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McAfee Internet Security Takes Home Perfect AV-TEST Scores
McAfee Internet Security offers comprehensive online security with accelerated performance, and helps keep you and your family safe from cyberthreats. With...
Gold Dragon Widens Olympics Malware Attacks, Gains Permanent Presence on Victims’ Systems
McAfee Advanced Threat Research (ATR) recently released a report describing a fileless attack targeting organizations involved with the Pyeongchang Olympics. The attack used a PowerShell implant that established a channel to the attacker’s server to gather basic system-level data. What was not determined at that time was what occurred after ...
The GDPR Basics: What Consumers Need to Know
To ensure all companies are being held responsible for the way they handle consumer data, the European Union took action and created something called the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Passed in April of 2016, GDPR was created to protect the personal data handled by companies – but what exactly ...
5 Digital Family Values to Embrace to Make the Internet a Better Place
A better internet — one free of bullying, division, hate, and crime — isn’t just an aspiration, it’s truly possible....
Safer Internet Day 2018: How To Develop Online Respect At Home
Today is Safer Internet Day – an annual global event aimed at encouraging a better internet. And this year’s theme...
Indian Digital Citizens Need to Better Balance Their Device Use and Manage Online Safety
As Bryan Adams croons in the background (Everything I do) I do it for you…. and you give the last...
How to keep our kids safe online – start by talking about it
Whether or not you’re lucky enough to be a parent or grandparent, as adults we should all be concerned about the safety of children online. That’s why, on Safer Internet Day, a day dedicated to promoting the safe and positive use of digital technology for children and young people, I wanted ...
The Legacy Continues – What Black History Month Means to Us
By Karla, Digital Media Specialist At McAfee, we celebrate the diverse backgrounds of our global workforce year-round, but during the...
8 Easy Ways to Hack-Proof Your Family’s Smartphones
Smartphones have changed the face of parenting in profound ways. But for all the efficiency they’ve introduced into family life,...
Are We Dating Our Devices? How Our Online Interactions Impact Our Personal Security
L is for the way you look at your technology, O is for you’re not the only one looking at...
Lazarus Resurfaces, Targets Global Banks and Bitcoin Users
McAfee Advanced Threat Research (ATR) analysts have discovered an aggressive Bitcoin-stealing phishing campaign by the international cybercrime group Lazarus that uses sophisticated malware with long-term impact.
Share Your Heart, Not Your Identity: Here’s How You Can Stay Safe on Valentine’s Day
I love Valentine’s day, it’s the one day of the year exclusively dedicated to sharing: we share our feelings, our...
Warning: Crypto-Currency Mining is Targeting Your Android
Cryptocurrency, a virtual form of currency designed to work as a secure form of exchange, has gained a lot of...
McAfee Sales Kick Off: Play to Win
As we approach the end of our first full year as a standalone company, we also just concluded the first...
Free Ransomware Available on Dark Web
The McAfee Advanced Threat Research team recently analyzed a ransomware-as-a-service threat that is available for free and without registration. This malware...
Could You Have a Toxic Relationship with Your Smartphone?
It’s the elephant in the room no one wants to talk about: our devotion to and dependence on our smartphones....
What Are Serverless Apps?
The smartphone market has exploded in recent years, leading to the development of over 4 million mobile apps. For mobile...
MWC Preview: Tailoring Security to the Modern Connected Lifestyle
In 2018, we’re officially living in the “future” imagined by popular 80s movies. No, we still don’t have flying cars,...
DDoS Attacks in the Netherlands Reveal Teen Gamers on Troublesome Path
At the end of January, the Netherlands was plagued by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks targeting various financial institutions,...
New McAfee Report Reveals Identity Theft is the Most Expensive Form of Property Crime
Between Uber, Equifax, and a handful of others, the U.S. has witnessed major data breaches in the past year that...
Together We Are Forming a Powerful Alliance Against the Bad Guys
McAfee Security Innovation Alliance (SIA) is a technology ecosystem designed to assemble the world’s leading security innovations to form a...
Is Your Teen Using Tinder? Here’s What You Need to Know
Teens are curious. It’s fun to meet and date people they don’t see in the hallways every day. It feels...
How McAfee is Adapting to the Mobile Landscape with New Partnerships and Innovation
Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 is finally upon us, and mobile and security providers from around the world are in...
Key Mobile Threat Takeaways from the 2018 Mobile Threat Report
The term “mobile” has come to encompass a wide range of devices these days. Mobile devices have become much more...
McAfee Uncovers Operation Honeybee, a Malicious Campaign Targeting Humanitarian Aid Groups
This post was written with contributions from Jessica Saavedra-Morales, Thomas Roccia, and Asheer Malhotra. McAfee Advanced Threat Research analysts have...
How Hackers Bypassed an Adobe Flash Protection Mechanism
The number of Flash Player exploits has recently declined, due to Adobe’s introduction of various measures to strengthen Flash’s security....
6 Tips to Help Protect and Improve Your Child’s Online Reputation
Not the better choice. Take it down, please. That’s the short, efficient text message I’ve sent more times than I...
