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McAfee Labs Threats Report: April 2021

In this edition, we present new findings in our traditional threat statistical categories – as well as our usual malware, sectors, and vectors – imparted in a new, enhanced digital presentation that’s more easily consumed and interpreted.

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Family Safety

Is It Time to Overhaul Your Relationship with Technology?

Editor’s Note: This is part I of a series on Digital Minimalism in 2020. When Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone...

Mobile Security

Is Mobile Malware Playing Hide and Steal on Your Device?

Over the years, we’ve all grown accustomed to using our smartphones and mobile apps to support our lifestyles. We as...

Family Safety

Is My Child Being Cyberbullied Or Is It Just Banter?

If you were to ask me what I consider to be the most attractive attribute in a person, it would...

Family Safety

Is Our Smartphone Addiction Affecting Our Mental Health?

Your smartphone: how many times a day do you check it? Please be honest. And what about your teens? Is...

Family Safety

Is Rapid Tech Growth Leaving Your Family’s Digital Safety in the Dust?

It’s an exciting time to be alive, no doubt. We’ve evolved from tech enthusiasts to social connectors, to a to...

Family Safety

Is Rapid Tech Growth Leaving Your Family’s Digital Safety in the Dust?

It’s an exciting time to be alive, no doubt. We’ve evolved from tech enthusiasts to social connectors, to a to...

Internet Security Mobile Security

Is That Delivery Text Real or Fake? How to Shop and Ship Safely this Season

With the rush of Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping comes a rush of another kind. Millions of fake delivery...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

Is That Photo Containing a Cyberthreat? What to Know About Steganographic Malware

Secret messages are hidden everywhere – within a hit song, a brand logo, a big blockbuster movie. Usually, these messages...

Family Safety

Is the Clubhouse App a Safe Place for Kids to Hangout?

Is the Clubhouse App a Safe Place for Kids to Hangout? Most of us have fond summer memories of hanging...

Family Safety

Is the TikTok App Safe for Kids?

Everyone’s talking about the TikTok app. In addition to talking, tweens and teens are swiping, laughing, and sharing TikTok videos....

Family Safety

Is the Twitter Video App ‘Vine’ Safe for Kids?

Twitter’s new video-sharing app Vine is the hottest mobile toy since Instagram—and to be honest—it’s even more fun. Still, parents...

McAfee Labs

Is This Your Photo? No, It’s SMS Spam With Mobile Malware

One of the most important concerns of Internet users is privacy. For this reason one of the most effective phishing...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

Is Trouble Brewing for Owners of Smart Coffee Makers and Kettles?

There’s an undeniable appeal to a smart coffee maker that knows when you wake up so you’re never left without a freshly...

Family Safety

Is WhatsApp Safe for Kids? Here’s What Parents Need to Know

Kids use the messaging app WhatsApp to talk privately with friends, exchange content and videos, and (hopefully) fly under the parentals' radar. But is What'sApp safe for kids? Here's what parents need to know.

Privacy & Identity Protection Mobile Security

Is Your App Conspiring to Make Your Private Information Public?

Apps! They help us make the most of our time and bring ease in our busy lifestyle with just a...

How To Guides and Tutorials Internet Security

Is Your Bank Secure? How to Protect Your Financial Information

Modern day banking is made to be easy – we login into our bank’s app on our mobile devices, click...

Internet Security

Is Your Browser Haunted With Ghostcat Malware?

October is finally among us, and things are spookier than usual. One ghost causing some hocus pocus across the World...

Family Safety

Is Your Child Being Cyberbullied? What Parents Need to Know

In this season of social distancing, teens need their friends more than ever. Daily digital connection — through texting, video...

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