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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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Game Over! Malicious Minecraft Character Skins Infect Over 50,000 Accounts

Video games allow users to become a whole new persona, to experience imaginary worlds, and live out scenarios that are...

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You vs. the Internet: 5 Hands-On Ways to Begin Safeguarding Your Family’s Privacy

Data mining. Privacy breaches. Malicious third parties. Do you ever feel like these scary sounding, albeit significant, concerns got left...

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Casino’s High-Roller Database Compromised by a Single IoT Thermometer

It’s no secret that IoT devices have caused some issues with security in the past. They’ve been used by cybercriminals...

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Despite Decline in Use of Adobe Flash, Vulnerabilities Will Continue to Cause Concern

This post was researched and written by Brook Schoenfield with the assistance of Tim Hux, Abhishek Karnik, Asheer Malhotra, and...

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Cloud Clustering Vulnerable to Attacks

The authors thank John Fokker and Marcelo CaroVargas for their contributions and insights. In our upcoming talk at the Cloud...

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Service Provider [24]7.ai Breached, Leaked Customer Data from Delta Airlines, Sears, Kmart

A huge part of modern-day customer service is the chat functionality, which allows customers to converse easily with representatives of...

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Parasitic Coin Mining Creates Wealth, Destroys Systems

The increasing popularity of cryptocurrencies has inspired some people to pursue coin mining, essentially making money online. (Mining is the...

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DNS – the Blind Spot in Your Security Ecosystem

It’s 10 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, and the company’s IT hero sits at her desk… “Firewall… check, anti-virus… check,...

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Group Chat Etiquette: 10 Tips to Help Your Family Navigate the Digital Chatter

Technology is touching and transforming nearly every area of our lives, especially our relationships. Group chat, for instance, is replacing...

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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...

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Is your password up to snuff?

Everything from social media to banking is protected by a password. But what happens when an expert password cracker targets...

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MyFitnessPal, Panera Bread, Saks Fifth Avenue: What to Know About the Recent Data Breaches

This blog has been updated as of 4/4. Practically everything has become digitized in 2018. We’ve developed thousands of health...

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Seven Android Apps Infected With Adware, Downloaded Over 500,000 Times

The amount we use our apps and the amount of apps we use has shown no signs of slowing. And...

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#DeleteFacebook: Do You Really Need To?

Is it time to #deleteFacebook? Facebook’s long line of dramas has many of us rethinking our dependence on Mark Zuckerberg’s...

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Today’s Connected Cars Vulnerable to Hacking, Malware

The McAfee Advanced Threat Research team recently published an article about threats to automobiles on the French site JournalAuto.com. Connected cars are growing rapidly in number and represent the next big step in personal transportation.

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Indians Are Increasingly Realising Nothing Said Online Is Private

The world is becoming increasingly connected- with locks for you home controlled on your smartphone; CCTV cameras in every room...

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McAfee Safe Connect, 2 Gold Winners of 2018 Info Security PG’s Global Excellence Awards®

On February 28th, Info Security Products Guide Global Excellence Awards presented their 2018 award winners. We are humbled to have...

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McAfee Safe Connect RT2Win Sweepstakes Terms and Conditions

Just a few weeks back, Info Security Products Guide awarded McAfee Safe Connect with two Gold-Level Global Excellence Awards for...

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