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What Is Machine Learning?
What do self-driving cars and interactive speakers have in common? Both utilize something called “machine learning.” This is when we...
1,000,000 downloads and growing
With the premiere of Season Two, the hit podcast Hackable? exceeded the 1MM download mark! But the second season is...
AV Test Android Results 2018
2017 marked not only an explosion in mobile malware but also showed dramatic changes in the mobile landscape, setting up...
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)...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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. ...
