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6 Tips for Protecting Your Social Media Accounts
10 years ago, many of us were hearing about social media for the first time. Now, social media plays a...
Verizon Report Foreshadows Breaches Originating With IoT Devices
This blog post was written by Rick Simon. Today, Verizon released its 2015 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). As Verizon...
‘Secret Chat’ Messages Aren’t So Secret After All
The universal truth about secrets? They almost always tend to get leaked. This was the case for a cross-platform messaging...
Taking a Close Look at Data-Stealing NionSpy File Infector
This blog was written by Sanchit Karve. W32/NionSpy is a family of malware that steals information from infected machines and...
VaultCrypt Ransomware Hides Its Traces While Stealing Web Credentials
Since the beginning of the year we have seen a spike in ransomware including the emergence of new ransomware families....
What is a Virus?
Have you ever had the chicken pox? This common childhood illness has another name—the varicella zoster virus. Like all viruses,...
Takedown Stops Polymorphic Botnet
Several global law enforcement agencies—with assistance from McAfee —this week successfully dismantled the “Beebone” botnet behind a polymorphic worm known...
Here’s What You Need To Know About Botnets
In the year of 2000, Professor Vijay Pande, a renowned Stanford University researcher, released a little program that, when downloaded...
Why the New Flinch App is Far From Family Friendly
It’s called Flinch and the idea behind this new app echoes an innocent childhood game: Stare at the other person...
British Airways Frequent Flyers Report Stolen Air Miles
Frequent flyers, beware. Tens of thousands of accounts may have been compromised due to an automated attack against British Airways,...
