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Cybercrime ‘Highlights’ of First Quarter 2014
As a supplement to the next McAfee Labs Threats Report, which will appear next month, we offer...Product Coverage and Mitigation for CVE-2014-1776 (Microsoft Internet Explorer)
On April 26, Microsoft released Security Advisory 2963983 for Microsoft Internet Explorer. In-the-wild exploitation of this vulnerability...iBanking Mobile Trojan Poses as Facebook Token Generator
Mobile banking Trojans have usually pretended to be security applications (for example, Zitmo) or legitimate banking apps (FakeToken...iDroid Bot for Sale Taps Into Mobile Wallets
During recent weeks we’ve seen a new botnet kit advertised in several Russian forums. The iDroidbot costs...Zbot Botnet Steals Thousands of Credentials
In McAfee Labs we keep a close eye on the Zeus/Zbot/Gamover botnet malware that is responsible of...RTF Zero-Day Attack CVE-2014-1761 Shows Sophistication of Attackers
A serious RTF zero-day attack has struck recently. McAfee detection solutions were provided a couple of days...RTF Attack Takes Advantage of Multiple Exploits
This is a joint analysis by Haifei Li, Stanley Zhu, and Jun Xie of McAfee Labs Recently,...Trojan Hides in ROM of Chinese Android Devices
In China, some mobile phone geeks like to refresh their Android machines with images from the Internet....Suspicious Mobile App Finds Your Gmail, Facebook, and Twitter Accounts
Today many people use multiple web services, such as social networking and messaging services. Some users explicitly...Product Coverage and Mitigation for CVE-2014-1761 (Microsoft Word)
On March 24, Microsoft released Security Advisory 2953095 for Microsoft Word. In-the-wild exploitation of this vulnerability has...Analyzing the Uroburos PatchGuard Bypass
A few weeks ago G Data Software released a report detailing alleged intelligence agency software. Following the release...Timeline of Bitcoin Events Demonstrates Online Currency’s Volatility
The buzz about Bitcoin has moved from online circles to mainstream media sources. Last week’s news of...
