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McAfee Labs Threats Report: April 2021

In this edition, we present new findings in our traditional threat statistical categories – as well as our usual malware, sectors, and vectors – imparted in a new, enhanced digital presentation that’s more easily consumed and interpreted.

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Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

Another Day, Another PoS Hack. What Makes the Micros Incident Different?

Motivated by money, cybercriminals are always chasing where it goes. That greed has now led them to where transactions are...

Family Safety

Anonymous App ‘After School’ Gaining Popularity with Teens

I’ve advised my kids since they were babies: If you need to hide it, you probably shouldn’t be doing it....

Internet Security McAfee News

Announcing McAfee’s Evolved Consumer Product Portfolio

Every fall the leaves change colors, sweaters replace sundresses, and new changes are afoot. Especially for us at McAfee. In...

McAfee Labs

Andromeda Botnet Hides Behind AutoIt

Last month, I posted a blog about an increase in the use of AutoIt scripts by malware authors to carry...

McAfee Labs

Android/TimpDoor Turns Mobile Devices Into Hidden Proxies

The McAfee Mobile Research team recently found an active phishing campaign using text messages (SMS) that tricks users into downloading...

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Android/LeifAccess.A is the Silent Fake Reviewer Trojan

The McAfee Mobile Research team has identified an Android malware family dubbed Android/LeifAccess.A that has been active since May 2019....

Mobile Security Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

Android’s CyanogenMod Vulnerable to Zero-Day Threat

Have you installed CyanogenMod on your Android device? If yes, you’re likely vulnerable to a newly discovered zero-day threat (an...

Mobile Security Internet Security

Android Users, Beware: 60 Games in Google Play Deemed Malicious

It’s no secret that mobile games are designed to be addictive. Unfortunately, this can be to our disadvantage. It’s all...

Mobile Security Security News

Android Users Hit With Mobile Billing Fraud Due to Sonvpay Malware

Ever hear “Despacito” on the radio? Of course you did! It was the song of 2017 – taking over radios,...

McAfee Labs

Android Spyware Targets Security Job Seekers in Saudi Arabia

The Middle East is the new Wild West of mobile malware, especially for targeted attacks and intelligence gathering campaigns. During...

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Android SpyNote attacks electric and water public utility users in Japan

Authored by Yukihiro Okutomi  McAfee’s Mobile team observed a smishing campaign against Japanese Android users posing as a power and...

Mobile Security McAfee Labs

Android Phones Vulnerable to Loss of Data, Apps

Recently security researcher Ravi Borgaonkar discussed a vulnerability that caused a Samsung Galaxy SIII to return to a factory reset...

McAfee Labs

Android Phishing Scam Using Malware-as-a-Service on the Rise in India

Authored by ZePeng Chen and Wenfeng Yu  McAfee Mobile Research Team has observed an active scam malware campaign targeting Android...

Mobile Security McAfee Labs

Android Master-Key Malware Already Blocked by McAfee Mobile Security

The Android Master Key vulnerability, which was first reported by BlueBox Security, has been big news this month. McAfee explained...

McAfee Labs

Android Malware Spreads Through QR Code

Last week, there was quite a buzz in the mobile-malware researchers community about a new Android malware. It came to...

McAfee Labs

Android Malware Promises Video While Stealing Contacts

Recently we discovered a new Android Trojan in the official Google Play market that displays a video downloaded from the...

McAfee Labs

Android Malware Pairs Man-in-the-Middle With Remote-Controlled Banking Trojan

Based on the Android malware that we’ve seen so far, one of the principal motivations to develop and spread malware...

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Android Malware Goes Bollywood

We already know that mobile malware is growing at a fantastic rate, but we now see a new trend that...

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