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In Memory of Peter Szor
Nov. 20: Update with details of memorial service at the end of this post. Earlier this week the security industry...
Japanese Chat App for Android Steals Phone Numbers
Update, December 5 The developer of the app Machin Chat has contacted McAfee and reported that the collection of phone...
JavaScript Apps on Google Play Steal Korean Phone Numbers
In a recent blog, McAfee Labs reported on suspicious JavaScript-based Android chat applications for Japanese users. These apps were found...
More Japanese Chat Apps on Google Play Steal Phone Numbers
In two recent blogs, McAfee Labs described Japanese and Korean Android apps on Google Play that steal a mobile device’s...
Analyzing the Recent Windows Zero-Day Escalation of Privilege Exploit
Recently we caught a malicious sample that exploits a PDF vulnerability–CVE-2013-3346, we believe–and executes after a use-after-free condition occurs. During...
Suspicious Apps on Google Play Leak Google Account IDs
The Google account ID (or account name), which in most cases is a Gmail address, is one of the key...
2014 Threats Predictions: Cloud Attacks Could Lead to Data Loss
This post is one in a series of articles that expand on the recently released McAfee Labs 2014 Threats Predictions. In...
Variant of Pony Botnet Pickpockets Bitcoin Users
Last month the Pony Botnet became a household name when it was revealed that it had stolen more than two...
2014 Threats Predictions: Software Defined Networking And More
This post is one in a series of articles that expand on the recently released McAfee Labs 2014 Threats Predictions....