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10 Easy Ways to Clean Up & Curate Your Social Media
People are watching you right now. Like it or not — agree with the intrusion or not — you are...
Fad Diet Ads Online Open the Door for Cybercriminals
Fad diets have tempted people throughout history. At the turn of the 20th century, the Tapeworm Diet was the trend...
Sex Sells: Looking at Android Adult Adware Apps
Advertising is one of the primary methods to generate money from mobile devices. Ads can be displayed in the browser...
Key Lessons From Verizon’s ‘2016 Data Breach Investigations Report’
The annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) is out and reinforces the value of well-established cybersecurity practices. The good folks...
Server-Side Request Forgery Takes Advantage of Vulnerable App Servers
This blog was written by Kunal Garg. Server-side request forgery is an attack in which an attacker can force a...
What Strategic Engagement Can Do for You – Americas Partner Awards
Last night at the McAfee Americas Partner Summit we recognized elite performance in our channel by handing out our annual...
McAfee Corporate Marketing Priorities
As we move into the second half of 2016, I hope you and your marketing teams have recognized the value...
Current Campaign Delivers Hundreds of Thousands of Polymorphic Ransomware
You might have been getting out of bed when attackers started sending hundreds of thousands of fake invoices the morning...
Phishing Goes Mobile: New Android Malware Hits Google Play
Sometimes, things just aren’t as they seem to be. For example, last year, Google Play hosted a round of mobile...
It’s World Password Day! Time to Beef Up Your Password Security
Our passwords hold the keys to our digital lives. We use them to access bank accounts, medical records, private conversations...
Android Malware Clicker.G!Gen Found on Google Play
Recently the Mobile Malware Research Team of McAfee found on Google Play a new campaign of Android/Clicker.G in dozens of...
How To Protect Yourself From The Malware That’s Costing Consumers Millions
This blog post was written by Nick Viney. You may have heard about the hack of a Presbyterian Medical Center...
The Morning After: What Happens to Data Post-Breach?
This post first appeared on the security website Dark Reading. We need consumers and businesses to not simply shrug off...
Fake Android Update Delivers SMS, Click Fraud in Europe
McAfee Mobile Research has been monitoring a mobile malware campaign targeting users in Germany, France, and Russia since the beginning...
CVE-2016-0018: DLL Planting Leads to a Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
DLL planting, also known as DLL side loading, is a popular attack technique today. If we take a look at...
Malware Takes Advantage of Windows ‘God Mode’
Microsoft Windows has hidden an Easter Egg since Windows Vista. It allows users to create a specially named folder that...
Spotify and Minecraft Account Info Posted Online, Are You Safe?
This blog was written by Bruce Snell. One of my favorite scenes in The Avengers is when Captain America tells...
Macro Malware Employs Advanced Obfuscation to Avoid Detection
Attacks by macro malware carrying ransomware are growing, as we have recently reported on Blog Central here and here. Now McAfee Labs...
