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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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McAfee Labs

Cidox Trojan Spoofs HTTP Host Header to Avoid Detection

Lately, we have seen a good number of samples generating some interesting network traffic through our automated framework. The HTTP...

How To Guides and Tutorials Mobile Security

1-2-3: How to take a screen shot on your computer or mobile phone

There are some simple moves online that can save you an enormous amount of time. And when it comes to...

Mobile Security

Mobile Bankers Beware: A New Phishing Scam Wants Your Money

As a growing number of smartphone owners get increasingly comfortable using their mobile devices for everything from shopping online to...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

Bitcoin Headlines Attract Malware Developers

Bitcoin issues have been front-page news in recent months, especially after its surprising April exchange rate. In the second quarter of...

Internet Security Security News

Don’t Take a Bite out of that Apple Gift Card Scam

Good rule of thumb on the web: When it seems too good to be true, it probably is. Those ads...

Internet Security Mobile Security

BYOD: Balancing Convenience and Security

It lies next to you as you sleep, comes with you to work, rides home with you in your car...

Family Safety Privacy & Identity Protection

What Are the Risks of Geo-Location?

Using your mobile’s built-in global positioning system (GPS) functionality allows location-based services (or geo-location) to locate and publish information about...

Mobile Security

Spy? Where? Mobile Spyware Hiding Right Under Your Nose

Some days it feels like the whole world is going mobile. We tweet, we text, we browse the world from...

Family Safety

The Dilemma of Anonymity and Dangers of Ask.fm

Anonymity affords a precarious, irresistible power to teens online. Ask.fm is one app that’s exploding in popularity by allowing users...

McAfee Labs

Android App Contains Windows Worm

When developers are unaware of security they open the door to threats against their customers and users. We are not...

McAfee Labs

Java Back Door Acts as Bot

The current threat landscape is often driven by web-based malware and exploit kits that are regularly updated with newly found...

McAfee Labs

Bitcoin Miners Use AutoIt-Complied Programs With Antianalysis Code

Last year, my colleague Itai Liba blogged about the association between malware and AutoIt, a very convenient environment for malware...

Mobile Security McAfee Labs

Japanese One-Click Scammers Abuse Mobile Traffic Exchange Service

McAfee has been monitoring and reporting extensively on one-click-fraud malware for Android in Japan this year. These attacks, primarily on...

Mobile Security Family Safety

Cheating and Bullying: It’s a Bigger Problem than You Think!

The whole purpose of your “youth” is to grow and learn. It’s time to take in lots of information, so...

Mobile Security McAfee Labs

Introducing App Reputation for Android Apps

McAfee has always been in the forefront of finding new ways to secure our customers against threats and risks posed...

Family Safety

5 (Kind) Reminders for Overly Nosy Parents

Last night I sat next to my teenage son as he played video games. It did not take long before...

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...

Mobile Security

Is Your Mobile Device Misbehaving? How to Catch Common Malware Misbehaviors

Nothing in life is free, and that’s especially true when it comes to mobile apps. Thousands of free apps are...

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