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This Holiday Season, Watch Out for These Cyber-Grinch Tricks Used to Scam Holiday Shoppers
McAfee threat researchers have identified several consumer brands and product categories most frequently used by cybercriminals to trick consumers into...
The Stealthy Stalker: Remcos RAT
Authored By Sakshi Jaiswal, Anuradha M In Q3 2024, McAfee Labs identified a sharp rise in the Remcos RAT threat....
How to Protect Your Data While On-the-Go
Winter travel is filled with excitement—whether you’re heading to a snow-covered ski resort, visiting family for the holidays, or enjoying...
2024 Data Breaches Wrapped
It’s been a big year for big data breaches. Billions of records on millions of people have been exposed at...
How to Detect Signs of Identity Theft
When it comes to identity theft, trust your gut when something doesn’t feel right. Follow up. What you’re seeing could be a problem. A missing bill or a mysterious charge on...
How to Delete Yourself from the Internet
While you can’t delete your personal info from the internet entirely, you can take strong steps to remove it from...
SpyLoan: A Global Threat Exploiting Social Engineering
Authored by: Fernando Ruiz The McAfee mobile research team recently identified a significant global increase of SpyLoan, also known as...
How to Protect Your Social Media Passwords with Multi-factor Verification
Two-step verification, two-factor authentication, multi-factor authentication…whatever your social media platform calls it, it’s an excellent way to protect your accounts....
How to Protect Your Personal Info
Whether it tags along via a smartphone, laptop, tablet, or wearable, it seems like the internet follows us wherever we...
Lumma Stealer on the Rise: How Telegram Channels Are Fueling Malware Proliferation
Authored by: M. Authored by: M, Mohanasundaram and Neil Tyagi In today’s rapidly evolving cyber landscape, malware threats continue to...
How to Recognize a Phishing Email
How do you recognize phishing emails and texts? Even as many of the scammers behind them have sophisticated their attacks,...
How to Protect Your Smartphone from SIM Swapping
You consider yourself a responsible person when it comes to taking care of your physical possessions. You’ve never left your wallet in...
The Dark Side of Gen AI
There’s no denying that Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) has been one of the most significant technological developments in recent memory,...
How to Be Your Family’s Digital IT Hero for the Holidays
The holiday season often brings a rush of new gadgets—smartphones, tablets, laptops, and smart home devices—into households. One survey revealed...
How to Secure Your Digital Wallet
Tapping your phone at the cash register makes for a smooth trip to the store. Far smoother than fumbling for...
How AI Deepfakes and Scams Are Changing the Way We Shop Online
As 89% of Americans plan to shop online during this holiday shopping season, many say they’re more concerned about being...
What is the Dark Web?
The dark web. The name raises all kinds of questions. What is the dark web, really? Where is it? Can...
How to Protect Yourself from Bank Fraud
More and more transactions occur over the internet rather than at a teller’s window, and nearly every account has a username, password, and PIN associated with it. Whether you use online banking regularly or sparingly, you can protect yourself from being the victim of fraud by following a few straightforward ...
