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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 Windows. This malware...
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 unknown party on...
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 as QakBot/QBot) has...
How to Protect Against Petya Ransomware in a McAfee Environment
A new variant of the ransomware Petya (also called Petrwrap) began spreading around the world on June 27. Petya is ransomware that exploits the vulnerability CVE-2017-0144 in Microsoft’s implementation of the Server Message Block protocol. This ransomware encrypts the master boot records of infected Windows computers, making the machines unusable.
LeakerLocker: Mobile Ransomware Acts Without Encryption
We recently found on Google Play a type of mobile ransomware that does not encrypt files. This malware extorts a...
Coming Home To Vote for Marriage Equality
By Chris, Localization Engineer Chris is a localization engineer for McAfee in Cork, Ireland, who is passionate about inclusivity for...
Analyzing a Patch of a Virtual Machine Escape on VMware
This blog was written by Yakun Zhang. A virtual machine is a completely isolated guest operating system installation within a...
Analyzing CVE-2017-9791: Apache Struts Vulnerability Can Lead to Remote Code Execution
Apache Struts is a model-view-controller framework for creating Java web applications. Struts has suffered from a couple of vulnerabilities using...
The Kids are in Charge
By Ribu, Communications Manager Kids are wonderful, aren’t they? And what could be better than having a record-breaking 500 children...
