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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

Timeline of Bitcoin Events Demonstrates Online Currency’s Volatility

The buzz about Bitcoin has moved from online circles to mainstream media sources. Last week’s news of the collapse of...

McAfee Labs

Analyzing the Uroburos PatchGuard Bypass

A few weeks ago G Data Software released a report detailing alleged intelligence agency software. Following the release of that report,...

Family Safety

Kik – The App of the Moment

If you have tweens or teens living in your household then I am quite sure you would have heard about...

Mobile Security Security News

Smartphone Kill Switch Could Become Federal Law

There is no doubt that mobile devices are an integral part of our daily lives, making their potential loss all...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

What is a Denial-of-Service Attack?

You may have heard news reports about popular websites such as CNN, Amazon and Yahoo! being taken down by a...

Mobile Security

Mobile Malware in 2014

As the world becomes increasingly mobile, criminals are prioritizing their scams to target smartphone and tablets users more than ever...

Mobile Security Privacy & Identity Protection

The Drone that can Fly and Spy on Your Smartphone

For many, the notion of a flying drone conjures an image of an unmanned airborne military surveillance machine, or a...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

Your Identity Takes Flight With Angry Birds’ Data Sharing Policies

Back in the heyday before the Internet, and even before the telephone, there was one somewhat-reliable way of spreading information...

McAfee Labs

RTF Zero-Day Attack CVE-2014-1761 Shows Sophistication of Attackers

A serious RTF zero-day attack has struck recently. McAfee detection solutions were provided a couple of days ago that allowed...

McAfee Labs

Zbot Botnet Steals Thousands of Credentials

In McAfee Labs we keep a close eye on the Zeus/Zbot/Gamover botnet malware that is responsible of thousands of samples...

Mobile Security

Fandango and Credit Karma Mobile Apps Put Users At Risk

A night at the movies previously meant compromising between an edge-of-your-seat thriller and that new Nora Ephron romantic comedy, with...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

Five-Year-Old Boy Hacks His Xbox One

For most five year-olds, rule breaking usually consists of jumping in puddles and staying up past bedtime. Not so, for...

Mobile Security McAfee Labs

iDroid Bot for Sale Taps Into Mobile Wallets

During recent weeks we’ve seen a new botnet kit advertised in several Russian forums. The iDroidbot costs US$1,500 and targets...

Family Safety

3 Ways to Restore Self-Esteem & Sense of Privacy to Digital Teens

While kids today are the beneficiaries of amazing technology, there are casualties to growing up digital we can’t deny. We...

Mobile Security

Appearances Can Be Deceiving: Fake Anti-Virus App Dupes Users

If the laws of nature are capable of teaching us one thing it’s this: if it seems too good to...

How To Guides and Tutorials

Changing Passwords in a Post Heartbleed Bug World

From a home security standpoint, the main gatekeeper is the house key. It’s small, portable and fairly adept at keeping...

McAfee Labs

iBanking Mobile Trojan Poses as Facebook Token Generator

Mobile banking Trojans have usually pretended to be security applications (for example, Zitmo) or legitimate banking apps (FakeToken or FkSite a.k.a....

Internet Security Mobile Security

Tinder Not So Tender

Tinder is a kind of modern day ‘Hot or Not’ mobile dating app. It finds matches based on location, then...

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