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McAfee Labs Threats Report:
September 2017

In the McAfee Labs Threats Report: September 2017, we discuss three key topics:

  • We analyze the recent WannaCry and Petya attacks, the perpetrators’ likely motives, and their business impact.
  • We offer detailed advice and recommendations for using certain types of indicators of compromise when hunting for threats.
  • We explore script-based malware—why it is used, how authors obfuscate scripts, how it propagates, and its growth in popularity.
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Related Resources

Solution Brief: Protecting Against Script-Based Malware

Read our recommended policies and procedures and how our products can protect against steganographic code in malware attacks.

Solution Brief: Protecting Against WannaCry and Petya

Read our recommended policies and procedures and how McAfee products can protect systems and networks from WannaCry and Petya.

Related McAfee Labs Blogs

Read more about these key topics and about the latest threat discoveries from the McAfee Labs research team.