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New Android Malware Campaigns Evading Detection Using Cross-Platform Framework .NET MAUI
Mar 24, 2025 | 8 MIN READ
Sex Sells: Looking at Android Adult Adware Apps
Advertising is one of the primary methods to generate money from mobile devices. Ads can be displayed...Key Lessons From Verizon’s ‘2016 Data Breach Investigations Report’
The annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) is out and reinforces the value of well-established cybersecurity practices....Server-Side Request Forgery Takes Advantage of Vulnerable App Servers
This blog was written by Kunal Garg. Server-side request forgery is an attack in which an attacker...Current Campaign Delivers Hundreds of Thousands of Polymorphic Ransomware
You might have been getting out of bed when attackers started sending hundreds of thousands of fake...Android Malware Clicker.G!Gen Found on Google Play
Recently the Mobile Malware Research Team of McAfee found on Google Play a new campaign of Android/Clicker.G...The Morning After: What Happens to Data Post-Breach?
This post first appeared on the security website Dark Reading. We need consumers and businesses to not...Fake Android Update Delivers SMS, Click Fraud in Europe
McAfee Mobile Research has been monitoring a mobile malware campaign targeting users in Germany, France, and Russia...CVE-2016-0018: DLL Planting Leads to a Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
DLL planting, also known as DLL side loading, is a popular attack technique today. If we take...Malware Takes Advantage of Windows ‘God Mode’
Malware is taking advantage of the lesser known Windows "God Mode".Macro Malware Employs Advanced Obfuscation to Avoid Detection
Attacks by macro malware carrying ransomware are growing, as we have recently reported on Blog Central here and...Unsubscribing From Unwanted Email Carries Risks
We all receive loads of unwanted email solicitations, warnings, and advertisements. The number can be overwhelming...CVE-2016-0153: Microsoft Patches Possible OLE Typo
Recently McAfee Labs discovered an interesting bug in Windows’ OLE implementation, which Microsoft patched this week. Now...
