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How One Simple iOS Vulnerability Endangers Over 76 Apps
76 – that’s how many iOS apps out there that are currently laced with a security vulnerability. So, what exactly...
Macro Malware Targets Macs
Macro malware has been spreading for years. New techniques arise all the time to hide malicious code and thus increase...
This Valentine’s Day Let Your Digital Life Take a Backseat
A couple of decades ago, Valentine’s Day was all about red roses, exchanging cards, dinner dates, hand-holding and whispering sweet...
7 Ways to Boost the Love and Balance the Tech in Your Family
What if the most valuable gift you could give your sweetheart — or your family — cost you absolutely nothing?...
Analyzing KillDisk Ransomware, Part 2: Variants and Screen Unlocking
This blog post was written by Sudhanshu Dubey. At McAfee Labs we recently analyzed the ransomware KillDisk. In part 1 of...
McAfee Launches ‘Threat Landscape Dashboard’
Every week, we read in the news of another breach or targeted campaign, as more patches are released to protect...
Are Your Devices Killing the Romance in Your Relationship?
If you ever feel like your partner’s device is the ‘third person’ in your relationship, then you are not alone....
Five Reasons Why True Key Is Our Knight in Shining Armor
Has it ever happened to you that you tried to log into an account only to find that you seem...
Parent Alert: Could Your Child be Plagiarizing Homework?
“Borrowed thoughts, like borrowed money, only show the poverty of the borrower.” ~Lady Marguerite Blessington Most of us would gasp...
iOS Users Aren’t So Immune to Threats After All
10 years ago, Fergie and Gwen Stefani were at the top of the charts, and Juno had just been...
Connected Relationships: A Love Affair with Technology
Love is in the air, and in our technology as well. At least, that is what the survey says—specifically, a...
Tackling Threats at Super Bowl 51
When it comes to the Super Bowl, football and food are the first things that come to mind—not cyberthreats. But...
The 5-Minute Parent’s Guide to Instagram
If you’re a tween or even a teen, it’s all about Instagram. As my 13 year old puts it so...
Analyzing CVE-2016-9311: NTPD Vulnerability Can Lead to Denial of Service
The network time protocol synchronizes time across various devices on a network. The network time protocol daemon (NTPD) is an...
How Much Control Do You Really Have Over Your Family’s Connected Life?
If you took an inventory of your family’s connected devices, would you have three or four devices, or would it...
McAfee Displacement Products Create a Trip of a Lifetime
This blog was written by Richard Steranka. In the second half of 2016, we challenged our Platinum and Gold partners...
Manage your data this Data Privacy Day
You know when Valentine’s Day is, and on which day Friendship Day falls, but do you know the day in...
Spotlight on Shamoon
Our analysis this month has pointed to Shamoon emerging in the Middle East. We have recently seen a number of...
With Release of Windows 10, Questions About BitLocker Arise Again
This post was written by Ted Pan. For those of you who were around during the original release of Microsoft’s...
Trends: Adult Cyberbulling is No Laughing Matter
This past year is one for the digital record books. As incredible as it sounds, adults — not those impulsive,...
Two Attacks On Mobile Banking Are Back
It feels as through every day, a new app is released that makes it easier to pay for something through...
Raising Kids in a Digital World: Top Takeaways from Our 2017 Connected Family Survey
Today’s world is certainly a digital one. Everything, from the stores where we shop to the messages we send to...
The Parent’s Cybersafety Checklist for Back To School
Sometimes I am not sure which is more stressful – Christmas, or getting kids ready for the school year. So...
Digital Wallets: Safety tips from an industry leader
As digitization gains traction and we move towards a cashless economy, it will be of great help to know how...
Doctoring Data: Why Cybercriminals Have Their Eye on Healthcare
Fun fact: your healthcare data is worth roughly 10 times as much as your credit card number. Well, to a...
Analyzing KillDisk Ransomware, Part 1: Whitelisting
This blog post was written by Sudhanshu Dubey. At McAfee Labs we recently analyzed the ransomware KillDisk. We will share...
Stopping Malware With a Fake Virtual Machine
As we explained in a previous post, some advanced malware can detect a virtual environment such as a sandbox to...
