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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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Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

Bypassing Microsoft’s Patch for the Sandworm Zero Day

This is the second part of our analysis of the Sandworm OLE zero-day vulnerability and the MS14-060 patch bypass. Check out...

McAfee Labs

Exploit Kits Improve Evasion Techniques

Exploit kits are toolkits that malicious developers use to take advantage of client-side vulnerabilities, targeting web browsers and programs that...

McAfee Labs

Bypassing Microsoft’s Patch for the Sandworm Zero Day, the Root Cause

On October 21, we warned the public that a new exploitation method could bypass Microsoft’s official patch (MS14-060, KB3000869) for...

McAfee Labs

Chinese Trojan Hooks Macs, iPhones

“Distrust and caution are the parents of security”–Benjamin Franklin A recent threat targeting Chinese users of Mac OS X and...

Mobile Security

App Inventor Enables the Easy Creation of Malicious Apps

In today’s increasingly connected society, heaps of new mobile apps are cropping up every day. It no longer takes a...

Internet Security Family Safety Privacy & Identity Protection

What Is a Trojan Horse?

One of history’s great literary classics is Homer’s Iliad, which tells the story of the Trojan horse—the wooden horse that...

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New Exploit of Sandworm Zero-Day Could Bypass Official Patch

Update of October 25: Some comments posted after we published this report suggest that our proof-of-concept exploit will trigger the...

Privacy & Identity Protection

What is Criminal Identity Theft?

Identity theft gets all kinds of buzz in the news. It’s not hard to see why—in 2012, over 16.6 million...

Mobile Security Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

Android’s CyanogenMod Vulnerable to Zero-Day Threat

Have you installed CyanogenMod on your Android device? If yes, you’re likely vulnerable to a newly discovered zero-day threat (an...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

Banks are Using Biometric Measures to Protect Against Fraud

When thinking about biometric security, one might picture Mission Impossible-like retinal scanning or fingerprint reading technology a la the iPhone...

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