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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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5 Things About Doxing You Should Know

Doxing can be harmful to one’s reputation and can cost someone their job, their friends, or their privacy. Here are five things you should know about doxing, plus some tips on how to prevent it from happening to you.

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5 Tips for Avoiding Android Malware

The ubiquity of mobile phones has created a unique opportunity for cybercriminals. They now have a way of accessing both...

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5 Tips for Managing Your Digital Footprint and Online Reputation

Did you know that what you do online could determine your future? That’s because employers and universities often look at...

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5 Tips to Defend Yourself Against Ransomware

The prospect of a “ransomware” attack, where your device is infected with malware that locks you out of your personal...

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5 Tips To Protect Your IoT Devices

Do you think as yourself as living in a “smart home”? If you look around you may notice that you...

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5 Tips to Stay Safe While Searching the Web

The internet is infinitely expansive, but that’s often easy to forget as we now have immediate access to it in...

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5 Ways to Be Proactive When Protecting Your Personal Data

WannaCry, Equifax and Uber—in the wake of a data emergency, I often find myself hyperconscious of my online security measures:...

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5 Ways to Get Victim Assistance for Identity Theft

The internet makes a lot of things in life easier. You can shop, pay your bills, and even book your...

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5 Ways to Protect Your Finances Online

Financial companies continue to innovate with their online products and services, bringing conveniences for customers, but challenges when it comes...

Family Safety

5 Ways to Reset Your Family’s Digital Habits this Summer

Ahhhh. Can you feel it? Summer is so close. Everything feels a little more buoyant, a little brighter. We’re in...

Family Safety

5 Ways to Safeguard Your Child’s Instagram Bio

Keeping your child safe online is a growing concern for many parents. However, there are ways you can help safeguard your child’s Instagram bio and enhance their online safety. Here are 5 tips to consider.

McAfee Labs

5, 4, 3, 2, 1: Osama Bin Laden Death Scams

I suppose this was inevitable. The reported death of Osama Bin Laden is just too good a lure for cybercriminals...

Privacy & Identity Protection

57 Million Users Compromised in Uber Leak: Protect Your Digital Privacy and Identity

“I’ll just Uber home.”  Who hails a taxi anymore? These days, city streets are full of double-parked sedans with their...

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5G and the IoT: A Look Ahead at What’s Next for Your Home and Community

5G and the IoT: A Look Ahead at What’s Next for Your Home and Community October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month,...

Mobile Security

5G Is Coming: Security Risks You Need to Know About

The future of connectivity is here ­– 5G. This new network is set to roll out across the nation this...

McAfee Labs

5G Networks Pose Cyber Risks, Opportunities

Fifth-generation networking (5G) holds the potential for a massive immersion of technology into the lives of people and businesses. It...

Internet Security

6 Cybersecurity Predictions for 2024 – Staying Ahead of the Latest Hacks and Attacks

AI and major elections, deepfakes and the Olympics — they all feature prominently in our cybersecurity predictions for 2024. That’s...

Family Safety

6 Steps to Help Your Family Restore Digital Balance in Stressful Times

6 Steps to Help Your Family Restore Digital Balance in Stressful Times Editor’s Note: This is part II in a...

Family Safety

6 Things to Monitor on Your Teen’s Instagram

Instagram is awesome — so awesome, in fact, it ranks in the top two social networks among teens. (Snapchat is...

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6 Tips for a Safer and Easier Telemedicine Visit

We’ve all been there. It’s the middle of the night and you wake up to a sad and sniffly kiddo...

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6 Tips for Protecting Your Social Media Accounts

10 years ago, many of us were hearing about social media for the first time. Now, social media plays a...

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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...

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6 Tips to Help Your Balance Your Children’s Summer Screentime

The pandemic forced many parents into screentime management Bootcamp. We learned quickly that more hours at home require more intention...

How To Guides and Tutorials Family Safety

6 Ways to ‘Just Say No’ to the Time Wasting Habit of Digital Digging

If an app existed that tracked the minutes we spent looking at other people’s social profiles online (much like a...

Family Safety

7 Common Digital Behaviors that Put Your Family’s Privacy at Risk

It would be impossible nowadays to separate our everyday lives from technology. We travel well-worn, comfortable paths online and engage...

Family Safety

7 Conversations to Help Build Up Your Family’s Digital Literacy Skills

With the surge of misleading content online, helping your child learn to become an independent thinker is no small task....

Family Safety

7 Creative Ways to Get Your Teen Talking

“Yeah.” “No.” “Nothing.” “Good.” “Okay.” “Whatever.” Do you recognize that notorious bit of prose? It’s the six-word vocabulary list teens...

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