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Ransomware Families Use NSIS Installers to Avoid Detection, Analysis
Malware families are constantly seeking new ways to hide their code, thwart replication, and avoid detection. A recent trend for...
Trust Under Fire: How to Help Your Kids Understand Trust in a Digital World
Just about everything comes down to trust, especially in a hyper-connected, share-happy digital culture. We pay strangers to Uber us,...
These Cute Teddy Bears Have Been Recording Your Kids
When we think of cyberhacks, we often think of criminals trying to break into a network of important information protected...
Cybercriminals Learn to Love Extensions like Toolbars in Targeted Attacks
In the late 90s and early 2000s, most web browsers came with small, add-on programs to enhance browsing. Most of...
Helping Teens Rethink the Sexy Selfie
You just can’t make this stuff up. Who would have thought we’d be spending a chunk of our parenting years...
Smartphones in Classrooms: is it Time for a Rethink?
In 2017, you’d be hard pressed to find many teens heading off to school WITHOUT a smartphone in their pockets....
What Is Ransomware and Who Does It Target?
Lockouts—they happen. We forget our keys, we can’t remember our passwords—and sometimes, someone else locks us out. And in the...
Pre-Installed Malware on Android Devices Expose Flaws in Supply Chain
Pencils come with erasers, books come with pages, and taxes (most of the time) come with returns. People like it...
E-Filing Your Tax Returns? Don’t Let It Tax Your Security
How many of my readers are aware of Digital India campaign? Yes, I am sure just about everyone has come...
Is Rapid Tech Growth Leaving Your Family’s Digital Safety in the Dust?
It’s an exciting time to be alive, no doubt. We’ve evolved from tech enthusiasts to social connectors, to a to...
Is Rapid Tech Growth Leaving Your Family’s Digital Safety in the Dust?
It’s an exciting time to be alive, no doubt. We’ve evolved from tech enthusiasts to social connectors, to a to...
How To Protect Today’s Smart Home
We love our kids, and we want the best for them. In today’s connected world, the role of a parent...
College Basketball Finals Shouldn’t Result in March Mayhem: 4 Security Tips to Stay Safe
March is in full swing, which can only mean we’re about to enter the mayhem that is the college basketball...
A Reflection on Mobile World Congress
This blog post was written by Nick Viney. As the dust settles on another busy year at Mobile World Congress,...
Analyzing a Fresh Variant of the Dorkbot Botnet
This blog post was written by Sudhanshu Dubey. At McAfee Labs, we have recently observed a new variant of the...
Analyzing CVE-2017-3731: Truncated Packets Can Cause Denial of Service in OpenSSL
OpenSSL is a popular open-source library for SSL and is used by various software and companies across the world. In...
How to Identify Three Common Phishing Scams
Time and time again, phishing scams have gotten the best of us. Take the recent W-2 attacks that are everywhere...
What are the Pros and Cons of Snooping on Your Kids Online?
I’ve changed my mind on the snooping question quite a bit since I began writing about family safety over five...
MWC 2017: What We Learned About the Mobile Landscape
MWC (Mobile World Congress) has come and gone yet again, and over the course of the four-day conference we’ve seen...
True or Fake News? Know How You Can Separate Truth from Fiction Online
In the good old days, it was very easy to separate truth from fiction. Literature was clearly marked and newspapers...
Thoughts from the conference floor: securing the connected home
This blog post was written by Nick Viney. In my line of work, you read and hear a lot about...
Digital Family Digest: Online Safety News You May Have Missed
New Study: Bullying Having Serious Impact on Kids Researchers at Florida Atlantic University and the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (UW-EC) recently...
Mobile World Congress: The Evolution of Mobile Security Through the Years
As I prep for Mobile World Congress, I’ve done some reflecting on my very first cell phone. Whether it was...
Navigating Today’s Connected World
Whether we’re with our romantic partners or members of our family, our devices are not far behind. In fact, staying...
Spora Ransomware Infects ‘Offline’—Without Talking to Control Server
Spora is a ransomware family that encrypts victims’ files and demands money to decrypt the files. It has infected many...
A look ahead to Mobile World Congress 2017
This blog post was written by Nick Viney. It’s nearly that time of year again! Next week, Mobile World Congress...
Picture Perfect: How to Help Your Teen Survive an ‘Instagram-Ready’ World
As the mom of a teenage girl, I have a front row seat to the good, the bad, and the...
