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Android malware distributed in Mexico uses Covid-19 to steal financial credentials
Authored by Fernando Ruiz McAfee Mobile Malware Research Team has identified malware targeting Mexico. It poses as a security banking tool or...Sep 13, 2021 | 5 MIN READ

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Phishing Android Malware Targets Taxpayers in India
Authored by ChanUng Pak McAfee’s Mobile Research team recently found a new Android malware, Elibomi, targeting taxpayers in India. The malware steals sensitive financial and private information via...Sep 03, 2021 | 6 MIN READ

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The Rise of Deep Learning for Detection and Classification of Malware
Co-written by Catherine Huang, Ph.D. and Abhishek Karnik Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to evolve and has made huge progress over the last decade. AI shapes our daily lives. Deep...Aug 12, 2021 | 6 MIN READ

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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