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How to Help Kids Build Strong Digital Habits Before Summer Slips Away
Few seasons are more important to the parent-child bond than summer. The days are longer, fewer activities are crowding the...
Watch Your Webcam: Tips to Protect Your Mac From Zoom Hackers
You’ve probably heard of the popular video conferencing platform, Zoom. This platform enables its millions of users in various locations...
Sharing Isn’t Always Caring: 3 Tips to Help Protect Your Online Privacy
It’s 2019 and technology is becoming more sophisticated and prevalent than ever. With more technology comes greater connectivity. In fact,...
Is Your WhatsApp Being Weird? You May Need to Check For Hidden Malware
With over 2.5 billion monthly active users that have accumulated since its fruition, Android has seen massive growth over the...
Family Safety: Twitter, Instagram Beef Up Measures to Fight Hate Speech, Bullying
The past few weeks have proven to be wins for family safety with several top social networks announcing changes to...
Could a Dropped USB Drive Expose You to Malware?
USB drives seem harmless enough and they’re a convenient way to store, back up, or transfer files from your computer....
McAfee ATR Aids Police in Arrest of Rubella & Dryad Office Macro Builder
Everyday thousands of people receive emails with malicious attachments in their email inbox. Disguised as a missed payment or an...
Downloaded FaceApp? Here’s How Your Privacy Is Now Affected
If you’ve been on social media recently, you’ve probably seen some people in your feed posting images of themselves looking...
Demystifying Blockchain: Sifting Through Benefits, Examples and Choices
You have likely heard that blockchain will disrupt everything from banking to retail to identity management and more. You may...
School of Cyberthreats: 3 Attacks Impacting Today’s Schools
Educational institutions are data-rich gold mines. From student and employee records to sensitive financial information, schools contain a plethora of...
McAfee for McAfee: An Intern Journey
By Gwendolyn McAfee My grandfather always told me that I could achieve anything the world has to offer if I...
4 Ways for Parents to Handle the Facebook Messenger Bug
9 out of 10 children in the U.S. between the ages of six and twelve have access to smart devices....
No More Ransom Blows Out Three Birthday Candles Today
Collaborative Initiative Celebrates Helping More Than 200,000 Victims and Preventing More Than 100 million USD From Falling into Criminal Hands...
Examining the Link Between TLD Prices and Abuse
This blog was written by Charlie Feng. Briefing Over the years, McAfee researchers have observed that certain new top-level Domains...
FOMO: How to Help Digital Kids Overcome the Feeling of Missing Out
What happens when you give hundreds of teenagers smartphones and unlimited access to chat apps and social networks 24/7? A...
Jet Database Engine Flaw May Lead to Exploitation: Analyzing CVE-2018-8423
In September 2018, the Zero Day Initiative published a proof of concept for a vulnerability in Microsoft’s Jet Database Engine....
Capital One Data Breach: How Impacted Users Can Stay More Secure
Capital One is one of the 10 largest banks based on U.S. deposits. As with many big-name brands, cybercriminals see...
The Twin Journey, Part 1
Summary and Introduction: The recent changes in Windows 10, aiming to add case sensitivity (CS) at directory level, have prompted...
