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Watch Out for These 3 World Cup Scams
What color jersey will you be sporting this November and December? The World Cup is on its way to television...
Watch Out For IRS Scams and Avoid Identity Theft
Tax season isn’t just busy for taxpayers—it’s prime time for scammers, too. As you gather your W-2s, 1099s, and other...
Was the Fake Joe Biden Robocall Created with AI?
As voters in the recent New Hampshire primary have found, a fake robocall of President Joe Biden has been making...
Warning: Lokibot Is Looking to Access Your Android
This time of year is always busy for me. Between pre-holiday online shopping, and the push to connect with friends...
Warning: Crypto-Currency Mining is Targeting Your Android
Cryptocurrency, a virtual form of currency designed to work as a secure form of exchange, has gained a lot of...
Want Your Kids to Care More About Online Safety? Try These 7 Tips
The topics parents need to discuss with kids today can be tough compared to even a few years ago. The...
Want to Break Into a Locked Windows 10 Device? Ask Cortana (CVE-2018-8140)
June’s “Patch Tuesday” (June 12) is here, but it is likely many Windows 10 users have not yet applied these updates.
W97M Downloader Serves Vawtrak Malware
McAfee Labs recently found a variant of the W97M macro malware downloader that runs the Vawtrak malware. Although W97M usually...
W32/Autorun Worm: A Nasty Bug for Your Computer
What do you think of when you hear the word “malware”? Most people think of the general term “virus”–something that...
Vulnerable OpenSSL Handshake Renegotiation Can Trigger Denial of Service
OpenSSL, the popular general-purpose cryptographic library that implements SSL/TLS protocols for web authentication, has recently suffered from several vulnerabilities. We...
Vulnerability Discovery in Open Source Libraries: Analyzing CVE-2020-11863
Open Source projects are the building blocks of any software development process. As we indicated in our previous blog, as...
Vulnerability Discovery in Open Source Libraries Part 1: Tools of the Trade
Executive Summary Open source has become the foundation for modern software development. Vendors use open source software to stay competitive...
VSkimmer Botnet Targets Credit Card Payment Terminals
April 2 This blog has been updated with McAfee’s NSP detection. See end of blog. While monitoring a Russian underground...
VPNFilter Malware Adds Capabilities to Exploit Endpoints
VPNFilter, a botnet-controlled malware that infects networking devices, was first documented by researchers from Cisco Talos. McAfee Labs also published...
VPNFilter Botnet Targets Networking Devices
VPNFilter is a botnet with capabilities to support both intelligence collection and destructive cyberattack operations. The Cisco Talos team recently notified members of the Cyber Threat Alliance (CTA) of its findings and published this blog.
Viva Las Vegas: Cash Out with the #McAfeeAtCES RT2Win Sweepstakes!
We’ve officially touched down in Las Vegas for CES 2020! If you aren’t familiar with CES, it is the global...
Visualizing A DDoS Cyber Attack
A denial-of-service (DDoS) attack occurs when hackers flood a target website with large amounts of traffic. This traffic is often generated...
Vietnamese ‘Adult’ Apps on Google Play Open Gate to SMS Trojans
Malware related to short message services occupies a large portion of today’s Android malware families. These include premium SMS fraud...
