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XLSM Malware with MacroSheets
Excel-based malware has been around for decades and has been in the limelight in recent years. During the second half of 2020, we saw adversaries...Aug 06, 2021 | 6 MIN READ

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REvil Ransomware Uses DLL Sideloading
This blog was written byVaradharajan Krishnasamy, Karthickkumar, Sakshi Jaiswal Introduction Ransomware attacks are one of the most...Jul 16, 2021 | 5 MIN READ

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Hancitor Making Use of Cookies to Prevent URL Scraping
This blog was written by Vallabh Chole & Oliver Devane Over the years, the cybersecurity industry has...Jul 08, 2021 | 4 MIN READ

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Zloader With a New Infection Technique
This blog was written by Kiran Raj & Kishan N. Introduction In the last few years, Microsoft...Jul 08, 2021 | 8 MIN READ

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Clever Billing Fraud Applications on Google Play: Etinu
Authored by: Sang Ryol Ryu and Chanung Pak A new wave of fraudulent apps has made its...Apr 19, 2021 | 3 MIN READ

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Top 5 Things to Know About Recent IoT Attacks
While the IoT offers tremendous benefits, such as allowing users to monitor their homes or check the...Nov 02, 2020 | 6 MIN READ

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Operation (노스 스타) North Star A Job Offer That’s Too Good to be True?
Executive Summary We are in the midst of an economic slump [1], with more candidates than there...Jul 29, 2020 | 28 MIN READ

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MalBus Actor Changed Market from Google Play to ONE Store
Authored by: Sang Ryol Ryu and Chanung Pak McAfee Mobile Research team has found another variant of...Apr 09, 2020 | 5 MIN READ

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What CVE-2020-0601 Teaches Us About Microsoft’s TLS Certificate Verification Process
By: Jan Schnellbächer and Martin Stecher, McAfee Germany GmbH This week security researches around the world were...Jan 17, 2020 | 8 MIN READ

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McAfee Labs 2020 Threats Predictions Report
With 2019’s headlines of ransomware, malware, and RDP attacks almost behind us, we shift our focus to...Dec 04, 2019 | 11 MIN READ

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McAfee ATR Analyzes Sodinokibi aka REvil Ransomware-as-a-Service – What The Code Tells Us
Episode 1: What the Code Tells Us McAfee’s Advanced Threat Research team (ATR) observed a new ransomware...Oct 02, 2019 | 21 MIN READ

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McAfee Labs 2019 Threats Predictions Report
These predictions were written by Eoin Carroll, Taylor Dunton, John Fokker, German Lancioni, Lee Munson, Yukihiro Okutomi,...Nov 29, 2018 | 22 MIN READ