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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...
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...
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...
RTF Attack Takes Advantage of Multiple Exploits
This is a joint analysis by Haifei Li, Stanley Zhu, and Jun Xie of McAfee Labs Recently, the rich text...
Trojan Hides in ROM of Chinese Android Devices
In China, some mobile phone geeks like to refresh their Android machines with images from the Internet. For some mobile...
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...
Suspicious Mobile App Finds Your Gmail, Facebook, and Twitter Accounts
Today many people use multiple web services, such as social networking and messaging services. Some users explicitly show their identity...
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...
Product Coverage and Mitigation for CVE-2014-1761 (Microsoft Word)
On March 24, Microsoft released Security Advisory 2953095 for Microsoft Word. In-the-wild exploitation of this vulnerability has been observed across...
Yik Yak & Omegle: Two Apps Kids Need to Delete ASAP
So I’ve been trying to put myself in the shoes of people who can’t seem to get enough of using...
Mobile Malware in 2014
As the world becomes increasingly mobile, criminals are prioritizing their scams to target smartphone and tablets users more than ever...
Google Docs Phishing Campaign is Frighteningly Accurate
Gmail users beware: a very convincing, very deceitful, phishing scam has been making its way around the Internet. The scam...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
5 Destructive Digital Habits You Could Be Teaching Your Kids
One of the coolest things about being a parent is being convinced your child hasn’t heard a word you’ve said...
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...
Netflix Phishing Scam Lures Users Into Calling Fake Tech Support
A group of scammers seem to have taken to heart the lesson bequeathed to us by Three Dog Night in...
Chameleon: the Wi-Fi Virus That Hides in Plain Sight & Spreads Like a Cold
Recently, a group of researchers at the University of Liverpool successfully tested a new virus with a terrifying potential. It...
7 Ways to Tell If It’s a Fake
Unfortunately in today’s world, scammers are coming at us from all angles to try and trick us to get us...
Cyber Pranks – Funny or Mean??
We all know that kids love to play pranks – it is just part of childhood. Whether it is whoopee...
Automatic App Installation from Google Play Poses Big Risk
Android users usually download and install applications from the Google Play store through several interactions with the service–including viewing the...
Internet Explorer Zero Day Offers Unusual Case Study
While analyzing a recent Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2014-0322 (containing the Flash sample hash b9c9dab0fd30418884800afebbaba4d99f4526ef0c9a47972a20ab20fed0a06d), we noticed the exploit makes...
Apple, SSL, and the Importance of Updating Your Software
Before we begin: please take a minute to update all of your iOS devices to the latest iOS version, iOS...
New Free Version of McAfee Mobile Security
At CES, last month in Las Vegas, McAfee announced plans to offer elements of McAfee® Mobile Security for free. Since...
So Are You ‘Hot or Not?’ App Rates Appearance
First, let me begin with the fact that I love apps. In fact, I am probably addicted to them. I...
