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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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McAfee Labs

Macro Malware Adds Tricks, Uses MaxMind to Avoid Detection

Macro malware continues to evolve and use new tricks to evade detection. This threat is responsible for downloading malicious Trojans...

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EMEA Channel Partner Summit: The highlights

This blog was written by David Small. As we look ahead to our annual FOCUS Security conference, a three day...

McAfee News

The Channel Transformation to Ascend

This blog was written by Richard Steranka. In our continued quest to become our customers’ #1 security vendor and our...

Family Safety

Oversharing – Don’t Blame It All On The Kids!

No matter which way you interpret the plethora of research, it is very clear – our teens are oversharing. The...

Mobile Security

Mobile Pop-Ups, Digital Spam with a Side of Dangerous

Technology has become the personal assistant of our dreams, but also the crutch for our brains that we’ve grown increasingly...

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Study: Want an Epic Family Vacation this Year? Unplug!

Everyone talks about it but, c’mon, who really completely unplugs from tech completely on vacation? According to a recent study...

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Setting the Bar for Marketing Innovation – Evolving our Marketing Strategy in the Security Technology Industry

Every year we recognize partners for achieving excellence in a variety of categories. Last month at our Americas Partner Summit,...

Internet Security Mobile Security

What It Takes for Security in the Internet of Things

The next time you buy a car, chances are, it’ll be connected to your phone. Maybe your next refrigerator, thermostat,...

McAfee Labs

June #SecChat Recap: Findings from the 2016 Verizon DBIR

This year’s highly anticipated Verizon 2016 Data Breach Investigations Report (Verizon DBIR) analyzed cybersecurity findings from 100,000 incidents and 2,260...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

Going The Extra Mile: Pandora, Facebook, and Netflix Ask Users to Reset Passwords

It’s a good sign when businesses take the initiative to protect consumers’ online safety. Not only does it allow customers...

Family Safety Privacy & Identity Protection

The Decluttering Bug

I have a confession to make – I think I have become addicted to decluttering. Perhaps it is the by-product...

McAfee Labs

Business Email Compromise Hurts Your Organization

As many workers do today, you probably get emails from your boss asking you to perform various tasks. You may...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

Update Your Toaster: How IoT Devices Can Be Conscripted into Botnets

Charles Strite, according to Lemelson-MIT, first introduced the modern toaster in 1926. It was, and remains to this day, a...

McAfee Labs

Trojanized Pokémon GO Android App Found in the Wild

Pokémon GO is a new mobile game that allows fans to “catch” Pokemons in the real world using augmented reality...

Mobile Security Family Safety

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...

Family Safety

The Facebook Cull and Why You Should Embrace It!

So, how many friends do you have on Facebook? Do you really know them or were they just a passing...

McAfee Labs

Patch Now: Simple Office ‘Protected View’ Bypass Could Have Big Impact

Protected View is a security feature of Microsoft Office. According to research from MWR Labs, Protected View mode is a strong...

Family Safety

My Favourite Mothering Apps

I honestly don’t know where I would be without my favourite collection of apps. With four kids, too many pets,...

Mobile Security

Keeping Your Mobile Device (and Your Personal Life) Safe with IoT

Life is made up of the little things. There are ‘fuzzy feeling’ little things; like when the nice lady in...

Family Safety

Pokémon Go: How Families Can Stay Safe (and Still Catch ‘Em All)

Thanks to the new augmented reality game Pokémon Go, app fans across the globe are enjoying countless hours of fun...

Internet Security

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...

Mobile Security Privacy & Identity Protection

Urgent! Update Your Apple Devices Now

This blog was written by Bruce Snell. A number of serious vulnerabilities have been recently reported  impacting OS X, iOS,...

McAfee Labs

Phishing Attacks Employ Old but Effective Password Stealer

A few months ago we received a sample from a customer that turned out to be a password stealer (PWS). One...

McAfee Labs

McAfee Teams With Industry, Law Enforcement to Thwart ‘Shade’ Ransomware

McAfee, Europol, Kaspersky Lab, and Dutch police have taken down the Shade ransomware botnet and captured encryption keys to unlock...

Privacy & Identity Protection

Improve Your Google Account Privacy

This blog was written by Bruce Snell. I’ve had a number of questions come in lately via email, social media...

Family Safety

Beware Cloned Facebook Profiles

If you have had a Facebook friend request from a friend that you are sure you already have then –...

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No More Ransom: A New Initiative to Battle Ransomware

This blog was written by Bruce Snell. Ransomware has seen a huge increase over the past couple of years.  According...

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