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McAfee Labs
Travnet Botnet Steals Huge Amount of Sensitive Data
In a McAfee Labs blog by my colleague Vikas Taneja last month, he discussed high-level functioning in...Apr 23, 2013 | 6 MIN READ
Mobile Security
Don’t Want to Read Through the Fine Print? There’s an App for That
We’ve always been told to “read the fine print before you sign on the dotted line,” but...Apr 23, 2013 | 4 MIN READ
Mobile Security
Digital Stalking: Physical Eavesdropping on Your Mobile Device
Did you know that while you innocently play games or browse Facebook on your smartphone or tablet,...Apr 18, 2013 | 4 MIN READ
Mobile Security
Fake Vertu App Infects Korean and Japanese Android Users
A new threat has surfaced targeting users in Korea and Japan, but this attack, unlike others making...Apr 10, 2013 | 4 MIN READ
McAfee Labs
Turkish ‘Delete Virus’ Targets Facebook Users
Facebook continues to be a favorite target for attackers to spread fake wall-post messages or fake scams....Apr 08, 2013 | 4 MIN READ
McAfee Labs
Multiple Java Exploits Hide in a Jar (File)
Exploits of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) have been extensively used in drive-by-download toolkits such as Blackhole...Apr 01, 2013 | 3 MIN READ
Family Safety
Online Safety for Kids – The App Your Kids are Using Now: Snapchat
The #1 question asked by parents when I present for McAfee’s Online Safety for Kids program, is...Mar 27, 2013 | 3 MIN READ
Privacy & Identity Protection
How to Protect Yourself from Tax Scams
Tax season is now upon us, and more than ever, we are opting for the convenience of...Mar 20, 2013 | 3 MIN READ
Privacy & Identity Protection
Tax Season Email Scam Aims to Steal from Uncle Sam
Every year around tax season, we see a huge spike in tax-related social engineering attacks. Social engineering...Mar 18, 2013 | 4 MIN READ
McAfee Labs
Travnet Trojan Could Be Part of APT Campaign
This blog post was written by Vikas Taneja. Attackers use all kinds of attack vectors to steal...Mar 14, 2013 | 4 MIN READ
McAfee Labs
An Overview of Messaging Botnets
In the quarterly McAfee Threats Reports we offer our readers some charts on the prevalence of messaging...Mar 08, 2013 | 3 MIN READ
McAfee Labs
Android Malware Goes Bollywood
We already know that mobile malware is growing at a fantastic rate, but we now see a...Mar 07, 2013 | 2 MIN READ