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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 ...
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 ...
Your Kids Are My Problem, Here’s Why
This post was written by Jessica Brookes Snow falls outside the large steamy windows at a popular coffee shop in...
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...
The Future of IoT: What to Expect From Our Devices This Year
The beginning of the new year is always an exciting time for consumer technology enthusiasts. Business leaders, pioneers and forward-thinking...
Take Charge of Your Online Privacy on Data Privacy Day
We spend a large part of our lives in the virtual world. Not only do we study, play, socialize and...
How to Treat Your Family’s Personal Data Like Gold in a Hyper-Connected World
Tomorrow, January 28, is National Data Privacy Day. While that may not mean a lot to you at first glance, the...
Why Republic Day of India Matters to Me and McAfee
By Smriti, HR Partner At McAfee, we love to recognize and celebrate the traditions and holidays observed by our employees...
Key Considerations for Consumers Around Data Privacy
It’s 2018 – and though we’re not living in the age of flying cars, we are living in an age...
Twitter Accounts of US Media Under Attack by Large Campaign
A previously reported campaign purportedly carried out by Turkish hacker group “Ayyildiz Tim” targeting high-profile, verified Twitter accounts with the purpose of spreading Turkish political propaganda appears to have escalated within the last 24 hours. McAfee Advanced Threat Research has investigated the new events and discovered the following.
Your Back To School Tech Plan
I am such a fan of school holidays! No music lessons, no sport, no commitments. Bliss!! The crazy school term...
Determined to Find Love Online in 2018? Here are 5 Ways to Protect Your Privacy
It turns out January is the busiest month for online dating since millions of singles have resolved to embark on...
Bringing Security to the Cloud and Beyond
I remember talking about cloud computing years ago as something in the future or as an “experiment,” knowing that one...
Stepping Into a Cyber Safe 2018
A very Happy New Year to all my dear readers and may this year be another fragrant flower that you...
Key Innovations and Takeaways from CES 2018
Every year, practically everyone in the consumer electronics industry catches a flight and heads to Las Vegas for The International...
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:...
2018 Texting Slang Update: How to Decode What Your Teen is Saying Online
Every year we update our teen slang and this year we’ve added a handful of terms that may make your...
North Korean Defectors and Journalists Targeted Using Social Networks and KakaoTalk
Recently, South Korean media wrote about North Korean refugees and journalists being targeted by unknown actors using KakaoTalk (a popular...
How McAfee Embedded Security Helps Medical Device Manufacturers
The blog was written by Tom Moore. Like other Internet of Things (IoT) devices, medical equipment is a vulnerable attack...
McAfee’s #RT2WIN CES Sweepstakes Terms and Conditions
We’re so excited to head to Las Vegas next week for CES! To celebrate, we’re giving fifteen people a chance...
McAfee Shares Threat Predictions For 2018 – As the Saying Goes, Forewarned is Forearmed
2017 has drawn to a close and phew, what a year it has been in the digital world. Terms like...
McAfee Focused on Protecting Customers’ Identity, Connected Homes and Wi-Fi Connections
As we kick off the new year, McAfee is optimistic about what the future holds. We protect more than 375...
Malicious Document Targets Pyeongchang Olympics
McAfee Advanced Threat Research analysts have discovered a campaign targeting organizations involved with the Pyeongchang Olympics. Attached in an email...
2018 Resolution: Lose the Weight of Tech Safety Guilt Once and for All
January is here, and we’ve got goals to crush. We want to be more productive. We want to spend more...
Three Lessons I’ve Learned Battling Cancer and Cybercriminals
By Celeste, Senior Principal Engineer With our people at the heart, we are McAfee As Chief Data Scientist, Senior Principal...
Meltdown and Spectre 101: What to Know About the New Exploits
Between the Blueborne vulnerabilities and the High Sierra Mac flaw – we saw some nasty bugs in 2017. Now, 2018...
Decyphering the Noise Around ‘Meltdown’ and ‘Spectre’
The McAfee Advanced Threat Research (ATR) Team has closely followed the attack techniques that have been named Meltdown and Spectre...
