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Darknet Markets Will Outlive AlphaBay and Hansa Takedowns
On June 20, law enforcement took over the Hansa marketplace after investigations that began in 2016. On...Analyzing CVE-2017-9791: Apache Struts Vulnerability Can Lead to Remote Code Execution
Apache Struts is a model-view-controller framework for creating Java web applications. Struts has suffered from a couple...Analyzing a Patch of a Virtual Machine Escape on VMware
This blog was written by Yakun Zhang. A virtual machine is a completely isolated guest operating system...LeakerLocker: Mobile Ransomware Acts Without Encryption
We recently found on Google Play a type of mobile ransomware that does not encrypt files. This...How to Protect Against Petya Ransomware in a McAfee Environment
This post has been updated with information about McAfee Enterprise Security Manager and McAfee Web Gateway (June 28, 14:20...McAfee Discovers Pinkslipbot Exploiting Infected Machines as Control Servers
This blog was written by Sanchit Karve. McAfee Labs has discovered that banking malware Pinkslipbot (also known...Is WannaCry Really Ransomware?
This post summarizes the significant efforts of a McAfee threat research team that has been relentless in...Misuse of DocuSign Email Addresses Leads to Phishing Campaign
DocuSign, which provides electronic signatures and digital transaction management, reported that email addresses were stolen by an...Fake WannaCry ‘Protectors’ Emerge on Google Play
Are Android devices affected by the self-propagating ransomware WannaCry? No—because this threat exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft...How to Protect Against WannaCry Ransomware in a McAfee Environment
This post was updated on May 31 with links to three McAfee community videos concerning WannaCry ransomware. ...Adylkuzz CoinMiner Spreading Like WannaCry
The last few days have been very busy for security teams all around the globe due to...Analysis of Chrysaor Keylogging Mechanism Shows Power of Simple Malicious Code
Many attacks on mobile devices use social engineering to initially infect a victim’s system. They download malware...
