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McAfee Labs Threats Report: April 2021

In this edition, we present new findings in our traditional threat statistical categories – as well as our usual malware, sectors, and vectors – imparted in a new, enhanced digital presentation that’s more easily consumed and interpreted.

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Macro Malware Employs Advanced Sandbox-Evasion Techniques

During the past couple of weeks, McAfee Labs has observed a new variant of macro malware. With this variant when...

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Macro Malware Employs Advanced Obfuscation to Avoid Detection

Attacks by macro malware carrying ransomware are growing, as we have recently reported on Blog Central here and here. Now McAfee Labs...

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Macro Malware Associated With Dridex Finds New Ways to Hide

Macro malware is on the upswing and cybercriminals are always searching for new ways to deceive users and evade detection....

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Macro Malware Adds Tricks, Uses MaxMind to Avoid Detection

Macro malware continues to evolve and use new tricks to evade detection. This threat is responsible for downloading malicious Trojans...

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Mac ‘Protector’: Another Fake-Alert in Disguise

It’s not breaking news that fake-alert Trojans infections are growing. But it’s worrying for Mac OS X users to find...

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Lumma Stealer on the Rise: How Telegram Channels Are Fueling Malware Proliferation

Authored by: M. Authored by: M, Mohanasundaram and Neil Tyagi In today’s rapidly evolving cyber landscape, malware threats continue to...

Family Safety

Love, Trust and Text Messages in the Digital Age

Roses are red, violets are blue, but does your security matter to your loved one too? Okay, so maybe my...

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Love, Relationships, and #SextRegret: It’s Time to Take Back the Web

What would you do if someone threatened to post risqué photos of you on the Internet? According to a new...

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Love Bytes – How AI is shaping Modern Love

AI has made the dating scene. In a big way. Nearly one in four Americans say they’ve spiced up their...

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Lost Your Luggage? There’s an App for That

Did you know that worldwide, 1% of all luggage was mishandled last year—a percentage that may seem small, but actually...

Mobile Security Privacy & Identity Protection

Lost or Stolen Mobile Devices Can Lead to Identity Theft

We lose stuff. You put something down, you get distracted, you forget about it and it’s gone. Stuff falls out...

McAfee Labs

Looking Into the World of Ransomware Actors Reveals Some Surprises

During the preparations for our keynotes at McAfee’s recent MPOWER conference, we brainstormed a few topics we wanted to share...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

Looking Ahead to 2021: The Things We’ll Carry Forward

Looking Ahead to 2021: The Things We’ll Carry Forward Right now, I’m thinking about how my life changed in 2020....

Internet Security

Look Before You Leap: Imposter DeepSeek Software Seek Gullible Users

Authored by Aayush Tyagi and M, Mohanasundaram  *Bold = Term Defined in Appendix In this blog, we discuss how malware...

McAfee Labs

Locky Ransomware on Rampage With JavaScript Downloader

Locky is a ransomware family that encrypts victims’ files and demands money to decrypt the files. It has infected many...

McAfee Labs

Locky Ransomware Hides Under Multiple Obfuscated Layers of JavaScript

This post was prepared with the invaluable assistance of Rahamathulla Hussain and Girish Kulkarni. During the last couple of weeks,...

McAfee Labs

Locky Ransomware Hides Inside Packed .DLL

McAfee Labs has seen a huge increase in Locky ransomware in recent months (discussed in an earlier blog). Locky is aggressively...

McAfee Labs

LockerGoga Ransomware Family Used in Targeted Attacks

Co-authored by Marc RiveroLopez. Initial discovery Once again, we have seen a significant new ransomware family in the news. LockerGoga,...

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