The McAfee Labs count of total coin miner malware rose by 629% in Q1, to more than 2.9 million samples. Introduction Welcome to the McAfee® Labs Threats Report June 2018. In this edition, we highlight the notable investigative research and threat trend statistics gathered by the McAfee Advanced Threat Research and McAfee Labs teams in Q1 of 2018. In the first quarter, new revelations surfaced concerning complex nation-state threat campaigns that targeted users and enterprise systems worldwide. These campaigns were driven by many objectives—from profit-motivated cybercrime to political subversion to surveillance and espionage. Since our exploration of cryptojacking in the previous issue, we have seen continued expansion of this criminal endeavor during the quarter. The goal of the perpetrators is to monetize their criminal activity by expending the least amount of effort, using the fewest middlemen, and executing their crimes in the shortest time possible and with the least risk of discovery.
We also observed that bad actors are demonstrating a remarkable level of technical agility and innovation. Many of the attack schemes that surged toward the end of 2017 have been improved upon in creative and complex ways to avoid detection and mitigation. This report was researched and written by: • Christiaan Beek • Taylor Dunton • Steve Grobman • Mary Karlton • Niamh Minihane • Chris Palm • Eric Peterson • Raj Samani • Craig Schmugar • ReseAnne Sims • Dan Sommer • Bing Sun REPORT KEY TOPIC 3 McAfee Labs Threats Report, June 2018 Follow Share Key campaigns Gold Dragon and the
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