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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...
Key Findings from our Survey on Identity Theft, Family Safety and Home Network Security
The world is connecting to the internet now more than ever before. As a result, the popularity of connected devices...
5 Cybersecurity Resolutions to Consider for the New Year
2018 is officially here, and you know what that means: a bunch of resolutions that will probably take a back...
Be Unhackable: Here’s Your Post-Holiday Gift Safety Checklist
‘Twas the night after Christmas, when all through the house All the smart toys were buzzing and beeping about, The chargers...
McAfee Labs Advanced Threat Research Aids Arrest of Suspected Cybercrime Gang
In our recent research, we interviewed the actors behind ransomware campaigns. One of the interesting findings was cybercriminals seemed to have a sense of absolute safety when conducting criminal operations. Cybercrime is an area of crime like no other, perceived as low-risk with high returns, which contributes greatly to its ...
How the IoT supports the world’s largest industries
This blog post was written by Nick Viney. The Internet of Things (IoT) has already helped to connect our world...
Operation Dragonfly Analysis Suggests Links to Earlier Attacks
On September 6, Symantec published details of the Dragonfly campaign, which targeted dozens of energy companies throughout 2017. This attack...
Looking Into the World of Ransomware Actors Reveals Some Surprises
During the preparations for our keynotes at McAfee’s recent MPOWER conference, we brainstormed a few topics we wanted to share...
McAfee Labs Reports All-Time Highs for Malware in Latest Count
In the third quarter of 2017, McAfee Labs reports all-time highs of new and total malware. What is causing the...
Family Tech: How to Save Your Vanishing Attention Span
Researchers have published a handful of studies in the past few years that examine the impact of technology on the...
So, Your Child Wants A Smartwatch for Christmas? Here’s What You Need to Know
My youngest son is a Smartwatch fanatic. At the age of 14, he’s already ‘progressed’ through much-loved Pebble and Sony...
Starbucks Bitcoin Mining Incident Reminds Us of the Risks of Public Wi-Fi
Most of us order our coffee with half and half, or a pastry on the side. But what Buenos Aires...
Chinese Cybercriminals Develop Lucrative Hacking Services
Underground cybercrime profits in China have likely already exceeded US$15.1 billion (100 billion Chinese yuan); caused more than $13.8 billion...
Kids, Travel and Wi-Fi
If your brood of kids is anything like mine, holiday travel is all about devices and Wi-Fi. Sure, we’ll focus...
Tech Support Scammers Try to Use Spotify Forums to Trick Users
We’ve seen scammers imitate Amazon, PayPal and other major companies this holiday season. And it seems that the scams just...
Hacked for the Holidays: Preparing Your Home for Hackable Toys
The holidays are in full swing and all my kids can think about is their wishlist. With so many new...
How to Make Sure That Shiny New Device Does Not Get Hacked this Holiday
Across the country, there’s an awkward pause on Christmas morning no one wants to talk about. It’s that moment when someone...
