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Smishing Campaign Steals Banking Credentials in U.S.
The McAfee Mobile Research team recently found an active smishing campaign, using SMS messages, that targets online banking users in...
McAfee Survey: Parental Input on Tech Safety Declines as Kids Get Older
It’s natural for parents to gradually extend a child more freedom and responsibility as that child matures. Finding the magic...
SonicSpy Malware Snoops on Google Play Users via Messaging Apps
Whether it’s a British spy sneaking around a casino, or a cybercriminal looking around your device, all spies snoop to...
5 Tips to Defend Yourself Against Ransomware
The prospect of a “ransomware” attack, where your device is infected with malware that locks you out of your personal...
How to Navigate this Connected World
This blog was written in collaboration with Kishore Jotwani, Sr. Director of Marketing & Business Development for Intel’s Wireless Consumer Infrastructure...
Instagram Takes Huge Step to Filter Bullies, Become a Kinder Social Hub
You’re a jerk. You’re a fat pig. You’re disgusting. It’s hard to imagine seeing these words written about anyone, but...
OurMine Claims to Have Breached Sony’s PlayStation Network and Stolen Information
Most security companies advertise their services online, hoping to attract customers with an honest promise of their abilities. OurMine, on...
Sarahah, honesty and making sure your kids aren’t part of the problem
Freedom of speech in written texts? Totally anonymous? No fear of being identified and penalized? Whoa, that’s what GenY was...
Is Our Smartphone Addiction Affecting Our Mental Health?
Your smartphone: how many times a day do you check it? Please be honest. And what about your teens? Is...
Android Click-Fraud Apps Briefly Return to Google Play
Click-fraud apps frequently appear on Google Play and third-party markets. They are sometimes hard to identify because the malicious behavior...
Android Banking Trojan MoqHao Spreading via SMS Phishing in South Korea
Last month, a number of users started posting on South Korean sites screenshots of suspicious SMS messages phishing texts (also...
New App Allows Cybercriminals to Create Customized Ransomware
From clothes to food – we practically buy everything on the internet these days. That includes ransomware as well. And...
The Dark Web: What Every Parent Should Know
Mention the Dark Web in conversation and groans will inevitably ensue. Most of us realise it is a dangerous part...
Get Schooled on Security
It’s hard to imagine what college would have been like if I had today’s technology in my arsenal. With spell...
Protect that Rep! Tips to Help Your High Schooler Shine Online
Do you remember being a teenager and your mom threatening to surgically remove the telephone receiver from your face because you’d...
New App Allows Cybercriminals to Create Customized Ransomware
From clothes to food – we practically buy everything on the internet these days. That includes ransomware as well. And...
Four of the coolest jobs in cybersecurity
This blog post was written by Nick Viney. With the rapid growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) and data...
Emotet Trojan Acts as Loader, Spreads Automatically
Since the middle of July, McAfee has observed new updates of the Emotet, a Trojan that was first discovered in...
Oh No! 8 Signs that Grandma’s Getting Baited by a Catfish!
His name was Colonel Lance Shimmeroff. He was a retired U.S. Army officer and happened to be an ace Words...
What You Need to Know About the Equifax Data Breach
Equifax, one of the three major credit bureaus in the country, said on Thursday it suffered a major breach in...
The Do You Knows of DDoS Attacks
“Where’s my phone?” In a blink of an eye, my home is suddenly flipped upside down—couch cushions overturned, drawers –...
Android Click-Fraud App Repurposed as DDoS Botnet
The McAfee Mobile Research Team tracks the behavior of Android click-fraud apps. We have detected multiple implementations, including recent examples...
11 Easy Ways to Start Reclaiming Your Family’s Vanishing Privacy
Every day search engines collect our data, companies sell our information, prying algorithms stalk our clicks and our cell phones...
Protect What Matters: Details on McAfee’s New Consumer Security Lineup
At McAfee, were always looking to see how we can continue to innovate to better protect consumers everywhere. Whether it’s...
BlueBorne Vulnerabilities Endanger Over 5 Billion Bluetooth-Enabled Devices
From headsets, to speakers – Bluetooth technology has become an integral part our devices, and our everyday lives. Since it...
Cyber Insurance – The Need of the Hour
Years ago, when we were complete newbies to computers, data loss was a frequent occurrence. Files were lost as they...
Web Searches Get Complicated! Avril Lavigne Tops the 2017 Most Dangerous Celebrities List
To see how cybercriminals take advantage of consumers’ obsession with pop culture, we conducted the 11th annual McAfee Most Dangerous Celebrities study, which reveals which celebrities generate the most “dangerous” search results, and create the biggest risk for users browsing the web.
