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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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Be the Child On Children’s Day – Build Better Bonds With Your Kids

November 14th is a day children in India keenly look forward to. Schools and neighbourhoods gear up to make the...

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Why Traditional Database Security Doesn’t Protect Data

If we asked database administrators, security teams, and risk teams about their definition of what database security is, the answers...

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Preventing WebCobra Malware From Slithering Onto Your System

Cryptocurrency mining is the way transactions are verified and added to the public ledger, a database of all the transactions...

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Holiday Stress Can Make You More Careless Online

Holiday stress. Every year, come November, my resting heart rate starts to rise: the festive season is approaching. Not only...

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2018 Americas Partner Summit

The Americas Partner Summit 2018 was held on Tuesday, October 16 at MPOWER Cybersecurity Summit. It was a day filled...

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Don’t Get PWNed by Fake Gaming Currency Sites

If you’re a gamer, you know how important virtual currency is. It allows you to purchase new costumes and weapons...

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What Your Password Says About You

At the end of last year, a survey revealed that the most popular password was still “123456,” followed by “password.” These...

Family Safety

Has Your Phone Become Your Third Child? Ways to Get Screen Time Anxiety Under Control

You aren’t going to like this post. However, you will, hopefully, find yourself nodding and perhaps, even making some changes...

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Is a Laptop’s Password Enough to Keep it Secure?

It could happen to any of us. One minute your laptop is sitting on a coffeehouse table or going through...

Family Safety

8 Ways to Secure Your Family’s Online Holiday Shopping

It’s officially the most wonderful time of the year — no doubt about it. But each year, as our reliance...

Internet Security

Stay Secure and Your Wallet Full with Our Holiday #RT2Win Sweepstakes!

Black Friday and Cyber Monday mark the unofficial kickoff to the holiday shopping season. In anticipation of the busiest time...

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The Spotify Phishing Scam: How to Reel in This Cyberthreat

Many music-lovers around the world use Spotify to stream all of their favorite tunes. While the music streaming platform is...

McAfee Labs

McAfee Labs 2019 Threats Predictions Report

Our predictions for 2019 move away from simply providing an assessment on the rise or fall of a particular threat, and instead focus on current rumblings we see in the cybercriminal underground that we expect to grow into trends and subsequently threats in the wild.

Family Safety

First Smartphone: Are You Putting Cyberbullies Under the Tree This Year?

There’s pressure — lots of pressure. And not the typical I-want-a-bike or a doll-that-poops kind of pressure your kids may...

McAfee Labs

Pay-Per-Install Company Deceptively Floods Market with Unwanted Programs

For the past 18 months, McAfee Labs has been investigating a pay-per-install developer, WakeNet AB, responsible for spreading prevalent adware...

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Software Company WakeNet AB Discovered Spreading PUPs to Users

Pay-per-install, or PPI for short, is a type of software program that presents users with third-party offers while they are...

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Are Your Online Photos Sharing More Than You Think?

We all share photos online: photos of our kids, photos of our trips, and photos of our meals. We think...

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Avoid Falling Prey to Online Shopping Bait This Festive Season

For a moment, I thought this crazy friend of mine had finally lost it. She was staring at her laptop...

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Attention Red Dead Redemption 2 Players: Dodge This New Download Scam

Rockstar Games’ Red Dead Redemption 2 has struck a popular chord with many online gamers. Unfortunately, the Western-themed action-adventure game...

Family Safety

Helping Kids Deal with the Digital Rejection of ‘Ghosting’

Rejection is the unspoken risk that is present when we enter into any relationship be it a friendship or a...

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12 Days of Hack-mas

2018 was a wild ride when it came to cybersecurity. While some hackers worked to source financial data, others garnered...

McAfee Labs

‘Operation Sharpshooter’ Targets Global Defense, Critical Infrastructure

This post was written with contributions from the McAfee Advanced Threat Research team.   The McAfee Advanced Threat Research team...

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How To Help Your Teen Organise a Party Online Without It Becoming a Public Spectacle

Teen Parties and Instagram. If your teen is keen to have a party, I can guarantee you that they will...

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How to Stay Secure from the Latest Volkswagen Giveaway Scam

You’re scrolling through Facebook and receive a message notification. You open it and see it’s from Volkswagen, claiming that the...

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Why I Bring My Authentic Self to Work at McAfee

By Kristol, Sales Account Manager and President, McAfee African Heritage Community If you talked to me when I first started...

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Shamoon Returns to Wipe Systems in Middle East, Europe

Destructive malware has been employed by adversaries for years. Usually such attacks are carefully targeted and can be motivated by...

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Holiday Rush: How to Check Yourself Before Your Wreck Yourself When Shopping Online

It was the last item on my list and Christmas was less than a week away. I was on the...

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