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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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Internet Security

This World Password Day, Here’s How a Password Manager Can Simplify Your Life

Passwords: we entrust our most important data to these strings of letters, numbers, and special characters. So, we should make...

Family Safety

Are You Playing A Role In Protecting Your Online Privacy?

Like most things in life, online privacy is a 2-way street. As consumers, we expect the companies we deal with...

Internet Security How To Guides and Tutorials

How To Secure Your Online Life? Find Your Protection Score!

I am renowned for getting myself into big messes – particularly in the kitchen when I’m cooking up a storm....

Family Safety

Aussie Children Have 2nd Highest Rate of Cyberbullying, Time To Focus on Digital Parenting

Whether it was bush fires, Covid, floods, or the Ukraine conflict, the news agenda over the last two years has...

Family Safety

Life Behind the Screens of Parents, Tweens, and Teens: McAfee’s Connected Family Study

How do parents and children connect and protect themselves online? We spoke with thousands of them around the world to...

Family Safety

What’s a Parent to Do? Closing the Protection Gap between You and Your Children.

Hands down, children look to their parents to keep them safe online more than anyone else, which begs the question—what’s...

Family Safety

Can Parental Controls Can Help You Create Good Habits?

Molding and shaping our kids while we can is every parent’s dream. When kids are young – and sweet! –...

How To Guides and Tutorials

A Guide to Identity Theft Statistics for 2023

There’s a digital counterpart for nearly everything we do, which means more of our personal information is online. And although...

How To Guides and Tutorials Privacy & Identity Protection

How To Do A Virus Scan

Whether you think you might have a virus on your computer or devices, or just want to keep them running...

Family Safety

Why You Need to Get a Family Technology Agreement Happening

There were multiple times during my digital parenting journey when I would have loved to put my head in the...

Security News McAfee Labs

Crypto Scammers Exploit: Elon Musk Speaks on Cryptocurrency

By Oliver Devane  Update: In the past 24 hours (from time of publication)  McAfee has identified 15 more scam sites...

Internet Security

Why You Should Care About Fitness Tracker Security

Congratulations! You reached 10,000 steps today! It’s a great feeling when a wearable fitness device vibrates to let you know...

How To Guides and Tutorials Privacy & Identity Protection

How to Keep Your Retirement Safe from Online Scams

The growing number of internet crimes targeting senior adults is mind-blowing. In 2021, more than 92,000 people over the age...

Internet Security How To Guides and Tutorials

A Guide to Finding Out If Your Information Is on the Dark Web

It’s difficult to imagine what life was like before the internet. We log in daily to pay bills, shop, watch...

How To Guides and Tutorials

How to Quickly Remove Malware

If you’re like most people, you probably use your computer for most of your online activities. It’s amazing what the...

Internet Security How To Guides and Tutorials

Types of Online Banking Scams and How to Avoid Them

Online banking puts the ability to pay bills, check your balance, or transfer money at your fingertips. Unfortunately, it can...

McAfee Labs

Phishing Campaigns featuring Ursnif Trojan on the Rise

Authored by Jyothi Naveen and Kiran Raj McAfee Labs have been observing a spike in phishing campaigns that utilize Microsoft...

Internet Security

Wedding Planning App Users Hacked Before the Big Day

Say you’re getting married. You and your partner have booked the venue, made the seating arrangements, trained your dog to...

How To Guides and Tutorials

8 Ways to Know If Online Stores Are Safe and Legit

The explosion of e-commerce sites has changed how we shop today, providing access to millions of online stores with almost...

Internet Security How To Guides and Tutorials

How to Know If Your Mobile Finance Apps Are Safe

Mobile banking and finance apps have become increasingly popular in recent years. These apps provide a quick and convenient way...

How To Guides and Tutorials

6 Tips to Help Your Balance Your Children’s Summer Screentime

The pandemic forced many parents into screentime management Bootcamp. We learned quickly that more hours at home require more intention...

McAfee Labs

Instagram credentials Stealer: Disguised as Mod App

Authored by Dexter Shin  McAfee’s Mobile Research Team introduced a new Android malware targeting Instagram users who want to increase...

McAfee Labs

Instagram credentials Stealers: Free Followers or Free Likes

Authored by Dexter Shin  Instagram has become a platform with over a billion monthly active users. Many of Instagram’s users...

Internet Security

McAfee’s Digital Wellness Delivers Online Protection As An Employee Benefit

The topic most top of mind today for HR professionals is keeping and acquiring great talent.  One of the most...

How To Guides and Tutorials

What Is Identity Theft and How Do You Recover From It?

The internet is a big place. While it’s changed the world for the better — making our daily lives that...

Privacy & Identity Protection

10 Ways to Protect Your Identity

We’re online more than ever, in large part because it allows us to take advantage of online conveniences like bill...

How To Guides and Tutorials

What Is Incognito Mode and How Safe Is It?

The internet makes it easy to get a lot done, but not all of it needs to be public. That’s...

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