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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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What Is Incognito Mode and How Safe Is It?

The internet makes it easy to get a lot done, but not all of it needs to be public. That’s...

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What Is Identity Theft and How Do You Recover From It?

The internet is a big place. While it’s changed the world for the better — making our daily lives that...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

What is GPS spoofing?

Global positioning system (GPS) technology is now the standard way for travelers to efficiently get from point A to point...

Privacy & Identity Protection

What Is Generative AI and How Does It Work?

It’s all anyone can talk about. In classrooms, boardrooms, on the nightly news, and around the dinner table, artificial intelligence...

Internet Security Family Safety

What is Encryption?

Encryption is the science of encoding and decoding secret messages.  It began as cryptography—the ancient Greeks used it to protect...

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What is Doxing?

Imagine someone putting your personal information out online for thousands of strangers to see—your home address, phone number, even details...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

What is disk cleanup and does it remove viruses?

What is Disk Cleanup and does it remove viruses? It happens. You’re in the middle of a computing task, and...

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What is Criminal Identity Theft?

Identity theft gets all kinds of buzz in the news. It’s not hard to see why—in 2012, over 16.6 million...

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What Is Credential Phishing?

You guard the keys to your home closely, right? They have their own special spot in your bag or in...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

What is Browser Hijacking?

Imagine it. You sit down at your computer about to do your daily perusal of Buzzfeed  or check out The...

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What Is Bloatware and How Can It Impact Security?

The joy of purchasing a new device is liberating. Now you can work, learn, and play faster — along with...

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What is ATM Skimming?

Ever take a look at an ATM and feel like something’s off? You might have come across an ATM skimmer....

Internet Security

What is Artificial Intelligence?

At the beginning of the year, the Associated Press described artificial intelligence (AI) as “easily the biggest buzzword for world...

Internet Security

What is Antivirus and What Does It Really Protect?

Authored by Dennis Pang What is antivirus? That’s a good question. What does it really protect? That’s an even better...

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What is an AI PC?

As technology rapidly advances, the boundaries of what’s possible in personal computing are continuously expanding. One of the most exciting...

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What Is Adware? A Definitive Guide

We live in a digital world and a lot of our daily activities are online, including banking, grocery shopping, and...

Internet Security

What is a Zero-Day Threat?

“Zero-day threat.” It may sound like the title of a hit film, yet it’s anything but.   It’s a previously unknown...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

What is a VPN and Can it Hide My IP Address?

There’s a lot of misinformation about Virtual Private Networks, what they do, and the security benefits they offer. For this article, I’d like to do...

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