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How Keyless Entry Lets Cybercriminals Hack Your Connected Car
There’s a certain sort of absurd-ism to Christine, the novel-slash-movie released by Stephen King and John Carpenter in 1983. In...
TeslaCrypt Ransomware Arrives via Neutrino Exploit Kit
This post was written by Sriram P. and Varadharajan Krishnasamy. TeslaCrypt is a ransomware family that encrypts files and extorts money...
Report Highlights Enterprise Biometric Vulnerabilities, Opportunities
Authentication in the modern enterprise is becoming more difficult. The risks are rising, but adding more security controls can impede...
Hacktivists Turn to Phishing to Fund Their Causes
At McAfee we recently observed a phishing campaign targeting Apple account holders. The link directed the user to a compromised WordPress...
Your Mobile Lucky Charm
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! While today was originally established to honor the life of St. Patrick, over time the holiday...
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...
Women’s History Month: 5 Women Who Changed Technology
Some say that men are from Mars and women are from Venus. But did you know that you have a...
5G Networks Pose Cyber Risks, Opportunities
Fifth-generation networking (5G) holds the potential for a massive immersion of technology into the lives of people and businesses. It...
Cybersecurity Suffers Due to Human Resources Challenges
The cybersecurity industry is in a state of disrepair. Growing human resource problems put the efforts to secure technology at...
W97M Downloader Serves Vawtrak Malware
McAfee Labs recently found a variant of the W97M macro malware downloader that runs the Vawtrak malware. Although W97M usually...
Passwords – It’s Not Cool to Share
Rightly or wrongly, being part of the ‘it’ crowd at school is what every tween and teen yearns for. Being...
McAfee Labs Unlocks LeChiffre Ransomware
At McAfee Labs we recently received a low-profile ransomware called LeChiffre. Unlike ransomware that is distributed by a spam campaign or...
DHS Accelerates Information Sharing Standards Effort; McAfee to Chair Working Group
This post first appeared at Policy@Intel on March 9. In an effort to accelerate cyber information sharing, and in response...
Mobile Shopping on Social Media: The New Frontier
Let’s go back in time. Here’s the scenario: You’re hosting a party and the party prep includes a trip to...
Email Hackers, Go Home! New Security Updates Come to Gmail
Email has been an integral part of our culture for more than two decades now. It seems like just yesterday...
Quarterly Threat Report: What Do the Numbers Mean to Me?
This blog post was written by Bruce Snell. Every quarter, the team at McAfee Labs releases a threats report detailing...
What You Need to Know About Stagefright
Any mention of stage fright transports us to our schooldays when we had to go up on stage to recite...
Depression in Teens: How to Spot It, What to Do Next
Instagramming, tweeting, posting, and snap chatting. It’s the social culture of the young adults around us but at what cost to...
