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What Is a Data Broker?
A data broker is an organization that makes money by collecting your personal information, analyzing it, and licensing it out to...
Behind the CAPTCHA: A Clever Gateway of Malware
Authored by Yashvi Shah and Aayush Tyagi Executive summary McAfee Labs recently observed an infection chain where fake CAPTCHA pages...
What to Do If You’re Caught Up in a Data Breach
It happens with more regularity than any of us like to see. There’s either a headline in your news feed...
How to Spot Fake News in Your Social Media Feed
Spotting fake news in your feed has always been tough. Now it just got tougher, thanks to AI. Fake news...
Why You Need a Personal VPN
It used to be the case that only businesses used virtual private networks (VPNs) to connect securely to the internet...
Introducing AI PCs with McAfee Deepfake Detector
In today’s digital world, both personal and professional environments are evolving faster than ever. As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes integral...
Top Strategies For Keeping Your Kids Safe Online
What if I told you that the most important thing you need to keep your kids safe online doesn’t come...
What is Artificial Intelligence?
At the beginning of the year, the Associated Press described artificial intelligence (AI) as “easily the biggest buzzword for world...
How to Stop Phone Spoofing
Learn how to stop phone spoofing and protect yourself from scam calls disguised as trusted contacts. Learn how to block them and ways to protect yourself.
Top Tips for Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Imagine this: you wake up one morning to find that your bank account has been emptied overnight. Someone halfway across...
What Personal Data Do Companies Track?
Private tech companies gather tremendous amounts of user data. Understand what information is being collected by tech companies, how it’s being used, and how you can protect your privacy online.
What Are the 6 Types of Identity Theft
You crack open your credit card statement and something seems … off. Maybe it’s a couple of small online purchases...
Clickbait and Switch: How AI Makes Disinformation Go Viral
Bad news travels quickly. Or so goes the old saying. Yet we do know this: disinformation and fake news spread...
Scarlett Johansson Tops McAfee’s 2024 Celebrity Hacker Hotlist for AI Online Scams
In today’s digital world, the line between reality and deception has become increasingly blurred, with cybercriminals leveraging cutting-edge AI technologies...
Beware of These Voting Scams Happening Now
With the election quickly approaching, it’s essential to be informed and cautious about the growing number of voting scams. Scammers...
How to Avoid Scams in the Wake of Hurricane Helene and Milton
In the aftermath of a major disaster like Hurricane Helene and Milton, people come together to rebuild and recover. Unfortunately,...
How Typosquatting Scams Work
Typosquatting is when someone registers a web address that’s a misspelling of a known website — usually a popular one....
Hallucinating Headlines: The AI-Powered Rise of Fake News
The number of AI-powered fake news sites has now surpassed the number of real local newspaper sites in the U.S....
Location, Location, Location: Three Reasons It Matters for Your Smartphone
With its built-in location services, your smartphone can point you to plenty of places. To the location of your vacation...
How to Avoid Oversharing on Social Media
What is oversharing on social media? And how do you avoid it? Oversharing on social media takes on a couple...
How to Delete Your TikTok Account
Thinking about deleting your TikTok account? We can show you how. Before we get to that, you might be interested...
How to Delete Your Facebook Account
Thinking about deleting your Facebook account? We can show you how. Before we get to that, you might be interested...
How to Spot a Deepfake on Social Media
Think you can spot a fake on social media? It’s getting tougher. Particularly as deepfake technology gets far better and...
How To Survive the Deepfake Election with McAfee’s 2024 Election AI Toolkit
As malicious deepfakes continue to flood our screens with disinformation during this election year, we’ve released our 2024 Election AI...
How AI PCs Are Optimizing Productivity Tools for Students
In today’s fast-paced educational environment, productivity is a key determinant of academic success. Enter AI PCs—computers enhanced with artificial intelligence...
Gift Card Scams: The Gift That Keeps on Taking
Gift card scams cost consumers millions each year. Learn the common types of gift card fraud, how scammers trick victims, and tips to protect your money.
Every Step You Take, Every Call You Make: Is Your Phone Tracking You?
So, what does your phone know about you? Taken all together it knows plenty — sometimes in ways that feel...
