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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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McAfee Labs

How Visiting a Trusted Site Could Infect Your Employees

The Artful and Dangerous Dynamics of Watering Hole Attacks A group of researchers recently published findings of an exploitation of multiple...

Internet Security Mobile Security Privacy & Identity Protection

How Virtual Reality and Facebook Photos Helped Researchers Hack Biometric Security

Years ago, holograms were considered science-fiction. Things have changed. Within recent memory, we’ve gone from seeing well-loved, but deceased, cultural...

Privacy & Identity Protection

How Valuable Is Your Health Care Data?

This blog was written by Bruce Snell. Health care is a hot topic in security right now. A quick search...

Mobile Security Privacy & Identity Protection

How Using A VPN Could Save Your Summer

As summer inches closer, I begin to daydream about all the trips I’ll get to take with my family. However,...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

How USB Drives Were Recently Used to Hand-Deliver Malware

We all have unsolicited mail show up in our mailbox. Whether as advertisements or coupons, companies hope we view them...

Internet Security

How Typosquatting Scams Work

Typosquatting is when someone registers a web address that’s a misspelling of a known website — usually a popular one....

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How to Wipe Out a Computer Virus

In this article, you’ll learn some of the signs that you may have a computer virus, and you’ll learn tips...

Internet Security How To Guides and Tutorials

How to Win the Battle Against Deepfakes and Malware

As AI deepfakes and malware understandably grab the headlines, one thing gets easily overlooked—AI also works on your side. It...

McAfee Labs

How To Use McAfee ATP to Protect Against Emotet, LemonDuck and PowerMiner

Introduction This blog describes how McAfee ATP (Adaptive Threat Protection) rules are used within McAfee Endpoint Security products. It will...

Family Safety Privacy & Identity Protection

How to Treat Your Family’s Personal Data Like Gold in a Hyper-Connected World

Tomorrow, January 28, is National Data Privacy Day. While that may not mean a lot to you at first glance, the...

Internet Security How To Guides and Tutorials

How to Tell Whether a Website Is Safe or Unsafe

It’s important to know that not all websites are safe to visit. In fact, some sites may contain malicious software...

Internet Security How To Guides and Tutorials

How to Tell Whether a Website Is Safe or Unsafe

Something looks a little…sketchy. Is that website safe or unsafe?   Nowadays, it can take a bit of work to...

How To Guides and Tutorials Privacy & Identity Protection

How To Tell The Difference Between Identity Fraud and Identity Theft?

What’s the difference between identity fraud and identity theft? Well, it’s subtle, so much so that it’s easy to use...

How To Guides and Tutorials Mobile Security

How to Tell If Your Text Message Is Real 

Text message scams are surging, costing consumers more money and time than ever before.   According to McAfee’s latest State of...

How To Guides and Tutorials Mobile Security

How To Tell If Your Smartphone Has Been Hacked

Something’s not right. Maybe your phone is losing its charge way too quickly. Or one day it suddenly starts turning itself off and on again. Perhaps it’s running hot, so hot it’s hard to hold. Signs like these could mean that your smartphone’s been hacked. The good news is that ...

Internet Security Privacy & Identity Protection

How To Tell If Your Smart TV Spying on You

In a chilling echo of George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, it’s possible that Big Brother – or in this case,...

How To Guides and Tutorials Privacy & Identity Protection

How to tell If Your Identity Has Been Stolen

Most of us use the internet every day, so we’re comfortable sharing a lot of information online. However, cybercriminals want...

Internet Security How To Guides and Tutorials

How to Tell if that Online Job Offer is Fake

Just when they need financial security the most, job seekers face another challenge—getting ripped off by job scams.  Scammers will...

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