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How ‘Switcher’ Malware Moves an Attack from Your Phone to Your Router
Why attack one device when you can manipulate every device connected to an entire network? That’s the Switcher malware motto.
Privacy & Identity Protection
Securing Today’s Connected Home
Cybercriminals are finding new, sophisticated methods of attack to access our data. One of the more successful methods: attacking connected...
Privacy & Identity Protection
Medical IoT Manufacturers Given Guidelines on Lifelong Devices Security, Courtesy of FDA
2016 appears to have one more gift for us before calling it a year, and this time...
Internet Security
OurMine Takes to Twitter, Hacking Netflix and Marvel Accounts
Another day, another OurMine hack. The latest display from the OurMine team? The compromise of Netflix’s and Marvel’s Twitter accounts.
Mobile Security
Super Mario Run Has Cybercriminals Sprinting to Exploit the Hype
Nintendo, one of the most popular gaming companies of the past two decades, has finally released its...
Privacy & Identity Protection
Securing Those ‘Hackable Holiday Gifts’
“This Christmas I want a drone from Santa,” declared my 10-year old nephew, giving me a meaningful...
Mobile Security
Holiday Travelers! Steer Clear of 3 Common Cyberthreats
Whether you’re going somewhere new and exotic, or visiting far away family, it’s important to beware of these common travel...
Internet Security
A Billion Users Affected by Latest Yahoo Breach
Yahoo Inc. just revealed its second major breach in a year. Its first disclosure, taking place in...
Privacy & Identity Protection
Ransomware Authors Intend to Give Victims a Choice: Infect Friends or Pay Up
A group of cybercriminals have decided to emulate this plot via a ransomware program called “Popcorn Time.” Its premise is...
McAfee Labs
‘SSL Death Alert’ (CVE-2016-8610) Can Cause Denial of Service to OpenSSL Servers
Recently we noticed a security patch has been published for the OpenSSL vulnerability called SSL Death Alert....
Mobile Security
Shopaholics: Beware of Risky Wi-Fi
Today, mall Wi-Fi is almost a guarantee, with much of the public depending on their mobile phone for everything from...
Internet Security
Millions Possibly Affected by Newly Discovered Stegno Malvertising
While some networks screen ads for malicious activities, most do not. This may be how some malvertisements wind up affecting...Stay Updated
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