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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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CVE-2012-0158 Exploit in the Wild

Since last week, we have seen many specially crafted files exploiting CVE-2012-0158, a vulnerability in MSCOMCTL.OCX in Microsoft Office and...

McAfee Labs

Latest SpyEye Botnet Active and Cheaper

On April 16, we found a Pastebin entry selling the latest version of the infamous SpyEye botnet (Version 1.3.48) for...

McAfee Labs

Digging Into the Nitol DDoS Botnet

Nitol is a distributed denial of service (DDoS) botnet that seems to be small and not widely known. It mostly...

McAfee Labs

Hacker Leaves Online Trail, Loses Anonymity

Since March 20, the @Anonw0rmer Twitter account has been silent. Its owner, w0rmer, is known as a member of the...

McAfee Labs

Android Malware Promises Video While Stealing Contacts

Recently we discovered a new Android Trojan in the official Google Play market that displays a video downloaded from the...

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Darkshell DDOS Botnet Evolves With Variants

Darkshell is a distributed denial of service (DDoS) botnet targeting Chinese websites. It was found in 2011 and was first...

McAfee Labs Executive Perspectives

RDP+RCE=Bad News (MS12-020)

See March 15 and 16 updates at the end of this blog. —————————————————-   The March Security Bulletin release from...

McAfee Labs

Android Malware Pairs Man-in-the-Middle With Remote-Controlled Banking Trojan

Based on the Android malware that we’ve seen so far, one of the principal motivations to develop and spread malware...

Mobile Security Family Safety

Don’t Let Location-Based Services Put You in Danger

Location-based services utilize geo-location information to publish your whereabouts. In some cases, these services can also provide discounts or freebies...

McAfee Labs

Google Code Projects Host Android Malware

[March 1: See update at end] Google Code is a well-known platform that provides a collaborative environment for developers working...

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