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SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 28, 2019--

McAfee, the device-to-cloud cybersecurity company, today released its McAfee Labs Threats Report: August 2019 examining cybercriminal activity and the evolution of cyber threats in Q1 2019. McAfee Labs saw an average of 504 new threats per minute in Q1 and a resurgence of ransomware along with changes in campaign execution and code. More than 2.2 billion stolen account credentials were made available on the cybercriminal underground over the course of the quarter. Sixty-eight percent of targeted attacks utilized spearphishing for initial access, 77% relied upon user actions for campaign execution.