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Can’t Keep Up? 6 Easy Things You Can Do to Keep Your Kids Safe Online
Having a hard time doing what needs to be done to keep your kids safe online? Do you mentally shrink...
McAfee Researchers Analyze Dark Side of Cryptocurrency Craze
In December 2017 Bitcoin values skyrocketed, peaking at the unprecedented amount of roughly US$19,000 per coin. Unsurprisingly, the market for...
McAfee Researchers Find Poor Security Exposes Medical Data to Cybercriminals
Those who have successfully gained access to medical data have been well rewarded for their efforts. One seller stated in an interview that “someone wanted to buy all the … records specifically,” claiming that the effort had netted US$100,000.
McAfee Labs Threats Report Examines Cryptocurrency Hijacking, Ransomware, Fileless Malware
Today McAfee published the McAfee Labs Threats Report: March 2018. The report looks into the growth and trends of new malware, ransomware, and other threats in Q4 2017. McAfee Labs saw on average eight new threat samples per second, and the increasing use of fileless malware attacks leveraging Microsoft PowerShell. ...
Necurs Botnet Leads the World in Sending Spam Traffic
In Q4 2017 we found that the Necurs and Gamut botnets comprised 97% of spam botnet traffic. (See the McAfee...
Cheat Codes to Digital Parenting
As digital immigrants, I have seen a lot of my friends in a constant dilemma/struggle about bringing up children in...
New Vulnerabilities in Smart TVs Could Allow Hackers to Spy on Users
As recent events like CES and MWC have proved, the popularity of connected devices is showing no signs of slowing....
7 Digital Safety Tips for Teens Filing Their First Tax Returns
Landing that first part-time job in high school and filing your first tax return is a rite of passage for...
Ransomware Takes Open-Source Path, Encrypts With GNU Privacy Guard
McAfee Labs has recently observed a new variant of ransomware that relies on the open-source program GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG)...
