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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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Teach Kids The 4Rs Critical for Online Safety on Safer Internet Day

“What are you doing?” “Uploading pics of our school fest. And don’t peer over my shoulder, Aunty. I have already...

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Teacher’s Day – Educating Students about Cyber Safety

With a bit of mentoring, kids can become good digital citizens. This mentoring will help them stay safe online and...

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Teaching Kids the Value of Money in the Digital Age

It’s just too easy. To purchase anything, from anyone, at any time online, that is. And, when things are easy,...

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Teaching Kids to Rise Above the Twitter Trolls

The social media platform Twitter has been making the headlines every day lately and not for good reasons. The popular...

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Tech Support Scammers Try to Use Spotify Forums to Trick Users

We’ve seen scammers imitate Amazon, PayPal and other major companies this holiday season. And it seems that the scams just...

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Tech Talk: Ways to Help Your Child Conquer Back-To-School Fears

The first-day-of-school jitters nearly did me in as a kid. Our military family moved ten times, so I got used...

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Tech-Thankful: 10 Ways Technology Empowers Our Parenting Today

Have you taken a moment to reflect and collect a list of the things for which you are grateful this...

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Techies Give Back at Tech Forum

This blog was written by Chance Hoover. Earlier this month, more than 100 channel partner engineers from across the Americas...

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Technical Support Scams – What to look out for

Authored by Oliver Devane Technical Support Scams have been targeting computer users for many years. Their goal is to make...

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Technology Fuels Cyberbullying and Cheating in Teens

McAfee’s study “The Digital Divide: How the Online Behavior of Teens is Getting Past Parents” shows an alarming 70% of teens have hidden their...

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Teen Gaming, Cybersecurity Specialist Training

Many of us parents have a love/hate relationship with teen gaming. While it seems to cast a spell over many...

Family Safety

Teen Hashtags: What Every Parent Ought to Know

Hashtags have become a normal part of everyday vernacular thanks to social media. By simply putting a pound (#) sign...

Family Safety

Teen Slang and Texting Acronyms Parents Should Know

If you pick up your teen’s phone on any given day, chances are the next stop you make will be...

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Teen Slang – What You Need To Know To Understand Your Teen

Got any ‘rizz’? Did you ‘slay’ that dinner? Is the ‘cozzie livs’ stressing you out?  If you do not comprehendo,...

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Teen Texting Slang (and Emojis) Parents Should Know

What adults call texting, kids call talking. They talk on their phones via chat, social comments, snaps, posts, tweets, and...

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Teens, Gaming and Risk

How Are Your Kids Navigating the Dangers? It’s no secret that our generation of digital natives love their gaming. Whether...

Family Safety

Teens’ Online Behavior Can Get Them in Trouble

Do you really know what your kids are doing all the time? Probably not, unless you’re a stalker (just kidding)....

Family Safety

Telegram – What Parents Need To Know Now

If you hadn’t heard of Telegram till 2021 then you wouldn’t be alone. This relatively unknown messaging and social media...

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Telehealth, Distance Learning, & Online Banking: Securing Digital Frontiers

2020 has propelled us into a new digital reality – one where we are reliant on technology to help us...

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Teslacrypt Joins Ransomware Field

A newly crafted ransomware, Teslacrypt, has arrived in the malware genre that encrypts user files using AES encryption and demands...

McAfee Labs

TeslaCrypt Ransomware Arrives via Neutrino Exploit Kit

This post was written by Sriram P. and Varadharajan Krishnasamy. TeslaCrypt is a ransomware family that encrypts files and extorts money...

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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...

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That’s a Wrap! Read the Top Technology Takeaways From CES 2019

The sun has finally set on The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Every year, practically everyone in...

Family Safety

The #1 Gift Parents Can Give Their Kids This Christmas

You won’t see this gift making the morning shows as being among the top hot gifts of 2018. It won’t make your...

Family Safety

The #1 Skill All Parents Should Be Homeschooling Kids in This Summer

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Smith, your child’s decision to post inappropriate content online is why we’ve decided to rescind our...

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The 2015 Most Dangerous Celebrity is Putting Devices in a State of Trance

Who doesn’t love to search for celebrities online? From red carpet photos, to clips of the latest fashion faux pas,...

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The 2019 Job Seeker & The Cybersecurity Skills Shortage

In today’s ever-changing job market, job seekers and employers alike are under a great deal of pressure. Those looking for...

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