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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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Family Safety

Location Apps: Who’s Tracking Your Kids?

  Last week we talked about the dangers that can arise with apps that allow anonymous users to interact. Equally concerning...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

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...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

To Realize a Better Healthcare System, The IOTs Needs to be Secured

The adage, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away,” has, according to The Washington Post, been around since the...

McAfee Labs

Teslacrypt Joins Ransomware Field

A newly crafted ransomware, Teslacrypt, has arrived in the malware genre that encrypts user files using AES encryption and demands...

Internet Security

Are We Really Expressing Ourselves on Social Media, Or Are We Too Scared?

When social media really took off about 10 years ago, I think many of us assumed that it might just...

Family Safety

Have You Checked Your Teens’ Phone for the Burnbook App?

Every few months a new mobile app surfaces on the social landscape that quickly catches on. And, yes, parent—you need...

McAfee Labs

Attacks On Indian Organizations Continue – More Exploits Focused On Events

In November last year, McAfee Labs researchers reported about Operation Mangal, an ongoing targeted attack campaign against several Indian domestic...

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Office 365 Ascent Is Security Opportunity

Microsoft is on a roll with its cloud strategy. In the past two quarters, the software giant has posted triple-digit...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

What is a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP)?

Whether you’re an animal person or not, you have to admit that puppies are pretty darn cute. So cute that...

McAfee Labs

Amazon Gift Card Malware Spreading via SMS

McAfee Labs recently published its Hacking the Human OS report, which details a number of ways in which cybercriminals rely...

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