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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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How Do You Manage Your Social Media Privacy?

‘Ensure your privacy settings are set to the highest level’ – if you’ve been reading my posts for a bit...

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How Do You Remove Your Information From the Internet?

Take steps to delete your internet footprint and regain control of your personal data. Learn how to get your information off the internet.

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How Do Your Digital Assets Compare?

My Dad is in his mid 60’s and retired. And the man knows how to live. A day doesn’t go...

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How Does Jailbreaking Or Rooting Affect My Mobile Device Security?

In today’s interconnected world, our mobile devices serve as essential tools for communication, productivity, and entertainment. However, for some tech-savvy...

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How Entertaining Ourselves at Home Has Become a Risky Business

Online entertainment is certainly having a moment. While we all stayed home and socially distanced, many of us filled our...

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How Extremist Groups Target Teens Online

With the reality of the digital age, the internet has become a vital part of our daily lives. While it offers immense benefits, the online world also has its potential risks. One such alarming issue involves extremist groups targeting impressionable teenagers online.

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How Fraudsters Are Exploiting the Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Engagement

When news of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s engagement broke recently, fans around the world celebrated this real-life love story....

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How Fraudsters Are Fooling Users With This Proof of Vaccination Phishing Scam

You open your laptop and see an email from a healthcare organization that you don’t recognize. The subject line reads “URGENT –...

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How Free VPNs Come With a Price

The number of people who use VPNs (virtual private networks) continues to mushroom. Recent research shows that 46% of American...

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How Googling Our Favourite Celebrities Is A Risky Business

Did you know that searching for your favourite celebrities online may very well increase your chance of running into trouble?...

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How Hackers are Using Heartbleed to Trick You into Infecting Your Computer

Heartbleed, a vulnerability affecting nearly 70% of websites on the Internet, was discovered two months ago. It was big. It...

McAfee Labs

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....

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How Hackers Use Popular Shows to Infect Your Devices

If there’s one reasonable measurement of how popular a television series has become, it’s how often it’s illegally downloaded online....

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How I Got Here: Trevor’s Career Journey Across Four Countries and Five Roles

In this career-journey series, Marketing Director Trevor shares why patient listening is the most helpful skill he’s acquired, the top...

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How I Live Safe: 3 Tips for Staying Secure Online

As a security professional, online safety is always on my mind. Especially when I’m using my personal devices, rather than...

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How I Seized McAfee’s Opportunities to Realize My Potential

This post was written by Emmanuel Making the most of opportunities and putting in the work with an employer who...

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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....

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How I try to live safer…

This blog was written by Scott Montgomery, McAfee’s previous vice president and chief technology officer of public sector. My McAfee...

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