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Don’t Get PWNed by Fake Gaming Currency Sites
If you’re a gamer, you know how important virtual currency is. It allows you to purchase new costumes and weapons...
Don’t Let Airbnb Scams Stop Your Summer Travel Plans
With summertime just around the corner, many people are planning vacations to enjoy some much-needed R&R or quality time with...
Don’t Let Location-Based Services Put You in Danger
Location-based services utilize geo-location information to publish your whereabouts. In some cases, these services can also provide discounts or freebies...
Don’t Let Old Accounts Haunt You: How to Maintain Your Digital Graveyard
What was the first online service that you signed up for? Perhaps it was your middle school email address (“soccerloveR1450@hotmail.com”...
Don’t Let Scams Be the Cause of your March Madness
This blog post was written by Bruce Snell. For basketball fans, March is a great month. It’s time to fill...
Don’t Let Tax Fraud Ruin Your IRS Refund
Don’t Let Tax Fraud Ruin Your IRS Refund Here’s how to lock down your data this tax season Tax season...
Don’t Let the Grinch Hack Your Christmas!
What’s on your family’s Christmas list this year? Let me guess – technology! Our desire for shiny, fast, connected devices...
Don’t Let Thunderclap Flaws Strike Your Device
If you own a Mac or PC, odds are you’ve used your laptop’s Thunderbolt port to connect another device to...
Don’t Play Games With Your Cybersecurity: #RT2Win a Respawn-Worthy Prize
In recent years, gaming has grown drastically in popularity – moving from a niche hobby to a mainstream activity for...
Don’t RSVP to This Holiday Party: Protect Yourself From the Emotet Trojan
The holiday season is officially among us. From last-minute holiday shopping to attending countless parties, this time of year keeps...
Don’t Stop Learning! Jeremy’s McAfee Journey
Our How I Got Here series spotlights the stories of team members who have successfully grown their careers here at McAfee. This...
Don’t Substitute CVSS for Risk: Scoring System Inflates Importance of CVE-2017-3735
This blog was co-written by Brook Schoenfield and Damian Quiroga. I am a wry observer of vulnerability announcements. CVE-2017-3735—which can...
Don’t Take a Bite out of that Apple Gift Card Scam
Good rule of thumb on the web: When it seems too good to be true, it probably is. Those ads...
Don’t Want to Read Through the Fine Print? There’s an App for That
We’ve always been told to “read the fine print before you sign on the dotted line,” but let’s be frank....
Dopple-ganging up on Facial Recognition Systems
Co-authored with Jesse Chick, OSU Senior and Former McAfee Intern, Primary Researcher. Special thanks to Dr. Catherine Huang, McAfee Advanced...
Dorms, Degrees, and Data Security: Prepare Your Devices for Back to School Season
With summer coming to a close, it’s almost time for back to school! Back to school season is an exciting...
Downloaded FaceApp? Here’s How Your Privacy Is Now Affected
If you’ve been on social media recently, you’ve probably seen some people in your feed posting images of themselves looking...
Doxxing, The Internet and How You Can Lock Down Your Data
There exists, in this world of ours, a term describing the public release of a person’s identity against their will...
Drive-By Downloads Attack Adobe Zero-Day Flaw
Adobe released a security advisory warning the users of a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player Versions 10.2.152.33 and earlier....
Dropping Files Into Temp Folder Raises Security Concerns
Recently, the McAfee Advanced Exploit Detection System (AEDS) has delivered some interesting RTF files to our table. These RTFs have...
E-Filing Your Tax Returns? Don’t Let It Tax Your Security
How many of my readers are aware of Digital India campaign? Yes, I am sure just about everyone has come...
Ease of Buying Ransomware Fuels Affiliate Program
For several weeks after we released the McAfee Labs Threats Report, May 2015, in which we discussed the topic of...
Election 2020 – Fake Election Websites: Five Tips So You Don’t Get Fooled
Election 2020 – Fake Election Websites: Five Tips So You Don’t Get Fooled When you spot a .GOV web domain...
Election 2020 – Five Tips to Secure a Mail-In Ballot That Counts
Election 2020 – Five Tips to Secure a Mail-In Ballot That Counts Forecasts predict that roughly 80 million votes will...
Election 2020 – How to Spot Phony Deepfake Videos this Election
Election 2020 – How to Spot Phony Deepfake Videos this Election Maybe you’ve seen videos where Robert Downey Jr. and...
Election 2020 – Keep Misinformation from Undermining the Vote
Election 2020 – Keep Misinformation from Undermining the Vote On September 22nd, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the...
Election 2020: Lookout for Fake News Before and After the Election
Election 2020: Keep on the Lookout for Fake News Before and After the Election As the news and conversations leading...
