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Update: NGRBot Posing as Skype Drops Ransomware With Fake McAfee Logo
This blog was updated on October 15. See the end of this file. We recently received a...Multiplatform Fake AV Uses Different GUIs
Since the beginning of October we have seen a variant of fake antivirus malware that belongs to...Android Phones Vulnerable to Loss of Data, Apps
Recently security researcher Ravi Borgaonkar discussed a vulnerability that caused a Samsung Galaxy SIII to return to...NGRBot Spreads Via Chat
NGRBot is a worm that propagates through chat messengers, the Internet Relay Chat channel, social networking sites...‘Police Ransomware’ Preys on Guilty Consciences
“Police ransomware” is big business, generating millions of euros for organized criminal groups. In May, at Europol’s...Facebook Bot Spreads Through Chat Messengers [Updated]
Update from Facebook: The Facebook security team been actively tracking this botnet and providing McAfee AV to...AutoIt and Malware: What’s the Connection?
During the last couple of weeks I’ve come across three malware samples packed using compiled AutoIt scripts,...Combating Malware and Advanced Persistent Threats
In the past decade, the security industry has seen a constant rise in the volume of malware...Operation High Roller Raises Financial Fraud Stakes
Earlier today Guardian Analytics and McAfee released the joint report “Dissecting Operation High Roller,” which describes a...‘Bioskits’ Join Ranks of Stealth Malware
We have seen many discussions of the MyBios “Bioskit” discovered at the end of 2011. MyBios was...Spreading the Flame: Skywiper Employs ‘Windows Update’
Microsoft has issued Security Advisory 2718704, in which the company disclosed that it recently became aware of...Jumping Into the Flames of Skywiper
There has been quite a bit of analysis and speculation about the Flamer/Skywiper threat. As we started...
