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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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Malware on Google Play Targets North Korean Defectors

Earlier this year, McAfee researchers predicted in the McAfee Mobile Threat Report that we expect the number of targeted attacks on mobile devices to increase due to their ubiquitous growth combined with the sophisticated tactics used by malware authors.

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Malware Mystery: JS/Nemucod Downloads Legitimate Installer

JS/Nemucod is the detection name given to a family of malicious JavaScript downloaders that have appeared in spam campaigns since last year....

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Malware Mines, Steals Cryptocurrencies From Victims

How’s your Bitcoin balance? Interested in earning more? The value of cybercurrency is going up. One way to increase your...

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Malware Manipulates Procedure Prologue and Epilogue to Evade Security

Techniques used by malware developers to evade detection by security software have changed drastically in recent years. Encryption, packers, wrappers,...

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Malware Hides in Installer to Avoid Detection

At McAfee Labs we recently observed various threat families using the Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS). This practice is not...

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Malware Disguised as Java Update: Careful What You Download!

All too often, cyber attacks are crimes of opportunity. This was exactly the case when late last week, hackers created...

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Malware Behaves Oddly in Automated Analysis Environment

While testing malware recently, we got some logs from our automated analysis system showing a few samples that are only...

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Malicious Websites – The Web is a Dangerous Place

McAfee’s latest Threats Report shows a growth in malicious websites replacing botnets as the primary infection mechanism. This means that...

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Malicious Utility Can Defeat Windows PatchGuard

In 2012, my colleagues Deepak Gupta and Xiaoning Li explained in a white paper how some malware can operate at...

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