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Family Safety
Internet Safety Resolutions for 2013
My daughter loves forming New Year resolutions! Every January 01, she diligently pens down her resolutions (always...Jan 10, 2013 | 3 MIN READ
Family Safety
Is Your SNS Addiction Getting Out of Hand? – All Names Aren’t Cool
The news that went viral on social networking sites last week made me smile and shake my...Jan 10, 2013 | 3 MIN READ
McAfee Labs
Red Kit an Emerging Exploit Pack
Exploit kits are toolkits that are used to build malware components such as binaries and scripts. They...Jan 09, 2013 | 3 MIN READ
McAfee Labs
If You Deploy Only Antivirus, It Will Cost You More and Make You Less Secure
Everyone’s looking to shave their IT budgets, manage fewer vendors and streamline. The plethora of low cost...Jan 04, 2013 | 3 MIN READ
McAfee Labs
YouTube Video Scam Targets Facebook Users
Be advised cybercriminals are at it again, leveraging the popularity of Facebook and YouTube to scam consumers.We...Jan 03, 2013 | 5 MIN READ
McAfee Labs
New Labs Report: ‘Analyzing Project Blitzkrieg’
Project Blitzkrieg, a current attack on US financial institutions, got a lot of media attention following a...Dec 13, 2012 | 2 MIN READ
Family Safety
Secret Lives of Indian Teens- A McAfee Survey
“So where’s your daughter?” “Oh, she is in her room, on the net,” replied the indulgent Mother....Dec 11, 2012 | 4 MIN READ
Mobile Security
Actress Sofia Vergara’s Personal Photos Hacked or Stolen Via Mobile
In my line of work I get emails such as this one: “Hi Robert, I’m not sure...Oct 29, 2012 | 3 MIN READ
McAfee Labs
Update: NGRBot Posing as Skype Drops Ransomware With Fake McAfee Logo
This blog was updated on October 15. See the end of this file. We recently received a...Oct 12, 2012 | 3 MIN READ
McAfee Labs
Multiplatform Fake AV Uses Different GUIs
Since the beginning of October we have seen a variant of fake antivirus malware that belongs to...Oct 11, 2012 | 4 MIN READ
McAfee News
2012 Online Safety Survey – Majority Of Americans Do Not Feel Completely Safe Online
From tweens and teens to silver surfers, more people are jumping onto multiple Internet connected devices every...Oct 01, 2012 | 4 MIN READ
McAfee Labs
NGRBot Spreads Via Chat
NGRBot is a worm that propagates through chat messengers, the Internet Relay Chat channel, social networking sites...Sep 20, 2012 | 5 MIN READ