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‘Operation Sharpshooter’ Targets Global Defense, Critical Infrastructure
This post was written with contributions from the McAfee Advanced Threat Research team. The McAfee Advanced Threat Research team...
12 Days of Hack-mas
2018 was a wild ride when it came to cybersecurity. While some hackers worked to source financial data, others garnered...
Helping Kids Deal with the Digital Rejection of ‘Ghosting’
Rejection is the unspoken risk that is present when we enter into any relationship be it a friendship or a...
Attention Red Dead Redemption 2 Players: Dodge This New Download Scam
Rockstar Games’ Red Dead Redemption 2 has struck a popular chord with many online gamers. Unfortunately, the Western-themed action-adventure game...
Avoid Falling Prey to Online Shopping Bait This Festive Season
For a moment, I thought this crazy friend of mine had finally lost it. She was staring at her laptop...
Are Your Online Photos Sharing More Than You Think?
We all share photos online: photos of our kids, photos of our trips, and photos of our meals. We think...
Software Company WakeNet AB Discovered Spreading PUPs to Users
Pay-per-install, or PPI for short, is a type of software program that presents users with third-party offers while they are...
Pay-Per-Install Company Deceptively Floods Market with Unwanted Programs
For the past 18 months, McAfee Labs has been investigating a pay-per-install developer, WakeNet AB, responsible for spreading prevalent adware...
First Smartphone: Are You Putting Cyberbullies Under the Tree This Year?
There’s pressure — lots of pressure. And not the typical I-want-a-bike or a doll-that-poops kind of pressure your kids may...
McAfee Labs 2019 Threats Predictions Report
Our predictions for 2019 move away from simply providing an assessment on the rise or fall of a particular threat, and instead focus on current rumblings we see in the cybercriminal underground that we expect to grow into trends and subsequently threats in the wild.
