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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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Privacy & Identity Protection

Hackable? Is Putting Virtual Reality to the Test

From gaming to helping people conquer their fear of spiders and getting quarterbacks ready for Sunday, virtual reality is a...

Internet Security How To Guides and Tutorials

Connected or Compromised? How to Stay Secure While Using Push Notifications

You’re probably familiar with push notifications – messages sent by app publishers that pop up on your desktop or mobile...

Life at McAfee

How I Thrive in Technology at McAfee

By: Hannah, Software Quality Assurance Engineer I joined the McAfee Quality Assurance team at the Brighton office earlier this year....

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

A New Security Age Needs a New Approach to Security

Security evolves to meet the needs of the age. Keys, for example, were created to secure homes and possessions. Encryption,...

Life at McAfee

McAfee Explorers: From Student to Teacher

Ahmad, Software Architect Hailing from a small town in India, school for me was largely a means to an end....

Family Safety

At What Age Should Kids Join Social Media?

Last week, I waved goodbye to my eldest son as he moved halfway across the world to study for a...

McAfee Labs

Triton Malware Spearheads Latest Attacks on Industrial Systems

Malware that attacks industrial control systems (ICS), such as the Stuxnet campaign in 2010, is a serious threat. This class of cyber sabotage can spy on, disrupt, or destroy systems that manage large-scale industrial processes. An essential danger in this threat is that it moves from mere digital damage to ...

Family Safety

What Parents Need to Know About Live-Stream Gaming Sites Like Twitch

Clash of Clans, Runescape, Fortnite, League of Legends, Battlefield V, and Dota 2. While these titles may not mean much...

How To Guides and Tutorials Mobile Security

Shop till You’re Hacked? 3 Tips to Stay Secure this Holiday Season

With just days until Black Friday, the unofficial kick off to the holiday shopping season is quickly approaching. In anticipation...

Family Safety

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...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

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...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

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...

Family Safety

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...

Internet Security McAfee News

2018 Americas Partner Summit

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

Internet Security

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...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

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...

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...

Internet Security How To Guides and Tutorials Mobile Security

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...

How To Guides and Tutorials Privacy & Identity Protection

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...

Internet Security Mobile Security Privacy & Identity Protection

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...

Internet Security How To Guides and Tutorials Family Safety

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...

Internet Security How To Guides and Tutorials Mobile Security

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...

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