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Digital Wallets: Safety tips from an industry leader
As digitization gains traction and we move towards a cashless economy, it will be of great help to know how...
The Parent’s Cybersafety Checklist for Back To School
Sometimes I am not sure which is more stressful – Christmas, or getting kids ready for the school year. So...
Raising Kids in a Digital World: Top Takeaways from Our 2017 Connected Family Survey
Today’s world is certainly a digital one. Everything, from the stores where we shop to the messages we send to...
Manage your data this Data Privacy Day
You know when Valentine’s Day is, and on which day Friendship Day falls, but do you know the day in...
McAfee Displacement Products Create a Trip of a Lifetime
This blog was written by Richard Steranka. In the second half of 2016, we challenged our Platinum and Gold partners...
How Much Control Do You Really Have Over Your Family’s Connected Life?
If you took an inventory of your family’s connected devices, would you have three or four devices, or would it...
Analyzing CVE-2016-9311: NTPD Vulnerability Can Lead to Denial of Service
The network time protocol synchronizes time across various devices on a network. The network time protocol daemon (NTPD) is an...
The 5-Minute Parent’s Guide to Instagram
If you’re a tween or even a teen, it’s all about Instagram. As my 13 year old puts it so...
Tackling Threats at Super Bowl 51
When it comes to the Super Bowl, football and food are the first things that come to mind—not cyberthreats. But...
Connected Relationships: A Love Affair with Technology
Love is in the air, and in our technology as well. At least, that is what the survey says—specifically, a...
iOS Users Aren’t So Immune to Threats After All
10 years ago, Fergie and Gwen Stefani were at the top of the charts, and Juno had just been...
Parent Alert: Could Your Child be Plagiarizing Homework?
“Borrowed thoughts, like borrowed money, only show the poverty of the borrower.” ~Lady Marguerite Blessington Most of us would gasp...
Five Reasons Why True Key Is Our Knight in Shining Armor
Has it ever happened to you that you tried to log into an account only to find that you seem...
Are Your Devices Killing the Romance in Your Relationship?
If you ever feel like your partner’s device is the ‘third person’ in your relationship, then you are not alone....
Analyzing KillDisk Ransomware, Part 2: Variants and Screen Unlocking
This blog post was written by Sudhanshu Dubey. At McAfee Labs we recently analyzed the ransomware KillDisk. In part 1 of...
7 Ways to Boost the Love and Balance the Tech in Your Family
What if the most valuable gift you could give your sweetheart — or your family — cost you absolutely nothing?...
This Valentine’s Day Let Your Digital Life Take a Backseat
A couple of decades ago, Valentine’s Day was all about red roses, exchanging cards, dinner dates, hand-holding and whispering sweet...
Macro Malware Targets Macs
Macro malware has been spreading for years. New techniques arise all the time to hide malicious code and thus increase...
How One Simple iOS Vulnerability Endangers Over 76 Apps
76 – that’s how many iOS apps out there that are currently laced with a security vulnerability. So, what exactly...
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...
A look ahead to Mobile World Congress 2017
This blog post was written by Nick Viney. It’s nearly that time of year again! Next week, Mobile World Congress...
Navigating Today’s Connected World
Whether we’re with our romantic partners or members of our family, our devices are not far behind. In fact, staying...
Mobile World Congress: The Evolution of Mobile Security Through the Years
As I prep for Mobile World Congress, I’ve done some reflecting on my very first cell phone. Whether it was...
Digital Family Digest: Online Safety News You May Have Missed
New Study: Bullying Having Serious Impact on Kids Researchers at Florida Atlantic University and the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (UW-EC) recently...
Thoughts from the conference floor: securing the connected home
This blog post was written by Nick Viney. In my line of work, you read and hear a lot about...
True or Fake News? Know How You Can Separate Truth from Fiction Online
In the good old days, it was very easy to separate truth from fiction. Literature was clearly marked and newspapers...
MWC 2017: What We Learned About the Mobile Landscape
MWC (Mobile World Congress) has come and gone yet again, and over the course of the four-day conference we’ve seen...
