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Weak Passwords Can Cost You Everything
The importance of having strong, unique passwords cannot be overstated. However, most individuals tend to use weak passwords or reuse the same password over and over, exposing their digital assets to potential hackers.
Parents: Are Your Kids Ignoring the Danger of Dating Apps?
As a parent, you might feel caught in a dilemma. On one hand, you want to respect your teen’s privacy and independence. On the other, you worry about the potential dangers lurking behind these digital platforms. This article aims to shed light on the risks associated with teenage use of ...
Top 5 Things to Know About Recent IoT Attacks
While the IoT offers tremendous benefits, such as allowing users to monitor their homes or check the contents of their refrigerators remotely, it also presents a significant risk. For hackers, each IoT device represents a potential recruit for their bot armies.
Top 5 Most Dangerous Email Subject Lines
In this article, we delve deeper into the tactic that is a favorite among cybercriminals – ‘phishing‘ via emails. We focus on the trickiest and most dangerous email subject lines that have been commonly used in worldwide phishing emails. Recognizing these ‘ baits’ can be your first step towards safeguarding ...
How Extremist Groups Target Teens Online
With the reality of the digital age, the internet has become a vital part of our daily lives. While it offers immense benefits, the online world also has its potential risks. One such alarming issue involves extremist groups targeting impressionable teenagers online.
Why Does My Phone Get Hot?
Overheating is a common issue in mobile devices, but it often raises alarms among users. This concern is usually unnecessary, as there are several common and easily resolvable reasons why phones get hot. However, it is essential to cool down an excessively hot device promptly to prevent it from overheating ...
Operation North Star: Summary Of Our Latest Analysis
McAfee’s Advanced Threat Research (ATR) today released research that uncovers previously undiscovered information on how Operation North Star evaluated its...
Operation North Star: Behind The Scenes
Executive Summary It is rare to be provided an inside view on how major cyber espionage campaigns are conducted within...
One Team Member Selflessly Provides Relief to COVID-19’s Front Line
By: Heiko, Senior Security Engineer, Germany I never could have imagined that what started as a national duty to volunteer...
Beware of Malicious Mobile Apps
With the surge in the usage of mobile phones, there has been a concurrent increase in malicious activities targeting these devices. One common technique used by hackers is to corrupt legitimate applications. Android devices, in particular, see increases in malware targeting mobile phones year by year.
Two-Factor vs. Multi-Factor Authentication: What’s the Difference?
This article breaks down the forms of authentication, explaining how they work and how they can enhance online information security.
Helping Your Family Combat Digital Misinformation
Helping Your Family Combat Digital Misinformation If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that our ability to think critically about...
How To Tell If Your Smart TV Spying on You
In a chilling echo of George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, it’s possible that Big Brother – or in this case,...
5 Ways to Safeguard Your Child’s Instagram Bio
Keeping your child safe online is a growing concern for many parents. However, there are ways you can help safeguard your child’s Instagram bio and enhance their online safety. Here are 5 tips to consider.
Are You Forwarding Jokes Or Spam?
With the advent of messaging and social media applications, sharing jokes or memes has become increasingly frequent and convenient. While we often perceive this as harmless fun, it’s essential to address a question that we don’t ask ourselves often enough: Are we forwarding jokes or inadvertently distributing spam?
Pickpocketing – Digital Style
Gone are the days when thieves would physically steal your wallet. Instead, they are using sophisticated techniques to steal your personal information and drain your bank accounts without you even realizing it. This article aims to shed light on digital pickpocketing, its impacts on your digital assets, and measures to ...
What You Need to Know About Among Us
Among Us – one of the Most Popular Online Game of 2020 If you have teens and you haven’t yet...
Honoring Our Brave Military Veterans from the McAfee Community
Paying Tribute November 11 marks Veterans Day and Remembrance Day. It is a time for us to come together and...
CVE-2020-17051: Remote kernel heap overflow in NFSv3 Windows Server
CVSS Score: 9.8 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C Overview Microsoft released a patch today for a critical vulnerability (CVE-2020-17051) in the Windows NFSv3 (Network File System) server. NFS is typically...
Understanding Online Trolls and How to Deal with Them
Imagine, if you will, a person who goes online each day with the sole mission of triggering confrontation, provoking conflict,...
Understanding the Risks of Using an Android Device
Android has, over time, become a popular target for hackers. Recently, McAfee Labs™ found that all new forms of malicious mobile software were solely designed to exploit vulnerabilities in the Android operating system.
Thankful for broadband internet, and hopeful for much more
Thankful for broadband internet, and hopeful for much more Where would we be without our internet this year? We’ve shopped, worked, studied and taught, job hunted, and cared...
How to Prevent Keyboard Snooping Attacks on Video Calls
Video conferencing has really taken off this year. With more people working and learning from home than ever before, video...
How To Keep Your Data Private Online
Whether data gets collected for advertising purposes, or to generate profit by selling data to others, your privacy has a price tag on it. Yet you have some say in all this. You can take several steps that can minimize the data trail that you create by going online. Put ...
‘Sleigh’ Holiday Shopping by Protecting Your Online Security
‘Sleigh’ Holiday Shopping by Protecting Your Online Security And just like that, the holiday shopping season is among us! Like...
Christmas Shopping 2020
How To Stay Safe While Shopping Online This Holiday Season I’m pleased to report that I’ve achieved a number of...
Spot Those Black Friday and Cyber Monday Shopping Scams
We’re not the only ones looking forward to the big holiday sales like Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Hackers are too. As people flock to retailers big and small in search of the best deals online, hackers have their shopping scams ready.
