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New Malicious Clicker found in apps installed by 20M+ users
Authored by SangRyol Ryu Cybercriminals are always after illegal advertising revenue. As we have previously reported, we have seen many...
New Ryuk Ransomware Sample Targets Webservers
Executive Summary Ryuk is a ransomware that encrypts a victim’s files and requests payment in Bitcoin cryptocurrency to release the...
New Security Reality for Internet of Things
Recent distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are forcing a shift in how we think about the Internet of...
New TeslaCrypt Ransomware Arrives via Spam
During the last couple of weeks, McAfee Labs has observed a huge increase in spam related to Nemucod, a malicious...
New Wave of SHTML Phishing Attacks
Authored By Anuradha McAfee Labs has recently observed a new wave of phishing attacks. In this wave, the attacker has...
New Zero-Day Attack Copies Earlier Flash Exploitation
Late on July 10, Microsoft released a blog post disclosing that they were aware of a zero-day attack in the...
Next Targets for Cybercriminals: the Long Term (Part 2)
In the previous post in this series, I outlined how cybercriminals will use the holiday season to victimize unwary consumers...
Next Targets for Cybercriminals: the Short Term (Part 1)
Knowing what cybercriminals are targeting today is easy. Their attacks are loud, impactful, and have the elegance of a...
NGRBot Spreads Via Chat
NGRBot is a worm that propagates through chat messengers, the Internet Relay Chat channel, social networking sites etc. It steals...
Nivdort: Data-Stealing Trojan Arrives via Spam
During the past couple of weeks, McAfee Labs has observed a huge increase in spam related to Nivdort, a malicious file...
No More Ransom Blows Out Three Birthday Candles Today
Collaborative Initiative Celebrates Helping More Than 200,000 Victims and Preventing More Than 100 million USD From Falling into Criminal Hands...
No Winners at QR Code Roulette
Last year a friend had a bright idea for a party game that involved a series of QR codes in...
North Korean Defectors and Journalists Targeted Using Social Networks and KakaoTalk
Recently, South Korean media wrote about North Korean refugees and journalists being targeted by unknown actors using KakaoTalk (a popular...
Obfuscated Malware Discovered on Google Play
The McAfee Labs Mobile Malware Research team found early this week on Google Play a set of malware published by...
Office 365 Users Targeted by Voicemail Scam Pages
McAfee Labs has been observing a new phishing campaign using a fake voicemail message to lure victims into entering their Office 365 email credentials.
Olympics Has Fallen – A Misinformation Campaign Featuring a Voice Cloned Elon Musk
Authored by Lakshya Mathur and Abhishek Karnik As the world gears up for the 2024 Paris Olympics, excitement is building,...
On Drovorub: Linux Kernel Security Best Practices
Intro In a U.S. government cyber security advisory released today, the National Security Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation warn...
One Team Member Selflessly Provides Relief to COVID-19’s Front Line
By: Heiko, Senior Security Engineer, Germany I never could have imagined that what started as a national duty to volunteer...
