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What is a Keylogger?
Whether it is called a keylogger, spyware or monitoring software, it can be the equivalent of digital surveillance, revealing every...
Q&A: What is ‘Path’ and Is It Safe for My Child?
Q: I overheard my son telling his friend to message him on Path. What is Path and should I be...
Is Your Mobile Device Misbehaving? How to Catch Common Malware Misbehaviors
Nothing in life is free, and that’s especially true when it comes to mobile apps. Thousands of free apps are...
Android Master-Key Malware Already Blocked by McAfee Mobile Security
The Android Master Key vulnerability, which was first reported by BlueBox Security, has been big news this month. McAfee explained...
5 (Kind) Reminders for Overly Nosy Parents
Last night I sat next to my teenage son as he played video games. It did not take long before...
Introducing App Reputation for Android Apps
McAfee has always been in the forefront of finding new ways to secure our customers against threats and risks posed...
Cheating and Bullying: It’s a Bigger Problem than You Think!
The whole purpose of your “youth” is to grow and learn. It’s time to take in lots of information, so...
Japanese One-Click Scammers Abuse Mobile Traffic Exchange Service
McAfee has been monitoring and reporting extensively on one-click-fraud malware for Android in Japan this year. These attacks, primarily on...
Bitcoin Miners Use AutoIt-Complied Programs With Antianalysis Code
Last year, my colleague Itai Liba blogged about the association between malware and AutoIt, a very convenient environment for malware...
Java Back Door Acts as Bot
The current threat landscape is often driven by web-based malware and exploit kits that are regularly updated with newly found...
Android App Contains Windows Worm
When developers are unaware of security they open the door to threats against their customers and users. We are not...
The Dilemma of Anonymity and Dangers of Ask.fm
Anonymity affords a precarious, irresistible power to teens online. Ask.fm is one app that’s exploding in popularity by allowing users...
Spy? Where? Mobile Spyware Hiding Right Under Your Nose
Some days it feels like the whole world is going mobile. We tweet, we text, we browse the world from...
What Are the Risks of Geo-Location?
Using your mobile’s built-in global positioning system (GPS) functionality allows location-based services (or geo-location) to locate and publish information about...
BYOD: Balancing Convenience and Security
It lies next to you as you sleep, comes with you to work, rides home with you in your car...
Don’t Take a Bite out of that Apple Gift Card Scam
Good rule of thumb on the web: When it seems too good to be true, it probably is. Those ads...
Bitcoin Headlines Attract Malware Developers
Bitcoin issues have been front-page news in recent months, especially after its surprising April exchange rate. In the second quarter of...
Mobile Bankers Beware: A New Phishing Scam Wants Your Money
As a growing number of smartphone owners get increasingly comfortable using their mobile devices for everything from shopping online to...
1-2-3: How to take a screen shot on your computer or mobile phone
There are some simple moves online that can save you an enormous amount of time. And when it comes to...
Cidox Trojan Spoofs HTTP Host Header to Avoid Detection
Lately, we have seen a good number of samples generating some interesting network traffic through our automated framework. The HTTP...
Where, oh Where, Does That QR Code Lead?
What is square, flat, and black and white all over? If you answered “a QR Code”, you’re correct. One of...
Hackers are Cashing in on Instagram Likes
They say popularity has its price. This saying holds a new weight when it comes to the growing influence of...
What is Encryption?
Encryption is the science of encoding and decoding secret messages. It began as cryptography—the ancient Greeks used it to protect...
New Apps Make It Easy to Save SnapChats
The SnapChat smart phone app is one of the newest crazes for teens because it allows a user to send...
Andromeda Botnet Hides Behind AutoIt
Last month, I posted a blog about an increase in the use of AutoIt scripts by malware authors to carry...
Mirror Mirror Online, Who Is the Most Dangerous Celebrity of Them All?
We all do it. We probably all just don’t admit it. Well I admit it—I’ve searched for that elusive picture...
SnapChat-Like Apps Hide Content on Twitter, Facebook
Just when parents figured out SnapChat, an app that makes photo texts disappear, two new apps hit the social scene that...
