Open Backdoors and Voice Assistant Attacks: Key Takeaways from 2019’s Mobile Threat Report
These days, we seem to have a newfound reliance on all things ‘smart.’ We give these devices the keys to...
Ryuk, Exploring the Human Connection
In collaboration with Bill Siegel and Alex Holdtman from Coveware. At the beginning of 2019, McAfee ATR published an...
How To Sidestep Popular Social Scams
Each year, internet users lose billions of dollars to online scams, using clever ploys to trick us out of our...
MalBus: Popular South Korean Bus App Series in Google Play Found Dropping Malware
McAfee’s Mobile Research team recently learned of a new malicious Android application masquerading as a plugin for a transportation application...
Cryptojacking Up 4,000% How You Can Block the Bad Guys
Think about it: In the course of your everyday activities — like grocery shopping or riding public transportation — the...
Ryuk Ransomware Attack: Rush to Attribution Misses the Point
Senior analyst Ryan Sherstobitoff contributed to this report. During the past week, an outbreak of Ryuk ransomware that impeded newspaper...
Fake Apps & Banking Trojans Are Cybercriminal Favorites
Today, we are all pretty reliant on our mobile technology. From texting, to voice messaging, to mobile banking, we have...
Shamoon Attackers Employ New Tool Kit to Wipe Infected Systems
Last week the McAfee Advanced Threat Research team posted an analysis of a new wave of Shamoon “wiper” malware attacks...
McAfee Labs Threats Report Examines Cybercriminal Underground, IoT Malware, Other Threats
The McAfee Advanced Threat Research team today published the McAfee® Labs Threats Report, December 2018. In this edition, we highlight...
Holiday Rush: How to Check Yourself Before Your Wreck Yourself When Shopping Online
It was the last item on my list and Christmas was less than a week away. I was on the...