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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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Family Safety

Honey, We’re Home! Securing Your Devices and Your Family Bond  

More and more parents and their kids are experiencing what it’s like to work and learn together from home these...

McAfee Labs

Ransomware Maze

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Maze ransomware, previously known in the community as “ChaCha ransomware”, was discovered on May the 29th 2019...

Internet Security

Scams Facing Consumers in the New Digital WFH Landscape

With many people having their normal day to day life turned upside down, scammers are capitalizing on consumers’ newfound lifestyles to make a financial gain or...

Family Safety

Little Ones Online More? Here Are 10 Basics To Keep Them Safe

Online safety conversations look dramatically different depending on the age and stage of your child. For very young children, toddlers...

Life at McAfee

10 McAfee Women Share Top Career Highlights

Looking to reach your career best? At McAfee, we invest in your growth and development to help you get there....

Internet Security McAfee News

ST17: Secure Remote Working with Raj Samani & Mo Cashman

Safe Remote Working In this podcast, McAfee’s Principal Engineer Mo Cashman and Chief Scientist & McAfee Fellow Raj Samani cover...

How To Guides and Tutorials Privacy & Identity Protection

How To Safeguard Your Data Privacy

There is certain information that is important to keep to yourself. If a stranger asks for your first name, you are likely to tell them. But if a stranger asks for your bank account number, you are unlikely to tell them. Data privacy works in the same way, if the ...

Family Safety

How to Stay Cyber Safe While Social-Distancing

Do you find yourself working from home these days? Kids off school too? Then your daily life is set to...

McAfee Labs

Nemty Ransomware – Learning by Doing

Executive Summary The McAfee Advanced Threat Research Team (ATR) observed a new ransomware family named ‘Nemty’ on 20 August 2019....

Family Safety

Internet Safety for Kids: A Refresher for Homebound Families

Editor’s Note: This is part II of our internet safety for kids series. Part I focuses on younger children and...

McAfee Labs

COVID-19 Threat Update – now includes Blood for Sale

Although the use of global events as a vehicle to drive digital crime is hardly surprising, the current outbreak of...

McAfee Labs

Transitioning to a Mass Remote Workforce – We Must Verify Before Trusting

While not a new practice, the sheer volume of people required to adhere to social distancing best practices means we...

McAfee Labs

MalBus Actor Changed Market from Google Play to ONE Store

Authored by: Sang Ryol Ryu and Chanung Pak McAfee Mobile Research team has found another variant of MalBus on an...

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Five Tips from McAfee’s Remote Workers

Whether you’re working from for the first time or a remote working veteran, you may be looking for some tips...

How To Guides and Tutorials Family Safety

How to Stay Secure While Distance Learning: Don’t Get Schooled by Hackers

Many students hold their college experience near and dear to their hearts. Apart from working towards a degree and a desired career path, students rely on...

Family Safety

School from Home: “Square One” Basics

 School #FromHome: “Square One” Basics With many schools around the globe postponing classes for long stretches or closing school outright...

Family Safety

School #FromHome: Bring Structure to Your Day

School #FromHome: Bring Structure to Your Day   Whether you’re a few weeks into a school closure or going on...

Family Safety

School #FromHome: The Challenges of Online Learning for Parents and Kids

School #FromHome: The Challenges of Online Learning for Parents and Kids With classrooms closed and millions of kids faced with...

Internet Security How To Guides and Tutorials

Online shopping scams – 7 ways to fight them 

 Be wary of online shopping scams – 7 ways to fight them    While some of us may be quite skilled at finding miscellaneous gadgets and...

How To Guides and Tutorials

Stay Ahead of Misinformation – 5 Ways to Combat Fake News

Stay ahead of misinformation – 5 ways to combat fake news   Finding information in this increasingly digital world has never been easier. Our mobile phones dictate top headlines before...

Mobile Security Privacy & Identity Protection

Connect With Confidence: Benefits of Using a Personal VPN 

Protect your digital life  The recent surge in work from home is likely accompanied by a corresponding increase in corporate VPN (virtual private...

Family Safety

School From Home: Project-Based Learning

School from Home: Project-Based Learning If keeping your kids on task and engaged with schoolwork from home is proving to...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection Security News

Ransomware Attacks: Cybercriminals Pinpointing Healthcare Organizations

No One is Invisible to Ransomware Attacks: Cybercriminals Pinpointing Healthcare Organizations   In this challenging time, cybercriminals have their eyes on consumers and institutions...

McAfee Labs

Tales From the Trenches; a Lockbit Ransomware Story

Co-authored by Marc RiveroLopez. In collaboration with Northwave As we highlighted previously across two blogs, targeted ransomware attacks have increased...

Family Safety

What’s the Right Age to Give Your Child a Phone?

“Can I pleeease have my own phone?” The “first phone” is one of the most loaded questions a child can...

Life at McAfee

McAfee Values Its Working Mothers Globally

This Mother’s Day, and every day, McAfee recognizes all the hardworking mothers across our global workforce. We continue to make...

Internet Security How To Guides and Tutorials

Online Scam Awareness: Staying Safer in Uncertain Times

Online Scam Awareness: Staying Safer in Uncertain Times As we adjust to a changed world, bad actors are also changing...

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