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Astaroth: Banking Trojan Abusing GitHub for Resilience
Oct 10, 2025 | 8 MIN READ
McAfee Labs Report Highlights Ransomware Threats
The McAfee Advanced Threat Research team today published the McAfee Labs Threats Report: June 2021. In this...
A New Program for Your Peloton – Whether You Like It or Not
Executive Summary The McAfee Advanced Threat Research team (ATR) is committed to uncovering security issues in both software and hardware...
Are Virtual Machines the New Gold for Cyber Criminals?
Introduction Virtualization technology has been an IT cornerstone for organization for years now. It revolutionized the way...
Scammers Impersonating Windows Defender to Push Malicious Windows Apps
Summary points: Scammers are increasingly using Windows Push Notifications to impersonate legitimate alerts Recent campaigns pose as...
DarkSide Ransomware Victims Sold Short
Over the past week we have seen a considerable body of work focusing on DarkSide, the ransomware...
Major HTTP Vulnerability in Windows Could Lead to Wormable Exploit
Today, Microsoft released a highly critical vulnerability (CVE-2021-31166) in its web server http.sys. This product is a...
“Fool’s Gold”: Questionable Vaccines, Bogus Results, and Forged Cards
Preface Countries all over the world are racing to achieve so-called herd immunity against COVID-19 by vaccinating...
Roaming Mantis Amplifies Smishing Campaign with OS-Specific Android Malware
The Roaming Mantis smishing campaign has been impersonating a logistics company to steal SMS messages and contact...
How to Stop the Popups
McAfee is tracking an increase in the use of deceptive popups that mislead some users into taking...
Access Token Theft and Manipulation Attacks – A Door to Local Privilege Escalation
Executive Summary Many malware attacks designed to inflict damage on a network are armed with lateral movement...
Clever Billing Fraud Applications on Google Play: Etinu
Authored by: Sang Ryol Ryu and Chanung Pak A new wave of fraudulent apps has made its...
McAfee Labs Report Reveals Latest COVID-19 Threats and Malware Surges
The McAfee Advanced Threat Research team today published the McAfee Labs Threats Report: April 2021. In this...
