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VaultCrypt Ransomware Hides Its Traces While Stealing Web Credentials
A recent ransomware variant of Vaultcrypt both tidies up after itself and steals the victim's web page login data.
Privacy & Identity Protection
What is a Virus?
Have you ever had the chicken pox? This common childhood illness has another name—the varicella zoster virus....
Internet Security
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...
Security News
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...
Family Safety
What Leads a Child to Connect with Strangers Online?
At a recent ladies’ get-together, discussion about the murky world of online grooming, cyber stalking, and identity...
Security News
Google Brings Safe Browsing to the Masses With Its Safe Browsing API
The best way to protect yourself from the malicious programs (often called malware) hidden across the Internet,...
Mobile Security
Extend Mobile Call Time with Battery Optimizer
Nowadays, most people are constantly on the go–multi-tasking while moving from one place to the next. The...
Privacy & Identity Protection
Bartallex Renews Strain of Macro Malware
In recent weeks, McAfee Labs has seen a rise in the W97MDownloader malware, which comes with a...
Privacy & Identity Protection
To Realize a Better Healthcare System, The IOTs Needs to be Secured
The adage, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away,” has, according to The Washington Post, been...
McAfee Labs
Teslacrypt Joins Ransomware Field
A newly crafted ransomware, Teslacrypt, has arrived in the malware genre that encrypts user files using AES...
Security News
Office 365 Ascent Is Security Opportunity
Microsoft is on a roll with its cloud strategy. In the past two quarters, the software giant...
Privacy & Identity Protection
What is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP)?
Whether you’re an animal person or not, you have to admit that puppies are pretty darn cute....Stay Updated
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