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McAfee Labs: Faceliker Surge Manipulates Facebook “Likes” to Promote News, Other Content
Criminals excel in manipulating the trust within human relationships, particularly as individuals project themselves into digital realms such as social...
First 30 Days at McAfee: Pups at Work, VR and Pledge Wall
By Beth, HR Communication Specialist in Plano, Texas. For the last six consecutive years, The Dallas Morning News has recognized...
Fake News: What Every Parent Needs To Know
Fake news: we’ve all heard about it but what does it actually mean? Is it really a new concept or...
Linux Kernel Vulnerability Can Lead to Privilege Escalation: Analyzing CVE-2017-1000112
This blog was written by Krishs Patil. A memory corruption bug in UDP fragmentation offload (UFO) code inside the Linux...
Stefan’s Tale: A 17-Year Journey to McAfee
By Stefan, Senior Security Consultant in Sydney, Australia. When I was younger, I wanted to be a policeman and help...
Cybersecurity Supermom: Take Charge and Become the IT Pro in Your Home
Wouldn’t it be great if we all had our own IT department at home? Think about it. If we had...
Why it’s important for parents to monitor kids’ digital footprint?
There is a new cybersafety awareness among the people of my generation – post the Blue Whale Challenge scare and...
Artificial Intelligence: Friend Or Foe?
This blog was written by Ian Yip. The future of cyber safety and personal development lies in the partnership between...
Smart Parents Dig Deeper Than Clickbait
This blog was written by Jocelyn Brewer. We’ve all seen it – that family at the café, heads down, scrolling...
The McAfee Adventures of a Middle School Teacher
By Lori, AVID Teacher, Haggard Middle School I knew when I met you an adventure was going to happen. –...
The Future of Cyber Safety: Could Artificial Intelligence Be The Silver Bullet?
Stay Safe Online Week 2017 Cyber safety: outsourcing to experts makes such sense! Like most multi-tasking millennium mums, I’m a...
October is Bullying Prevention Month. Are You Willing to Do Just One Thing?
Life is busy. Events, celebrations, and deadlines fight for space on the family calendar. It’s so easy to zoom through...
Working 9 to 5 on Mobile Security
I love watching old movies, like the classic “9 to 5” and realizing how antiquated the tools used in the...
Staying Anonymous on the Blockchain: Concerns and Techniques
With Bitcoin at one point valued at more than $5,000 per unit, cryptocurrencies have excited a lot of interest from...
No Password, No Problem: How This PledgeMusic Bug Let Anyone Log in Without a Password
Some music sites allow fans to stream any song they want for a monthly fee, others create suggestions or radio...
Taiwan Bank Heist and the Role of Pseudo Ransomware
Widespread reports claim the Far Eastern International Bank in Taiwan has become a victim of hacking. The attacks demonstrate the global nature of cybercrime, with the cybercriminals attempting to wire US$60 million to destinations such as Sri Lanka, Cambodia, and the United States.
Conquering Fear at McAfee
By Radhika, Director of Global Consumer Product Marketing. With the U.S. school year beginning, I’ve been in touch with the...
‘No One Likes You’: And the Other Hurtful Ways Kids Bully One Another Online
One of the most wounding things a young person can hear is “No one likes you.” Most likely because that...
How KRACK Threatens Wi-Fi’s Security Underpinnings and What It Means for You
If you grew up before, or even during the 90s, you were familiar with a world of cords. A cord...
McAfee Honors 19 Partners with Awards for Excellence in Security
Today in Las Vegas, we recognized stand out performance by handing out our annual partner awards. This year, 19 partners...
Tips for Effective Threat Hunting
This blog was co-written by Ramnath Venugopalan. In May, McAfee surveyed more than 700 IT and security professionals around the...
McAfee Customer Success Group Puts Customers at the Core
To Our Valued Customers: Allow me to introduce myself. I am Aneel Jaeel, the new leader of the McAfee Customer...
KRACKs Against Wi-Fi Serious But Not End of the World
This blog was written by Brook Schoenfield. On October 12, researcher Mathy Vanhoef announced a set of Wi-Fi attacks that...
Infected Minecraft Apps Could Potentially Turn Over 2M Android Devices Into a Botnet Army
We all love a good game, especially those that allow us to create and innovate with the touch of our...
ROCA: Which Key-Pair Attacks Are Credible?
This blog was co-written by Brook Schoenfield. In the past two weeks, we have seen two big encryption issues arise:...
KRACKs: Five Observations on WPA Authentication Vulnerability
KRACKs are in the news. McAfee has already discussed these key reinstallation attacks that affect Wi-Fi setups in two posts:...
What To Do If Your Data Is Stolen
If you’re like most people, you share your personal information with a number of companies and service providers, from banks...
