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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 News

McAfee Customer Success Group Puts Customers at the Core

To Our Valued Customers: Allow me to introduce myself. I am Aneel Jaeel, the new leader of the McAfee Customer...

McAfee Labs

KRACKs Against Wi-Fi Serious But Not End of the World

This blog was written by Brook Schoenfield. On October 12, researcher Mathy Vanhoef announced a set of Wi-Fi attacks that...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

Infected Minecraft Apps Could Potentially Turn Over 2M Android Devices Into a Botnet Army

We all love a good game, especially those that allow us to create and innovate with the touch of our...

McAfee Labs

ROCA: Which Key-Pair Attacks Are Credible?

This blog was co-written by Brook Schoenfield. In the past two weeks, we have seen two big encryption issues arise:...

McAfee Labs

KRACKs: Five Observations on WPA Authentication Vulnerability

KRACKs are in the news. McAfee has already discussed these key reinstallation attacks that affect Wi-Fi setups in two posts:...

How To Guides and Tutorials Privacy & Identity Protection

What To Do If Your Data Is Stolen

If you’re like most people, you share your personal information with a number of companies and service providers, from banks...

Family Safety

Conversation Starters: Keep Your Kids Safe on the Road, at School, and Online

Making “safety” a priority for kids is about as exciting as watching the snow melt on a snow day. So...

Internet Security

Meet IoT_reaper: The New Malware Building a Massive Botnet Army

WannaCry, Petya, the Dyn distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack – all now infamous cyberattacks that have defined the modern threat landscape....

McAfee Labs

Analyzing Microsoft Office Zero-Day Exploit CVE-2017-11826

McAfee Labs has performed frequent analyses of Office-related threats over the years: In 2015, we presented research on the Office...

McAfee Labs

Code Execution Technique Takes Advantage of Dynamic Data Exchange

Email phishing campaigns are a popular social engineering technique among hackers. The idea is simple: Craft an email that looks...

McAfee Labs

Configuring McAfee ENS and VSE to Prevent Macroless Code Execution in Office Apps

Microsoft Office macros are a popular method of distributing malware. Users can defend themselves against macro attacks by disabling macros....

Life at McAfee

Inclusion Drives Innovation: An Employee’s Perspective on Being Differently Abled

By Karla Jackson, Digital Media Specialist, McAfee “With Our People at The Heart, We Are McAfee.” If you make your...

McAfee Labs

Expiro Malware Is Back and Even Harder to Remove

File infector malware adds malicious code to current files. This makes removal tricky because deleting infections results in the loss...

Family Safety

Risky Apps, Jail Time for Parents of Bullies, and More Family Safety News

If you haven’t been able to skim the family safety headlines lately — no worries. We’ve plucked a few stories...

Life at McAfee

Celebrating Halloween – McAfee Style

By Dawson McPherson, Talent & Communications Coordinator Two weeks ago, I stepped into the McAfee Plano office with a mixture...

Mobile Security

Secret Selfies: iPhone Apps Can Take Pictures and Videos of You Without Your Knowledge

“Let’s take a selfie” has become quite the popular request in 2017. Most everyone captures the occasional self-portrait using the...

McAfee Labs

Pirate Versions of Popular Apps Infiltrate Google Play via Virtualization

The McAfee Mobile Research team recently found pirated applications of popular apps distributed on the Google Play store. A pirated...

Family Safety

Be a Social Media-Savvy Parent For Your Kids

If your kids are ready to join the social media bandwagon, but you are completely lost when it comes to...

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