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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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Introduction and Application of Model Hacking

Catherine Huang, Ph.D., and Shivangee Trivedi contributed to this blog. The term “Adversarial Machine Learning” (AML) is a mouthful!  The...

Internet Security

Consumers want a fully connected life – but at what cost?

Convenience has always, and will always be king. That’s why it’s no surprise that the average person is collecting connected...

Family Safety

Timeless Principles to Help Your Child Develop Social Superpowers

“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years...

How To Guides and Tutorials Family Safety

How You (and Your Teen) Can Stay Safe While Looking for Love Online

Valentine’s Day is such a double-edged sword. If you’re feeling the love and just can’t get enough of your sweetheart...

McAfee Labs

CSI: Evidence Indicators for Targeted Ransomware Attacks – Part I

For many years now I have been working and teaching in the field of digital forensics, malware analysis and threat...

McAfee Labs

Knock, Knock – Who’s There?

A Windows Linux Subsystem Interop Analysis Following our research from Evil Twins and Windows Linux Subsystem, interoperability between different WSL...

McAfee Labs

How Chinese Cybercriminals Use Business Playbook to Revamp Underground

Preface Because of its longevity and technical sophistication, the Russian cybercriminal underground has long been the benchmark for threat researchers...

McAfee Labs

Intelligence in the Enterprise

Intelligence became an integral military discipline centuries ago. More recently, this practice evolved into what is called Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield,...

Internet Security McAfee News

Safer Internet Day 2020

What Can You Do To Make The Internet a Better Place In 2020, you’d be hard-pressed to find an Aussie...

Internet Security How To Guides and Tutorials

WhatsApp Users: Secure Your Desktop With These Tips

With over 500 million daily active users, WhatsApp is one of the world’s most popular messaging platforms. In an effort...

Family Safety

7 Conversations to Help Build Up Your Family’s Digital Literacy Skills

With the surge of misleading content online, helping your child learn to become an independent thinker is no small task....

Life at McAfee

McAfee’s Women in Security Offer New Grads Career Insights

Launching your career is an exciting milestone, one that can also be nerve-wracking though. Chances are questions like What should...

Internet Security How To Guides and Tutorials Privacy & Identity Protection

How To Protect Your Vote During Election

The 2020 U.S. presidential primaries are right around the corner. As people gear up to cast their ballots for party...

McAfee Labs

U.S. Battleground County Website Security Survey

Today McAfee released the results of a survey of county websites and county election administration websites in the 13 states...

Family Safety

Spotting Fake News: Teaching Kids to be Responsible Online Publishers

Editor’s note: This is part II in a series on Fake News. Read part I, here. Kids today are not...

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Security Lessons From 2019’s Biggest Data Breaches

2019 already feels like it’s worlds away, but the data breaches many consumers faced last year are likely to have...

Internet Security Mobile Security

What You Need to Know About the FedEx SMiShing Scam

You receive a text message saying that you have a package out for delivery. While you might feel exhilarated at...

Privacy & Identity Protection

Take Action This Data Privacy Day

We all know that data breaches have been on the rise, and hackers are finding clever, new ways to access...

Family Safety

Where’s the Truth Online? How to Build Your Family’s Digital Discernment

Note: This is Part I of a series on equipping your family fight back against fake news online.  Fake news...

McAfee Labs

An Inside Look into Microsoft Rich Text Format and OLE Exploits

There has been a dramatic shift in the platforms targeted by attackers over the past few years. Up until 2016,...

Life at McAfee

You Bring the Yoga Mat, McAfee Brings the Goats

Yogis are likely familiar with the term vinyasa, but have you heard of caprine vinyasa? Caprine vinyasa elevates your standard...

Family Safety

Dangerous Digital Rituals: Could Your Child be Sleep Deprived?

You’re not wrong if you suspect your kids are spending far more time online than they admit. Where you may...

McAfee Labs

CurveBall – An Unimaginative Pun but a Devastating Bug

Enterprise customers looking for information on defending against Curveball can find information here. 2020 came in with a bang this...

McAfee Labs

What CVE-2020-0601 Teaches Us About Microsoft’s TLS Certificate Verification Process

By: Jan Schnellbächer and Martin Stecher, McAfee Germany GmbH This week security researches around the world were very busy working...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

What Is the CurveBall Bug? Here’s What You Need to Know 

Today, it was announced that researchers published proof of concept code (essentially, an exercise to determine if an idea is a reality) that exploits a recently patched vulnerability in...

Internet Security McAfee News

The Top Technology Takeaways From CES 2020

Another Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has come and gone. Every year, this trade show joins practically everyone in the consumer...

How To Guides and Tutorials Family Safety

Less is More: 5 Ways to Jumpstart a ‘Digital Minimalist’ Mindset  

Editor’s Note: This is part II of a series on Digital Minimalism in 2020. Is this the year you rethink...

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