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Google Docs Phishing Campaign is Frighteningly Accurate
Gmail users beware: a very convincing, very deceitful, phishing scam has been making its way around the Internet. The scam...
How to Stay Safe while Working from Home
Working from home has established itself as a norm. As of 2023, 35% of employed adults in the U.S. work...
What Parents Need to Know About KIK Messenger App
We write a lot about new apps on this blog because apps are hot in the very mobile teen world....
It’s ‘Game Over’ for Zeus and CryptoLocker
Under Operation Tovar, global law enforcement—in conjunction with the private sector and McAfee—has launched an action to dismantle the Gameover...
KRACK Hack Threatens Wi-Fi Security – What it Means for You
If you grew up before, or even during the 90s, you were familiar with a world of cords. A cord...
Petya is Here, And It’s Taking Cues from WannaCry
Just over a month after the infamous WannaCry attack, a new worldwide cyberattack is here again. Its name is Petya, or Petwrap, it’s...
Teen Slang and Texting Acronyms Parents Should Know
If you pick up your teen’s phone on any given day, chances are the next stop you make will be...
McAfee Labs Unlocks LeChiffre Ransomware
At McAfee Labs we recently received a low-profile ransomware called LeChiffre. Unlike ransomware that is distributed by a spam campaign or...
The Rise of Backdoor-FCKQ (CTB-Locker)
By Raj Samani (@Raj_Samani) and Christiaan Beek (@ChristiaanBeek) In the McAfee Labs Threats Report published in November 2014, Senior Vice...