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Backpacks Ready, Pencils Up – It’s Time for a Back-to-School #RT2Win
It’s time to unpack the suitcases and pack up those backpacks! With the summer season quickly coming to an end,...
Balancing Digital: Helping Your Family Manage Ongoing Stress
Balancing Digital: Helping Your Family Manage Ongoing Stress Editor’s Note: This is part I in a series on helping families...
Bank Account Logins for Sale, Courtesy of Citadel Botnet
Financial theft is one of the most lucrative forms of cybercrime. Malware authors continue to deliver sophisticated tools and techniques...
Banks are Using Biometric Measures to Protect Against Fraud
When thinking about biometric security, one might picture Mission Impossible-like retinal scanning or fingerprint reading technology a la the iPhone...
Banload Trojan Targets Brazilians With Malware Downloads
McAfee Labs has recently encountered new variants of the Banload Trojan. Banload has been around since the last decade. This...
Banned Chinese Qvod Lives on in Malicious Fakes
Qvod used to be a popular video player and developer in China. Due to piracy allegations and a threatened fine,...
Bargain or Bogus Booking? Learn How to Securely Plan Summer Travel
With summertime just around the corner, families are eagerly looking to book their next getaway. Since vacation is so top-of-mind...
Bartallex Renews Strain of Macro Malware
In recent weeks, McAfee Labs has seen a rise in the W97MDownloader malware, which comes with a macro downloader embedded...
Basic Android Apps Are Charging High Subscription Fees With Deceptive Tactics
Free apps have a lot of appeal for users. They don’t cost a cent and can help users complete tasks...
Be a Social Media-Savvy Parent For Your Kids
If your kids are ready to join the social media bandwagon, but you are completely lost when it comes to...
Be Aware of This Rising Menace – Body Shaming
Hello All, We are officially in the last day of 2015. These years just seem to fly by faster every...
Be Cautious When Using Wi-Fi
The proliferation of mobile devices means that we can work or play online from almost anywhere, so it’s no surprise...
Be Mindful of These 3 AI Tricks on World Social Media Day
Happy World Social Media Day! Today’s a day about celebrating the life-long friendships you’ve made thanks to social media. Social...
Be on the Lookout for a New Wave of QR Code Scams
In a world of contact-free pickup and payments, an old hacker’s trick is getting a new look—phony QR code scams. ...
Be on the Lookout for Scam Tech Support Calls
Instead of getting you out of a jam, tech support scams get you into one. And they can get costly....
Be the Child On Children’s Day – Build Better Bonds With Your Kids
November 14th is a day children in India keenly look forward to. Schools and neighbourhoods gear up to make the...
Be Unhackable: Here’s Your Post-Holiday Gift Safety Checklist
‘Twas the night after Christmas, when all through the house All the smart toys were buzzing and beeping about, The chargers...
Be Wary of WhatsApp Messages Offering 1000GB of Free Data
Global messaging giant WhatsApp turned 10 years old this year. It’s not unusual for companies to provide loyal customers or...
Beat Black Friday Scammers: Secure Your Online Purchases From Fake Payment Processors
They see you when you’re shopping, they know when you click “pay” – cybercriminals, that is. With Black Friday and...
Becoming an Experimental Marketer
A few years ago, Optimizely decided to try something different for the 2013 Dreamforce event, a developer and user mega-conference...
Becoming ‘InstaFamous’ – The Apps the Kids are Using Now: Instagram LikeBots
InstaFamous: A person who is famous due to a high amount of followers on Instagram. The Instagram ‘popular’ page boasts...
Before Getting Rid of Your Old Devices, Say “Goodbye” to Lingering Data
When you think about it, the lifecycle of our devices is pretty short. Within a few years of getting a...
Before You Download: Steer Clear of Malicious Android Apps
Cybercriminals like to get in on a good thing. Case in point, mobile apps. We love using apps and they love making bogus ones—malicious apps designed to harm phones and possibly the person using them. The good news is that there are ways you can spot these imposters. These six ...
Before You Share, Ask Yourself “Is This TMI?”
Social networks and new online services make it easy to share the details of our lives, perhaps too easily. With...
Behind the CAPTCHA: A Clever Gateway of Malware
Authored by Yashvi Shah and Aayush Tyagi Executive summary McAfee Labs recently observed an infection chain where fake CAPTCHA pages...
Behind the Mobile App: Your Data Exposed
Taylor Swift dropped a musical explosion when she released her music video for the song “Bad Blood” earlier this year....
Beneath the Surface: How Hackers Turn NetSupport Against Users
NetSupport malware variants have been a persistent threat, demonstrating adaptability and evolving infection techniques. In this technical analysis, we delve...
