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McAfee Labs Threats Report: April 2021

In this edition, we present new findings in our traditional threat statistical categories – as well as our usual malware, sectors, and vectors – imparted in a new, enhanced digital presentation that’s more easily consumed and interpreted.

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Kickoffs and Rip-offs—Watch Out for Online Betting Scams This Football Season

Football season is in full swing — tailgates, rivalries, fantasy leagues, and Sunday afternoons glued to the screen. Alongside the...

Internet Security

Frankenstein Data: How Data Brokers Stitch Together—and Sell—Your Digital Self

Your digital life is being stitched together—one purchase, one search, one swipe at a time. Data brokers collect and combine...

Internet Security Mobile Security

Vampire Wifi: How Public Wi-Fi Traps Travelers in Cyber Attacks

They’re not hiding in dark alleys—they’re hiding in plain sight. Airports, cafés, hotels, even libraries can harbor dangerous Vampire Wi-Fi...

Internet Security

Ghost Accounts: How Old, Forgotten Logins Put You at Risk for Identity Theft

Remember that website where you bought a T-shirt in 2013? No? Hackers do. And it’s one way they can steal...

Internet Security

This New “Verification” Trick Fools You Into Installing Malware

Cybercriminals are turning to TikTok to spread new scams that promise “free upgrades” or access to premium versions of popular...

Internet Security Security News

AWS Outage Disrupts Major Apps Like Reddit and Snapchat—What Happened and How to Stay Safe

Amazon Web Services (AWS), one of the world’s largest cloud providers, recently experienced a major outage that disrupted popular websites...

Internet Security Security News

Hackers Trick Staff Into Exposing Major Companies’ Salesforce Data–Find Out if You’re Safe

Cybercriminals tricked employees at major global companies into handing over Salesforce access and used that access to steal millions of...

McAfee News

McAfee Wins “Best Use of AI in Cybersecurity” for Scam Detector

We’re proud to share that McAfee has won “Best Use of AI in Cybersecurity” at The 2025 A.I. Awards for...

How To Guides and Tutorials Privacy & Identity Protection

How to Remove Your Personal Information From the Internet

Scammers and thieves can get a hold of personal information in several ways, such as through phishing attacks that lure you into handing it over, malware that steals it from your devices, by purchasing your information on dark web marketplaces, or as a result of information leaked in data breaches, ...

Internet Security McAfee Labs

Astaroth: Banking Trojan Abusing GitHub for Resilience

by Harshil Patel and Prabudh Chakravorty *EDITOR’S NOTE: Special thank you to the GitHub team for working with us on...

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