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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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McAfee Labs

Quality Over Quantity: the Counter-Intuitive GenAI Key

It’s been almost two years since OpenAI launched ChatGPT, driving increased mainstream awareness of and access to Generative AI tools....

Internet Security

The Top 10 Online Booking Scam Hotspots in the U.S. Revealed

With a record-breaking number of Americans set to travel over the July 4th holiday, most of them by car, scammers...

McAfee News

Get Yourself AI-powered Scam Text Protection That Spots and Block Scams in Real Time

The tables have turned. Now you can use AI to spot and block scam texts before they do you harm. ...

How To Guides and Tutorials Internet Security

How to Protect Yourself on Social Networks

There are now over 5 billion active social media users worldwide, representing 62.3% of the global population. While social networks...

How To Guides and Tutorials

What is Doxing?

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

How To Guides and Tutorials

How to Safeguard Your Digital Assets While Backpacking on a Budget

Traveling on a budget while backpacking allows individuals to immerse themselves fully in local cultures, explore off-the-beaten-path destinations, and forge...

Internet Security

RockYou2024: Unpacking the Largest Password Leak in History

This Fourth of July brought fireworks in the form of a digital security breach, one that has been recorded as...

Privacy & Identity Protection Family Safety

Everything You Need to Know to Keep Your Passwords Secure

How do you manage all those user names and passwords without having a cheat sheet in a file on your computer or stuck on post-it notes next to your computer? Neither option provides the security you should reserve for passwords.

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...

McAfee Labs

ClickFix Deception: A Social Engineering Tactic to Deploy Malware

Authored by Yashvi Shah and Vignesh Dhatchanamoorthy McAfee Labs has discovered a highly unusual method of malware delivery, referred to...

How To Guides and Tutorials Privacy & Identity Protection

How to Help Protect Your Online Privacy

When it comes to protecting your privacy, take a close look at your social media use—because sharing can quickly turn...

How To Guides and Tutorials Internet Security

How to Tell Whether a Website Is Safe or Unsafe

Wondering if a website is safe? Learn how to check site security, spot red flags, and protect yourself from phishing, malware, and scams. Stay secure online!

Internet Security

10 Artificial Intelligence Buzzwords You Should Know

Artificial intelligence used to be reserved for the population’s most brilliant scientists and isolated in the world’s top laboratories. Now,...

Privacy & Identity Protection

How to Identify the Different Forms of Identity Theft

Identity theft is a pervasive threat in today’s digital age, with various forms that can wreak havoc on individuals’ lives....

Security News

CrowdStrike Outage Provides Opportunities for Scammers 

Recently, a significant global outage resulted in thousands of Windows computers being brought offline. The source of the outage was...

How To Guides and Tutorials Internet Security

What Does “Connection is Not Private” Mean?

Have you ever visited a site that triggers a “your connection is not private” or “your connection is not secure”...

McAfee Labs

Olympics Has Fallen – A Misinformation Campaign Featuring a Voice Cloned Elon Musk

Authored by Lakshya Mathur and Abhishek Karnik As the world gears up for the 2024 Paris Olympics, excitement is building,...

How To Guides and Tutorials Mobile Security

Are Mobile Devices Less Secure than PCs?

Are smartphones less secure than PCs? The answer to that is, they’re different. They face different security threats. Yet they...

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