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Necurs Botnet Leads the World in Sending Spam Traffic
In Q4 2017 we found that the Necurs and Gamut botnets comprised 97% of spam botnet traffic....McAfee Labs Threats Report Examines Cryptocurrency Hijacking, Ransomware, Fileless Malware
Today McAfee published the McAfee Labs Threats Report: March 2018. The report looks into the growth and...McAfee Researchers Find Poor Security Exposes Medical Data to Cybercriminals
The nonperishable nature of medical data makes an irresistible target for cybercriminals. The art of hacking requires...McAfee Researchers Analyze Dark Side of Cryptocurrency Craze
In December 2017 Bitcoin values skyrocketed, peaking at the unprecedented amount of roughly US$19,000 per coin. Unsurprisingly,...Hidden Cobra Targets Turkish Financial Sector With New Bankshot Implant
This post was prepared with contributions from Asheer Malhotra, Charles Crawford, and Jessica Saavedra-Morales. On February 28,...How Hackers Bypassed an Adobe Flash Protection Mechanism
The number of Flash Player exploits has recently declined, due to Adobe’s introduction of various measures to...McAfee Uncovers Operation Honeybee, a Malicious Campaign Targeting Humanitarian Aid Groups
This post was written with contributions from Jessica Saavedra-Morales, Thomas Roccia, and Asheer Malhotra. McAfee Advanced Threat...DDoS Attacks in the Netherlands Reveal Teen Gamers on Troublesome Path
At the end of January, the Netherlands was plagued by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks targeting...Free Ransomware Available on Dark Web
The McAfee Advanced Threat Research team recently analyzed a ransomware-as-a-service threat that is available for free and...Lazarus Resurfaces, Targets Global Banks and Bitcoin Users
This blog was written with support and contributions provided by Asheer Maholtra, Jessica Saavedra Morales, and Thomas...Gold Dragon Widens Olympics Malware Attacks, Gains Permanent Presence on Victims’ Systems
McAfee ATR recently released a report describing a fileless attack targeting organizations involved with the Pyeongchang Olympics.Twitter Accounts of US Media Under Attack by Large Campaign
A campaign purportedly carried out by hacker group “Ayyildiz Tim” targeting high-profile, verified Twitter accounts appears to have escalated
