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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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Attention Graphic Designers: It’s Time to Secure Your Canva Credentials

Online graphic design tools are extremely useful when it comes to creating resumes, social media graphics, invitations, and other designs...

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Attention Red Dead Redemption 2 Players: Dodge This New Download Scam

Rockstar Games’ Red Dead Redemption 2 has struck a popular chord with many online gamers. Unfortunately, the Western-themed action-adventure game...

Internet Security

Attention YouTubers: Protect Your Account From Being Hacked

Did you know that YouTube has 23 million content creators worldwide? Well, it turns out that many of these video...

Family Safety

Aussie Children Have 2nd Highest Rate of Cyberbullying, Time To Focus on Digital Parenting

Whether it was bush fires, Covid, floods, or the Ukraine conflict, the news agenda over the last two years has...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

Aussies Fear Snakes, Spiders and Getting Hacked

Fears and phobias. We all have them. But what are your biggest ones? I absolutely detest snakes but spiders don’t...

Family Safety

Australia’s Most Dangerous Celebrities of 2016

Cybercriminals are crafty types. They like to think of themselves as one step ahead of us mere mortals. However, one...

McAfee Labs

AutoIt and Malware: What’s the Connection?

During the last couple of weeks I’ve come across three malware samples packed using compiled AutoIt scripts, so I decided...

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Automatic App Installation from Google Play Poses Big Risk

Android users usually download and install applications from the Google Play store through several interactions with the service–including viewing the...

McAfee Labs

Automotive Security Moves Into Cyber Realm

The focus on the security of automobiles and the transportation sector as a whole (planes, trains, etc.) is steadily increasing....

Internet Security Mobile Security

Autorooting Malware Gives Hackers the Green Light into Your Device

It wasn’t that long ago when discovering new products, restaurants and everything in between came down to asking our circle...

Internet Security Mobile Security

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...

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AV-Comparatives Crowns McAfee as 2024’s Leader in Online Protection and Speed

McAfee Total Protection users can feel even more secure online knowing that AV-Comparatives has named it the best in 2024...

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Avaya Deskphone: Decade-Old Vulnerability Found in Phone’s Firmware

Avaya is the second largest VOIP solution provider (source) with an install base covering 90% of the Fortune 100 companies...

Internet Security

Avoid a Security Endgame: Learn About the Latest “Avengers” Scam

Marvel Studio’s $2.2 billion box-office hit “Avengers: Endgame” has quickly risen to the second-highest grossing film of all time in...

Internet Security

Avoid Being Scammed: How to Identify Fake Emails and Suspicious Links

Typos. Too-good-to-be-true offers. Urgent warnings. Scammers are getting smarter—and more convincing. New research from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reveals...

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Avoid Falling Prey to Online Shopping Bait This Festive Season

For a moment, I thought this crazy friend of mine had finally lost it. She was staring at her laptop...

Mobile Security

Avoid Making Costly Mistakes with Your Mobile Payment Apps

There used to be a time when one roommate split the cost of rent with another by writing a check. Who still owns a checkbook these days? Of...

McAfee Labs

Babuk Ransomware

Executive Summary Babuk ransomware is a new ransomware threat discovered in 2021 that has impacted at least five big enterprises,...

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