Featured Blogs
What Do Social Media Companies Know About You?
What do social media companies really know about you? It’s a fair question. And the quick answer is this: the more you...
What CVE-2020-0601 Teaches Us About Microsoft’s TLS Certificate Verification Process
By: Jan Schnellbächer and Martin Stecher, McAfee Germany GmbH This week security researches around the world were very busy working...
What Could (Pokémon) Go Wrong?
This blog was written by Bruce Snell. If you’re like me, your Facebook feed (and Twitter, Instagram, Vine, etc) has...
What CES Can Show Us About Evolving Consumer Security Needs: A Timeline
Appropriately dubbed the ‘Global Stage for Innovation,’ it’s no wonder CES showcases the most cutting-edge consumer technologies coming out in...
What Are the Risks of Geo-Location?
Using your mobile’s built-in global positioning system (GPS) functionality allows location-based services (or geo-location) to locate and publish information about...
What Are the Risks of Clicking on Malicious Links?
Learn how to spot risky URLs, what to do if you've clicked a phishing link, and essential steps to secure your device and accounts from malware, scams, and identity theft.
What are the Pros and Cons of Snooping on Your Kids Online?
I’ve changed my mind on the snooping question quite a bit since I began writing about family safety over five...
What Are the 6 Types of Identity Theft
You crack open your credit card statement and something seems … off. Maybe it’s a couple of small online purchases...
What Are Serverless Apps?
The smartphone market has exploded in recent years, leading to the development of over 4 million mobile apps. For mobile...
What Are Ransomware Attacks? An In-Depth Guide
Ransomware is a malicious type of malware that cybercriminals use to encrypt the target’s files or lock their computer systems,...
What are Pig Butchering Scams and How Do They Work?
“Jessica” cost him one million dollars. In an account to Forbes, one man described how he met “Jessica” online.i Readily,...
What About a Heart-To-Heart Talk with Your Loved Ones This Valentine’s Day?
I was listening to the Valentine’s Day playlist of my friend when suddenly espied one of my favorites- Ain’t No...
We’ve Been Hacked! Okay, I’ll Deal With It Next Week
That was the message I got from a CEO when we presented evidence that their organization had been compromised and...
Welcome McAfee Forward—the Future of Online Protection Today
With digital life-changing so rapidly, it’s time for a new way to protect it. Welcome to McAfee Forward—the future of...
Wedding Planning App Users Hacked Before the Big Day
Say you’re getting married. You and your partner have booked the venue, made the seating arrangements, trained your dog to...
WebCobra Malware Uses Victims’ Computers to Mine Cryptocurrency
McAfee Labs researchers have discovered new Russian malware, dubbed WebCobra, which harnesses victims’ computing power to mine for cryptocurrencies.
Webcam Blackmail: How Cybercriminals Breathe Life into Laptops
Stories of inanimate objects coming to life are familiar to us. Movies such as Toy Story show the idea’s cultural...
Web Searches Get Complicated! Avril Lavigne Tops the 2017 Most Dangerous Celebrities List
To see how cybercriminals take advantage of consumers’ obsession with pop culture, we conducted the 11th annual McAfee Most Dangerous Celebrities study, which reveals which celebrities generate the most “dangerous” search results, and create the biggest risk for users browsing the web.
