shamoon emerging in the Middle East. We have recently seen...With Release of Windows 10, Questions About BitLocker Arise Again
This post was written by Ted Pan. For those of you who were around during the original...Analyzing KillDisk Ransomware, Part 1: Whitelisting
This blog post was written by Sudhanshu Dubey. At McAfee Labs we recently analyzed the ransomware KillDisk....Stopping Malware With a Fake Virtual Machine
As we explained in a previous post, some advanced malware can detect a virtual environment such as...Trojanized Photo App on Google Play Signs Up Users for Premium Services
Mobile apps usually have names that give some indication of their function. In one recent case, however,...Turkish Instagram Password Stealers Found on Google Play
McAfee’s mobile malware research team has found several Instagram password stealers on the Google Play store. (Google...
