Featured Blogs
Coming Home To Vote for Marriage Equality
By Chris, Localization Engineer Chris is a localization engineer for McAfee in Cork, Ireland, who is passionate about inclusivity for...
Millions of Android Devices Hit With CopyCat Malware
Time and time again, we’ve seen Android malware make its way through mobile devices around the world. Now, a new...
Millions of Verizon Customers’ Phone Numbers and Accounts PINs Exposed
When your phone is experiencing an issue, you call support, ask for technical tips, and provide personal information when necessary....
Analyzing a Patch of a Virtual Machine Escape on VMware
This blog was written by Yakun Zhang. A virtual machine is a completely isolated guest operating system installation within a...
10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Snapping and Posting that Photo
Let’s face it. Photos do the talking for most of us today. Everyone is snapping, chatting, posting, and engrossed in...
Before Getting Rid of Your Old Devices, Say “Goodbye” to Lingering Data
When you think about it, the lifecycle of our devices is pretty short. Within a few years of getting a...
Ovidiy Stealer Malware Helps Cybercriminals Snatch Passwords for a Small Fee
You can buy almost anything online these days – clothes, books, food, the list goes on. That list also includes...
Analyzing CVE-2017-9791: Apache Struts Vulnerability Can Lead to Remote Code Execution
Apache Struts is a model-view-controller framework for creating Java web applications. Struts has suffered from a couple of vulnerabilities using...
The Kids are in Charge
By Ribu, Communications Manager Kids are wonderful, aren’t they? And what could be better than having a record-breaking 500 children...
Darknet Markets Will Outlive AlphaBay and Hansa Takedowns
On June 20, law enforcement took over the Hansa marketplace after investigations that began in 2016. On July 5, police...
Are Your Kids Playing Virtual Hide-n-Seek With You?
We all grew up playing hide-n-seek. Remember how your toddler loved playing hide-and-seek as well? Well, today’s tech savvy kids...
Running from Ransomware: A Mobile User’s Guide
From the second my alarm goes off, my day goes 100 miles a minute. In addition to getting myself ready...
Trouble Enforcing Family Tech Rules? Stay on Track with the 4 Cs
Setting and enforcing rules — especially online safety ones — can feel close to impossible at times. But there are...
Running from Ransomware: A Mobile User’s Guide
From the second my alarm goes off, my day goes 100 miles a minute. In addition to getting myself ready...
Analyzing CVE-2017-0190: WMF Flaws Can Lead to Data Theft, Code Execution
CVE-2017-0190 is a recently patched vulnerability related to Windows metafiles (WMFs), a portable image format mainly used by 16-bit Windows...
Everyday Hero: 5 Questions with McAfee Labs’ Paula Greve
iWith cybersecurity experts taking center stage this week at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, the world is watching...
World Wide Web – The journey from 1990
This year on my birthday, family and friends sent me gifts and flowers bought from online stores. Even my cake...
HBO Targeted by a Cyberattack, Potential “Game of Thrones” Scripts and Episodes Leaked
The night is dark and full of hackers. HBO (Home Box Office, Inc.) has been thrown into chaos, as the...
Cybersecurity 101: Top Takeaways from Our Back to School Study
The end of summer is almost here, which means both parents and their kids are starting to gear up for...
Have a Tweeting Teen in Your House? Here’s What You Need to Know
Twitter has evolved over the past decade to mean different things to different people. For adults, the platform has morphed...
DEFCON – Connected Car Security
Sometime in the distant past, that thing in your driveway was a car. However, the “connected car is already the...
Connected Cars: How One Vulnerability Can Turn Cybercriminals into Backseat Drivers
Whether it’s turning the music up a little, or turning down the AC – when you’re in your own car,...
The New Intern-Net
By Cristina, Channel Team Intern in Plano, Texas. As a college student today, it often feels like it’s essential to...
Survey: Kids Using Devices in School for More than Just Learning
August marks the start of a new school year and with that comes new concerns for parents of digital kids....
Blue Whale Challenge – What You Need To Know And Do!
Parents are waking up to this new online threat to their kids: ‘The Blue Whale Challenge’ which in extreme steps...
New Details on HBO Attack Emerge, “Game of Thrones” Actors’ Personal Data Leaked
Cybercriminals continue to send their regards to HBO, as their threats have turned into a stark reality. First, they teased...
Recent Phishing Attacks Target Google Chrome Extensions, Spread Adware to 1 Million Users
Browser extensions help us out with our grammar, they allow us to video chat online, they even permit us to...
