McAfee spoke out after WikiLeaks' released documents detailing CIA hacking tools.
DoublePulsar is estimated to have previously infected nearly 100,000 Windows PCs.
The massive malvertising group has shifted focus from dishing out banking malware to serving up ransomware.
WannaCry caused a global incident last month after infecting machines in 150 countries.
The studio reportedly made a total of 19 Bitcoin transactions to The Dark Overlord hacker group.
"As far as we are concerned the case is very clear," Qatar's Attorney General Ali Bin Fetais al-Marri said.
The hacker reportedly stole email addresses and passwords from the state government's database.
Virtual private networks (VPNs) can help bolster security, privacy and anonymity online.
South Korean web hosting firm had 153 Linux servers infected by Erebus ransomware.
James Ejankowski, 24, was jailed for 16 months on fraud charge.
The army's website is currently down for maintenance.
QakBot, also known as Pinkslipbot, is a 'notorious' banking Trojan that has been active since 2007.
Experts say the group, connected to Morocco, tried to attack voting systems.
The files were left online by Deep Root Analytics, a firm used by the Republican Party.
The new phishing attempt by hackers targets smartphone owners most of whom are Facebook users.
'We want to be like commercial companies, not the government,' CIA's John Edwards said, commenting about adopting cloud computing.
Buckle said there is currently no evidence that its online website and customers were impacted by the breach.
A recent study shows there will be an estimated shortage of 1.5 million cybersecurity professionals by 2020.
"I felt sick at seeing my personal situation written in a spreadsheet," one student said.
A hacker has pleaded guilty to stealing hundreds of user accounts from a US military satellite network.
An error exposed personal profiles of Facebook anti-terrorism staff to people known to back Hamas and Isis.
A similar phishing scam hit the company's users in February this year.
The tool allowed access to networks and individual PCs through wireless devices like routers and access points.
The NSA and several security experts had previously blamed North Korea for the global ransomware outbreak.
Comey testified last week that he leaked a memo detailing a conversation with US President Donald Trump.
Police revealed 36 suspects were interviewed across six European countries.
NHS Digital: 'We can confirm this is just rumour.'
'Zero-day' ransomware infection causes computer chaos at leading London university
Exports sent to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Oman, Morocco and Algeria, BBC found.
The WannaCry ransomware attacks leveraged leaked NSA hacking tools and caused widespread chaos last month.