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Malware Spreads Through Facebook Tag Scam
McAfee has recently observed a malware spreading through Facebook. This type of malware is not new, but...
McAfee News
Moore’s Law and Security
We in the technology industry owe a lot to Moore’s Law, as it’s given us the foundation...
Privacy & Identity Protection
What is Shoulder Surfing?
The next time you’re in a public place and glued to your smartphone or tablet — whether...
Mobile Security
Millennials Choose Convenience Over Security When it Comes to Information Sharing
For better or for worse, we’ve ended up amidst a society built on information sharing. There are...
Privacy & Identity Protection
What is Spam?
Everyone’s heard of spam as it pertains to emails. Spam isn’t necessarily a malicious message designed to...
Privacy & Identity Protection
Importance of Renewing Your Security Software on a Regular Basis – Part II
Let’s start by refreshing all that we discovered in my previous blog, where I was telling Reena...
Family Safety
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...
Mobile Security
‘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...
McAfee Labs
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...
Internet Security
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...Stay Updated
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