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The Dark Web: What Every Parent Should Know
Mention the Dark Web in conversation and groans will inevitably ensue. Most of us realise it is a dangerous part...
The Darkgate Menace: Leveraging Autohotkey & Attempt to Evade Smartscreen
Authored by Yashvi Shah, Lakshya Mathur and Preksha Saxena McAfee Labs has recently uncovered a novel infection chain associated with...
The Day of the Golden Jackal – The Next Tale in the Stuxnet Files: Duqu Updated
Stuxnet was possibly the most complex attack of this decade, and we expected that similar attacks would appear in the...
The Decluttering Bug
I have a confession to make – I think I have become addicted to decluttering. Perhaps it is the by-product...
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...
The Do You Knows of DDoS Attacks
“Where’s my phone?” In a blink of an eye, my home is suddenly flipped upside down—couch cushions overturned, drawers –...
The Drone that can Fly and Spy on Your Smartphone
For many, the notion of a flying drone conjures an image of an unmanned airborne military surveillance machine, or a...
The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief & Consumer Protection Act: What Parents Should Know
When we think about credit cards, we usually think of our own – what we use them for, how our...
The Exactis Data Breach: What Consumers Need to Know
There are data breaches, and then there are data breaches. For example, who could forget the Equifax data breach, which...
The Facebook Cull and Why You Should Embrace It!
So, how many friends do you have on Facebook? Do you really know them or were they just a passing...
The Facebook Hack That Lets Strangers Spy on Your Sleep Patterns
Many of us check Facebook first thing in the morning. We’ve all been guilty of browsing away in bed before...
The Feeling of Safety
The internet’s greatest feat? Fundamentally shifting how we live. Once a revelation, it quickly set our long-standing beliefs about how...
The Feeling of Safety with McAfee+
Safety has a feeling all its own, and that’s what’s at the heart of McAfee+. We created McAfee+ so people...
The First Smartphone for Free-Ranging Kids
The First Smartphone for Free-Ranging Kids In an earlier article, we took a look at smartphone alternatives for free-ranging kids....
The Four Mobile Security Threats You Need to Know About
“Florals for Spring, groundbreaking.” There are few movie quotes that continue to resonate as much as the line delivered by...
The Four Rs of Personal Mobile Security
Smartphones have enabled a whole new digital world, where apps are gateways to just about any service imaginable. However, like...
The Future of Cyber Safety: Could Artificial Intelligence Be The Silver Bullet?
Stay Safe Online Week 2017 Cyber safety: outsourcing to experts makes such sense! Like most multi-tasking millennium mums, I’m a...
The Future of Hacktivism and Anonymous
After the publication of the 2013 Threats Predictions from McAfee Labs, I have received many queries regarding our expectation of...
The Future of IoT: What to Expect From Our Devices This Year
The beginning of the new year is always an exciting time for consumer technology enthusiasts. Business leaders, pioneers and forward-thinking...
The Future of Mobile in a Post-COVID World & How to Stay Secure
The COVID-19 pandemic forced many of us to quickly adjust to the new normal — case and point, admitted that...
The Future of Mobile: Trends from Mobile World Congress 2021
Today we wrap up Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2021. Whether you joined online or attended the hybrid conference in person, one...
The Future of Technology: AI, Deepfake, & Connected Devices
The dystopian 2020s, ’30s, and ’40s depicted in novels and movies written and produced decades ago blessedly seem very far...
The Future of Work: How Technology & the WFH Landscape Are Making an Impact
As of the writing of this article, the height of the pandemic seems like a distant but still vivid dream....
The GDPR Basics: What Consumers Need to Know
To ensure all companies are being held responsible for the way they handle consumer data, the European Union took action and created something called the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Passed in April of 2016, GDPR was created to protect the personal data handled by companies – but what exactly ...
The Gold Rush of Fraud: Why Scammers Have Flocked to Social Media
There’s millions of dollars to be made in social media. For scammers. New data from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission...
The Golden Rule Of The Internet- Tips To Help You Train Your Kids To Become Good Netizens
There are rules and then there are rules for kids. A set of rules for school, another defined set at...
The GPS Rollover Bug: 3 Tips to Help You Avoid Phishing Scams
Today, users are extremely reliant on our GPS devices. In fact, we’re so reliant on these devices that map features...
