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‘Cat-Loving’ Mobile Ransomware Operates With Control Panel
Recently the McAfee Labs Mobile Malware Research team found a sample of ransomware for Android with botnet capabilities and a...
Social Media Harassment is a Real Threat. Here’s How to Protect Yourself.
It is an almost undisputable truth that access to a cloak of anonymity and a large, large microphone brings the...
Setting Up HTTPS for Google App Engine Applications
Thursday, we posted advice on creating a custom domain name for an application developed with Google’s App Engine. In this...
Creating a Custom Domain Name with a Google App Engine Application
Google’s App Engine is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) for developers that provides features and frameworks to quickly and...
CompuCom Launches Cloud-Based Managed Service Powered by McAfee
This blog was written by Richard Steranka. Today, from Black Hat 2016 in Las Vegas, CompuCom announced the expansion of...
Parent, Is Your Teen Being Foolish on Twitter?
It’s Twitter — not Tweeter — parents, and your teenager could be using the social network in a reckless way. A...
Autorooting Malware Gives Hackers the Green Light into Your Device
It wasn’t that long ago when discovering new products, restaurants and everything in between came down to asking our circle...
Cybercrooks are SMiShing for your Apple Credentials
This blog was written by Bruce Snell. SMiShing is another one of those fantastic terms on the internet that drives...
The Role Partners Play in the Cyberskills Shortage
This blog was written by Richard Steranka. Last week, McAfee launched the Hacking the Skills Shortage Report in partnership with...
Cybersecurity to become a major employment generator – Are you ready?
Hi There! In November 2014, the United Nations Organization (UNO) declared 15th July as World Youth Skills Day. The purpose...
Active iOS Smishing Campaign Stealing Apple Credentials
McAfee Mobile Research recently found an active phishing campaign targeting iOS users via SMS messages. The message tells users that their Apple...
Free Wi-Fi in the Big Apple
This blog was written by Bruce Snell. I was in New York City last June and had a morning free...
Taking Steps to Fight Back Against Ransomware
Ransomware is an attack in which malware encrypts files and extorts money from victims. It has become a favorite among...
#WhyCybersecurity
This blog was written by Bruce Snell. “The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a...
Trojanized Propaganda App Uses Twitter to Infect, Spy on Sympathizers
The Mobile Malware Research Team of McAfee has discovered in recent weeks a number of new threats in the Middle...
OurMine is at it Again! How They Broke in to MineCraft Accounts
Gamers are one of the largest communities on the internet. YouTube’s most subscribed channel caters to players, 100 million...
No More Ransom: A New Initiative to Battle Ransomware
This blog was written by Bruce Snell. Ransomware has seen a huge increase over the past couple of years. According...
Beware Cloned Facebook Profiles
If you have had a Facebook friend request from a friend that you are sure you already have then –...
Improve Your Google Account Privacy
This blog was written by Bruce Snell. I’ve had a number of questions come in lately via email, social media...
McAfee Teams With Industry, Law Enforcement to Thwart ‘Shade’ Ransomware
McAfee, Europol, Kaspersky Lab, and Dutch police have taken down the Shade ransomware botnet and captured encryption keys to unlock...
Phishing Attacks Employ Old but Effective Password Stealer
A few months ago we received a sample from a customer that turned out to be a password stealer (PWS). One...
Urgent! Update Your Apple Devices Now
This blog was written by Bruce Snell. A number of serious vulnerabilities have been recently reported impacting OS X, iOS,...
Webcam Blackmail: How Cybercriminals Breathe Life into Laptops
Stories of inanimate objects coming to life are familiar to us. Movies such as Toy Story show the idea’s cultural...
Pokémon Go: How Families Can Stay Safe (and Still Catch ‘Em All)
Thanks to the new augmented reality game Pokémon Go, app fans across the globe are enjoying countless hours of fun...
Keeping Your Mobile Device (and Your Personal Life) Safe with IoT
Life is made up of the little things. There are ‘fuzzy feeling’ little things; like when the nice lady in...
My Favourite Mothering Apps
I honestly don’t know where I would be without my favourite collection of apps. With four kids, too many pets,...
Patch Now: Simple Office ‘Protected View’ Bypass Could Have Big Impact
Protected View is a security feature of Microsoft Office. According to research from MWR Labs, Protected View mode is a strong...
