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The Wearable Future Is Hackable. Here’s What You Need To Know
Quick mental math challenge: How many Apple Watches can you buy with $118 billion dollars? If you guessed around 296...
The Week That Was In Internet History
From the wheel to the internet, we have come a long way in terms of technological progress. While the invention...
The What, Why, and How of AI and Threat Detection
There are more online users now than ever before, thanks to the availability of network-capable devices and online services. The internet...
The Wild West of AI: Do Any AI Laws Exist?
Are we in the Wild West? Scrolling through your social media feed and breaking news sites, all the mentions of...
The Year That Was – Cybersecurity Takeaways From 2018
So, what was 2018 like for you? Just another year, a whirlwind of happiness and heartbreaks, or a momentous one...
The ‘Beginners Guide To IoT’
This blog post was written by Nick Viney. You’ve probably heard the term ‘smart’ being placed in front of everyday...
The “Nasty List” Phishing Scam Is out to Steal Your Instagram Login
How often do you check your social media accounts? According to a recent study, internet users spend an average of...
Thelma – The Real-Life Voice Scam That Made It into the Movies
This has to be a first. Something from our blogs got made into a movie. We’re talking about voice scams,...
These Cute Teddy Bears Have Been Recording Your Kids
When we think of cyberhacks, we often think of criminals trying to break into a network of important information protected...
Think Twice Before Trusting These 14 Android Apps with Your Login Information
In life, there are a handful of people that each of us truly trust – and can confide in fully....
This Data Privacy Day Own Your Privacy, Even On Social Sites
One of the positive trends that we’ve seen in recent years is governments and users pressuring companies to simplify their...
This Election Season, Be on the Lookout for AI-generated Fake News
It’s that time of year again: election season! You already know what to expect when you flip on the TV....
This Holiday Season, Watch Out for These Cyber-Grinch Tricks Used to Scam Holiday Shoppers
McAfee threat researchers have identified several consumer brands and product categories most frequently used by cybercriminals to trick consumers into...
This Valentine’s Day Let Your Digital Life Take a Backseat
A couple of decades ago, Valentine’s Day was all about red roses, exchanging cards, dinner dates, hand-holding and whispering sweet...
This Valentine’s Day, Don’t Just Think About “Lip lock” But Give “Data Lock” A Thought Too
This Valentine’s Day, Don’t Just Think About “Lip lock” But Give “Data Lock” A Thought Too Love is in the...
This Valentine’s Day, Share Your Love, Not Your Personal Data
This blog post was written by Bruce Snell. Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, are you ready? Have you...
This Week in Scams: $16.6 Billion Lost, Deepfakes Rise, and Google Email Scams Emerge
Welcome to the first edition of This Week in Scams, a new weekly series from McAfee breaking down the latest...
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...
This Year at Black Hat: Danger Drones and Thermostat Ransomware
This blog was written by Bruce Snell. Last week I went to one of the few places hotter than it...
Thoughts from the conference floor: securing the connected home
This blog post was written by Nick Viney. In my line of work, you read and hear a lot about...
Threat Actors Employ COM Technology in Shellcode to Evade Detection
COM (Component Object Model) is a technology in Microsoft Windows that enables software components to communicate with each other; it...
Threat Actors Taking Advantage of FTX Bankruptcy
Authored by Oliver Devane It hasn’t taken malicious actors long to take advantage of the recent bankruptcy filing of FTX,...
Threat Actors Use Encrypted Office Binary Format to Evade Detection
This blog post was written in conjunction with Xiaoning Li. Microsoft Office documents play an important role in our work...
Threat Group APT28 Slips Office Malware into Doc Citing NYC Terror Attack
This blog post was co-written by Michael Rea. During our monitoring of activities around the APT28 threat group, McAfee Advanced...
Threat Report: Don’t Join Blockchain Revolution Without Ensuring Security
On May 19 researchers discovered a series of vulnerabilities in the blockchain-based EOS platform that can lead to remote control...
Three Lessons I’ve Learned Battling Cancer and Cybercriminals
By Celeste, Senior Principal Engineer With our people at the heart, we are McAfee As Chief Data Scientist, Senior Principal...
Three Reasons You Need a VPN
You know what a VPN is, but the question remains—why do you need a VPN? There’s one good reason. Your...
