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Fake WannaCry Protection Apps Hit the Google Play Store
WannaCry was the ransomware attack heard around the world. It impacted more than 150 countries and infected over 250,000 devices...
Fake Vertu App Infects Korean and Japanese Android Users
A new threat has surfaced targeting users in Korea and Japan, but this attack, unlike others making the news, is...
Fake USPS QR Code Text Scams and a Major Health Data Breach: This Week in Scams
A new scam making the rounds takes a familiar delivery trick and upgrades it with hyper‑realistic messaging and a QR code that...
Fake Toll Road Scam Texts are Everywhere. These Cities are The Most Targeted.
Look both ways for a new form of scam that’s on the rise, especially if you live in Dallas, Atlanta,...
Fake Security App Found Abuses Japanese Payment System
Authored by SangRyol Ryu and Yukihiro Okutomi McAfee’s Mobile Research team recently analyzed new malware targeting mobile payment users in...
Fake News: What Every Parent Needs To Know
Fake news: we’ve all heard about it but what does it actually mean? Is it really a new concept or...
Fake Cleaning Apps in Google Play: an AutoRun Attack and More
Almost exactly one year ago, Google announced the addition of a “new layer to Android security,” a service codenamed Bouncer...
Fake Bahrain Government Android App Steals Personal Data Used for Financial Fraud
Authored by Dexter Shin Many government agencies provide their services online for the convenience of their citizens. Also, if this...
Fake Apps & Banking Trojans Are Cybercriminal Favorites
Today, we are all pretty reliant on our mobile technology. From texting, to voice messaging, to mobile banking, we have...
Fake Android Update Delivers SMS, Click Fraud in Europe
McAfee Mobile Research has been monitoring a mobile malware campaign targeting users in Germany, France, and Russia since the beginning...
Fake Android Money Transfer App Targeting Bengali-Speaking Users
Authored by Dexter Shin McAfee’s Mobile Research Team discovered a new and active Android malware campaign targeting Bengali-speaking users, mainly...
Fake Android and iOS apps steal SMS and contacts in South Korea
Authored by Dexter Shin Most people have smartphones these days which can be used to easily search for various topics...
Fad Diet Ads Online Open the Door for Cybercriminals
Fad diets have tempted people throughout history. At the turn of the 20th century, the Tapeworm Diet was the trend...
Facing the Fear of Public Speaking with Toastmasters
By: DaWane, Sales Director Standing in front of 800 parents and fellow students to deliver the welcome address, thoughts swirled...
Facebook’s Plans to Merge Messaging Platforms: What This Means for Online Safety
Integration: it seems to be all the rage. As technology becomes more sophisticated, we sprint to incorporate these new innovations...
Facebook Users: Here are Proactive Tips to Keep Your Data Safe
Social media has become extremely popular over the years, providing users with an easy way to communicate with their friends...
Facebook Messenger Malware FacexWorm Steals Passwords and Mines for Cryptocurrency
Facebook Messenger, a feature included within the popular social media network, has grown to become a widely-used platform for friends...
Facebook Messenger Flaw Could’ve Allowed Criminals to Intercept Messages
When it comes to day-to-day communications, we are—to put it mildly—married to our messaging applications. Which is why it’s worrying...
Facebook Hacked? How to Recover Your Account and Remove Rogue Page Admins
It usually starts with a small, uneasy moment. A login alert you don’t remember triggering. A password that suddenly doesn’t work. A friend asking...
Facebook Bot Spreads Through Chat Messengers [Updated]
Update from Facebook: The Facebook security team been actively tracking this botnet and providing McAfee AV to the victims (via...
Facebook Announces Security Flaw Found in “View As” Feature
Another day, another Facebook story. In May, a Facebook Messenger malware named FacexWorm was utilized by cybercriminals to steal user...
Extortion Fraud is Still on the Rise
Authored by Lakshya Mathur and Sriram P McAfee Intelligence observed a huge spike in extortion email frauds over the past month....
Extend Mobile Call Time with Battery Optimizer
Nowadays, most people are constantly on the go–multi-tasking while moving from one place to the next. The majority of the...
Exploring Winrar Vulnerability (CVE-2023-38831)
Authored by Neil Tyagi On 23 August 2023, NIST disclosed a critical RCE vulnerability CVE-2023-38831. It is related to an...
Exploit Kits Improve Evasion Techniques
Exploit kits are toolkits that malicious developers use to take advantage of client-side vulnerabilities, targeting web browsers and programs that...
Explaining DeepSeek: The AI Disruptor That’s Raising Red Flags for Privacy and Security
The artificial intelligence arms race has a new disruptor—DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup that has quickly gained traction for its...
Expiro Malware Is Back and Even Harder to Remove
File infector malware adds malicious code to current files. This makes removal tricky because deleting infections results in the loss...
