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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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Internet Security

Deepfake Defense: Your 8-Step Shield Against Digital Deceit

A disturbing story out of western Spain spotlights challenges of technological evolution. Unwitting children and teenagers were victims of users...

Internet Security

Deepfake Drama: How Gwyneth Paltrow Became the Latest Target in AI Deception

As technology advances, so do the methods used by cybercriminals to spread misinformation and scams. One of the most concerning...

Security News

Deepfakes of Prince William Lure Social Media Users into an Investment Scam

Deepfakes of Prince William and the UK Prime Minister are pushing investment scams on Facebook and Instagram. Uncovered by Fenimore...

McAfee Labs

DEFCON – Connected Car Security

Sometime in the distant past, that thing in your driveway was a car.  However, the “connected car is already the...

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Delving Deeply Into a Bitcoin Botnet

Bitcoin is a virtual decentralized currency that was created in 2009 by developer Satoshi Nakamoto, who described the currency in...

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Demystifying Blockchain: Sifting Through Benefits, Examples and Choices

You have likely heard that blockchain will disrupt everything from banking to retail to identity management and more. You may...

Family Safety

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...

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Despite Decline in Use of Adobe Flash, Vulnerabilities Will Continue to Cause Concern

This post was researched and written by Brook Schoenfield with the assistance of Tim Hux, Abhishek Karnik, Asheer Malhotra, and...

Privacy & Identity Protection

Determined to Find Love Online in 2018? Here are 5 Ways to Protect Your Privacy

It turns out January is the busiest month for online dating since millions of singles have resolved to embark on...

How To Guides and Tutorials Mobile Security Family Safety

Device & App Safety Guide for Families

While we talk about online safety each week on this blog, October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM), a time...

Mobile Security Privacy & Identity Protection

Devices and Distancing: What Digital Data Says About Life From Home

Devices and Distancing: What Digital Data Says About Life From Home With millions of us keeping life closer to home...

McAfee Labs

DHCP Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Demystified

CVE-2019-0547 CVE-2019-0547 was the first vulnerability patched by Microsoft this year. The dynamic link library, dhcpcore.dll, which is responsible for...

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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...

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Did You Check Your Quarantine?!

A cost-effective way to detect targeted attacks in your enterprise While it is easy to get caught up in the...

McAfee Labs

Did You Forget to Patch Your IP Camera?

IP cameras are usually “purchase, install, and don’t touch” devices. But in the current climate of cyberattacks, they now require...

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Digging Into a Windows Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability: CVE-2016-7255

This blog was written by Stanley Zhu. The Windows kernel privilege escalation vulnerability CVE-2016-7255 has received a lot of media...

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Digging Into the Nitol DDoS Botnet

Nitol is a distributed denial of service (DDoS) botnet that seems to be small and not widely known. It mostly...

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Digging Into the Sandbox-Escape Technique of the Recent PDF Exploit

As promised in our previous blog entry for the recent Adobe Reader PDF zero-day attack, we now offer more technical...

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