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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

Seeing Through Darkleech Obfuscation: a Quick Hack to Iframes

This blog post was written by Kalpesh Mantri. Darkleech is an Apache module on the dark web that distributes malware....

Family Safety

Don’t Let Hackers Sink Your Family Vacation Plans

Planning a family vacation has evolved to an art form. There’s an app for everything from booking flights, discovering deals,...

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...

Internet Security Family Safety

Meet KeySweeper, the Stealthy Hardware Recording Your Keystrokes

If there’s one reason why classic James Bond films are so widely enjoyed, it’s because of the unbeatable gadgets. From...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

How ransomware attacks will soar with the growth of IoT

This blog post was written by Nick Viney. Last month I wrote about the rise of ransomware, a particularly nasty...

McAfee Labs

Trillium Exploit Kit Update Offers ‘Security Tips’

McAfee Labs has previously blogged about the Trillium Exploit Kit Version 3.0, which is commonly used to create and distribute malware....

Internet Security

Cybercriminals Crack into 360 Million Old Myspace Accounts

It’s easy to create online accounts, and it’s just as easy to forget them. Remember Myspace? The early social media...

McAfee Labs

Locky Ransomware Hides Under Multiple Obfuscated Layers of JavaScript

This post was prepared with the invaluable assistance of Rahamathulla Hussain and Girish Kulkarni. During the last couple of weeks,...

McAfee Labs

Threat Actors Employ COM Technology in Shellcode to Evade Detection

COM (Component Object Model) is a technology in Microsoft Windows that enables software components to communicate with each other; it...

Family Safety

Does Your Teen Recognize the Cruelty of Subtweeting?

“No way! Do you think this tweet is about me?” The abruptly frantic teen held her phone directly up in...

Internet Security

What Everyone Can Learn from The Mark Zuckerberg Hack

When we were children, our role models seemed invincible. Could any five-year-old imagine a Superman who was less than perfect?...

Family Safety Privacy & Identity Protection

How Safe Is Your Personal Information Online?

How many websites have you shared information with? Do you use the same passwords across all your accounts? Is your...

McAfee Labs

Zcrypt Expands Reach as ‘Virus Ransomware’

McAfee has recently seen a new kind of ransomware–Zcrypt—that can self-replicate. This “virus ransomware” arrives via email in a malicious...

McAfee Labs

Experts Discuss the 2016 Verizon DBIR: June #SecChat

Cybersecurity in 2016 has been full of sensational headlines. Ransomware has shut down multiple hospitals, millions of credentials have been...

McAfee Labs

‘Thrones’ Jon Snow Appears to Employ Neutrino Exploit Kit

This blog post was written by Kalpesh Mantri. You read that right. Jon Snow appears to be back from the...

Internet Security Mobile Security

Facebook Messenger Flaw Could’ve Allowed Criminals to Intercept Messages

When it comes to day-to-day communications, we are—to put it mildly—married to our messaging applications. Which is why it’s worrying...

Mobile Security

Why You Should Update or Lose Your Mobile Apps

This blog was written by Bruce Snell. If you’re like me, you probably have at least a dozen apps on...

Mobile Security

WhatsApp Gold: Why Upgrading Isn’t Always a Golden Idea

Whether it was the cool sneakers everyone had in grade school, or the latest cell phone release, we always want...

Family Safety Privacy & Identity Protection

Risky Selfie Trend: Snapping and Driving

Just when you thought the dangerous selfie craze was winding down, there’s a whole new trend that poses a risk to drivers....

McAfee News

Celebrating our partners across EMEA

This blog was written by David Small. Last week, our EMEA Channel Partner Summit took place in Mallorca. This year’s...

McAfee Labs

Microsoft’s June Patch Kills Potential CFG Bypass

After applying Microsoft’s June patch, we noticed some interesting changes that prevent a security bypass of Windows’ Control Flow Guard...

Internet Security

Keep Your Guard Up: Sports Streaming Sites Yield Hidden Dangers

Just as every dog has its day, so too do sports. The NBA finals, the Playoffs, the Stanley Cup —...

Family Safety

A Family Technology Contract? Should You or Shouldn’t You?

I would never consider myself to be an A+ parent. Maybe a solid B. Perhaps I can blame the large...

McAfee Labs

JavaScript-PHP Joint Exercise Delivers Nemucod Ransomware

The ransomware Nemucod has been very prevalent in the last few months. Nemucod’s habit of frequently changing its delivery mechanism...

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Survey: More Than Half of Travelers Couldn’t Unplug on Vacation

Everybody knows it, everybody admits it, and everybody seems to accept it. We’re addicted to our mobile phones. While over-attachment...

Mobile Security Family Safety

Are You Safer Unplugging on Vacation?

This blog was written by Bruce Snell. You probably know by now that I love technology.  I have either my...

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New Campaign Kits: Elevate Your Marketing by Elevating Your Conversations

IT decision makers have spoken – good information is hard to find. According to IDG’s 2016 Customer Engagement Research, a...

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