Shamoon Returns to Wipe Systems in Middle East, Europe
Destructive malware has been employed by adversaries for years. Usually such attacks are carefully targeted and can be motivated by...
‘Operation Sharpshooter’ Targets Global Defense, Critical Infrastructure
This post was written with contributions from the McAfee Advanced Threat Research team. The McAfee Advanced Threat Research team...
Software Company WakeNet AB Discovered Spreading PUPs to Users
Pay-per-install, or PPI for short, is a type of software program that presents users with third-party offers while they are...
Pay-Per-Install Company Deceptively Floods Market with Unwanted Programs
For the past 18 months, McAfee Labs has been investigating a pay-per-install developer, WakeNet AB, responsible for spreading prevalent adware...
McAfee Labs 2019 Threats Predictions Report
Our predictions for 2019 move away from simply providing an assessment on the rise or fall of a particular threat, and instead focus on current rumblings we see in the cybercriminal underground that we expect to grow into trends and subsequently threats in the wild.
8 Ways to Secure Your Family’s Online Holiday Shopping
It’s officially the most wonderful time of the year — no doubt about it. But each year, as our reliance...
Don’t Get PWNed by Fake Gaming Currency Sites
If you’re a gamer, you know how important virtual currency is. It allows you to purchase new costumes and weapons...
Preventing WebCobra Malware From Slithering Onto Your System
Cryptocurrency mining is the way transactions are verified and added to the public ledger, a database of all the transactions...
WebCobra Malware Uses Victims’ Computers to Mine Cryptocurrency
McAfee Labs researchers have discovered new Russian malware, dubbed WebCobra, which harnesses victims’ computing power to mine for cryptocurrencies.
“League of Legends” YouTube Cheat Links: Nothing to “LOL” About
If you’re an avid gamer, you’ve probably come across a game that just seems impossible to complete. That’s because, thanks...
