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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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From Military Kid to Product Marketing: My McAfee Journey

Employee Spotlight: Meet Jovohn! From military beginnings to mobile security champion, meet Jovohn, our passionate Product Marketer and MAHC President....

Mobile Security

From Internet to Internet of Things

Thirty years ago, Tim Berners-Lee set out to accomplish an ambitious idea – the World Wide Web. While most of...

McAfee Labs

From Email to RAT: Deciphering a VB Script-Driven Campaign

Authored by Preksha Saxena and Yashvi Shah McAfee Labs has been tracking a sophisticated VBS campaign characterized by obfuscated Visual...

Internet Security

From Election Day to Inauguration: How Cybersecurity Safeguards Democracy

Inauguration Day has come and gone, and the peaceful transfer of power couldn’t have happened without the intricate systems that...

Internet Security

From Cyberbullying to AI-Generated Content – McAfee’s Research Reveals the Shocking Risks

The landscape of online threats targeting children has evolved into a complex web of dangers that extend far beyond simple...

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From Building Control to Damage Control: A Case Study in Industrial Security Ft. Delta

Management. Control. It seems that you can’t stick five people in a room together without one of them trying to...

Privacy & Identity Protection

Frequently Asked Questions About Identity Theft

The more you know about identity theft, the better prepared you will be to prevent it from happening to you. Here are some commonly asked questions about identity theft.

Internet Security How To Guides and Tutorials

Frequent Fortnite Player? 4 Tips to Combat the New Attack on User Accounts

Epic Games’ Fortnite has risen in popularity rapidly since its debut, and cybercriminals have leveraged that popularity to enact a handful...

McAfee Labs

French Magazine Suffers Web Hack, Firebombing

To celebrate the recent victory of the Tunisian Islamist party, the French satirical magazine “Charlie Hebdo” published a special issue...

Family Safety Privacy & Identity Protection

Free Wi-Fi in the Big Apple

This blog was written by Bruce Snell. I was in New York City last June and had a morning free...

McAfee Labs

Free Ransomware Available on Dark Web

The McAfee Advanced Threat Research team recently analyzed a ransomware-as-a-service threat that is available for free and without registration. This malware...

Mobile Security

Fraudulent Apps that Automatically Charge you Money Spotted in Google Play

Google’s Android operating system has been a boon for the average consumer. No other operating system has given so much...

Mobile Security McAfee Labs

Fraudulent Adult Dating Services Turn 10 Years Old, Still Evolving

McAfee Mobile Research monitors adult one-click-fraud applications on Google Play that are targeted at Japanese users. Although the attackers appeared...

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

France Gets Hit with Its Largest Data Breach Ever — What You Need to Know

Two massive data breaches in France have impacted roughly half the nation’s population. The data of an estimated 33 million...

Privacy & Identity Protection

Four Ways To Use AI Responsibly

Are you skeptical about mainstream artificial intelligence? Or are you all in on AI and use it all day, every...

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Four of the coolest jobs in cybersecurity

This blog post was written by Nick Viney. With the rapid growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) and data...

Family Safety

Fortnite: Why Kids Love It and What Parents Need to Know

  Fortnite: Battle Royale is the hottest video game for kids right now. More than 125 million people have downloaded...

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