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Prioritizing Security in a Remote Learning Environment
Prioritizing Security in a Remote Learning Environment Learning environments are not what they used to be, and as educational institutions...
Price Book Changes for 2014
Our Price Books have been complicated and difficult to use. So as part of our continuing effort to be easier...
Preventing WebCobra Malware From Slithering Onto Your System
Cryptocurrency mining is the way transactions are verified and added to the public ledger, a database of all the transactions...
Pre-Installed Malware on Android Devices Expose Flaws in Supply Chain
Pencils come with erasers, books come with pages, and taxes (most of the time) come with returns. People like it...
Potentially Malicious Apps Your Kids May Use
It’s a question I get several times a year from anxious parents, either via a direct message, an email or even in line at the grocery store....
POS Malware Uses Time-Stamp Check to Evade Detection
This blog post was written by Kumaraguru Velmurugan. Point of sale (POS) attacks appear to have gained in popularity during...
Popular Social Media App Timehop Hit With Huge Data Breach
The Fourth of July is characterized by barbeques, fireworks, and patriotism – and now cyberattacks! Just this past Independence Day,...
Political Figures Differ Online: Names of Trump, Obama, Merkel Attached to Ransomware
Politics and ransomware. No, it’s not a lost single from the Oasis back catalogue, but in fact a relatively recent...
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...
Plug with Caution! How to Stop Hackers from Stealing More than Battery Power
There’s nothing like that stressful moment when you look to your phone and see a red battery and a low...
Play The Game – Tips and Tricks for Safe Online Gaming
This blog was written by Jessica Brookes. When I was child, gaming was all joysticks and arcades. Now, it’s all...
Plasma HTTP Botnet Steals Passwords From Chrome, FileZilla
Last year we reported on the Athena HTTP botnet, which targets Windows XP systems, mostly for distributed denial-of-service attacks. Now...
Pirate Versions of Popular Apps Infiltrate Google Play via Virtualization
The McAfee Mobile Research team recently found pirated applications of popular apps distributed on the Google Play store. A pirated...
Picture to Pedophile: The Danger of Instagram and Kik Messenger
Sometimes it might feel overwhelming to keep up with the latest social trend for your kids, but it’s important to...
Picture Perfect: How to Help Your Teen Survive an ‘Instagram-Ready’ World
As the mom of a teenage girl, I have a front row seat to the good, the bad, and the...
Pickpocketing – Digital Style
Gone are the days when thieves would physically steal your wallet. Instead, they are using sophisticated techniques to steal your personal information and drain your bank accounts without you even realizing it. This article aims to shed light on digital pickpocketing, its impacts on your digital assets, and measures to ...
Phony Adobe Flash Update Hosts Malware, Targets Apple Users
Computer maintenance is often a simple equation: avoid behavior that might land you a virus, and keep your software up-to-date....
Phishing Android Malware Targets Taxpayers in India
Authored by ChanUng Pak McAfee’s Mobile Research team recently found a new Android malware, Elibomi, targeting taxpayers in India. The malware steals sensitive financial and private information via phishing by pretending...
Phishing Threat Uses UTF-8 BOM in ZIP Signature to Evade Detection
This blog was written by Sanchit Karve. Last week, we noticed thousands of malware files in the wild that employ...
Phishing Scam Targets Walmart.com Online Customers
Late last week, Walmart alerted the public to an email-based scam that used the company’s name (misspelled as “Wallmart”) to...
Phishing Goes Mobile: New Android Malware Hits Google Play
Sometimes, things just aren’t as they seem to be. For example, last year, Google Play hosted a round of mobile...
Phishing Campaigns featuring Ursnif Trojan on the Rise
Authored by Jyothi Naveen and Kiran Raj McAfee Labs have been observing a spike in phishing campaigns that utilize Microsoft...
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...
Phishing Attack Replaces Android Banking Apps With Malware
Mobile devices are also increasingly being used to manage a critical and important asset for all of us: our money....
Petya is Here, And It’s Taking Cues from WannaCry
Just over a month after the infamous WannaCry attack, a new worldwide cyberattack is here again. Its name is Petya, or Petwrap, it’s...
Personal and Professional Development From Home
Personal and Professional Development from Home Like so many of us, I’m doing my best to look forward. While everyone’s...
Periodic Connections to Control Server Offer New Way to Detect Botnets
A number of recent botnets and advanced threats use HTTP as their primary communications channel with their control servers. McAfee...
