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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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This Week in Scams: Fake Steaks and Debit Card Porch Pirates

We’re back with a new edition of “This Week in Scams,” a roundup of what’s current and trending in all...

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This Week in Scams: How Jules Lost $80K in a Romance Scam

It’s Friday the 13th, but you have nothing to fear online if you’re scam-savvy and well protected. Every week, we...

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This Week in Scams: Netflix Phishing and QR Code Espionage

This week in scams, attackers are leaning hard on familiar brands, everyday tools, and routine behavior to trigger fast, unthinking reactions. From fake Netflix...

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This Week in Scams: New Alerts for iPhone and Android Users and a Major Google Crackdown

Welcome back to another This Week in Scams. This week,  have attacks that take over Androids and iPhones, plus news that...

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This Week in Scams: Petco Breach Warning, and Watch Out for Fake Federal Calls

Pets, poisoned AI search results, and a phone call that sounds like it’s coming straight from the federal government, this...

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This Week in Scams: Phony AI Ads, Apple Account Takeover Attempts, and a PlayStation Scam

For this week in scams, we have fake AI-generated shopping images that could spoil your holidays, scammers use an Apple...

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This Week in Scams: Pokémon Card Cons, Email Extortion, and a Viral AI Wedding Photo

This week in scams, the Pokémon Trainer pursuit to “catch ’em all” is being hijacked by criminals posting fake trading card...

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This Week in Scams: The AI “Truman Show” Scam Draining Bank Accounts

We’re back with another roundup of must-know scams and cybersecurity news making headlines this week, including a scam that features...

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This Week in Scams: Why That “Booking Confirmation” Message Might Be Fake

Today marks the start of Spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and with warmer weather setting in summer trips are vacation planning are starting to...

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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...

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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...

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This Year in Scams: A 2025 Retrospective, and a Look Ahead at 2026

They came by phone, by text, by email, and they even weaseled their way into people’s love lives—an entire host...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Three Signs Your Teen May Be Sexting and What to Do About It

I will be the first to confess that sometimes when I look at my kids, my eyes do not work....

Family Safety

Three Words Every Parent Needs to Know

  Have you noticed that commonplace words don’t quite mean what they used to? It’s a subtle but alarming shift...

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TikTok Challenge, Hoop App, and Other Headlines You May Have Missed

Digital news that affects families seems to be dominating the headlines these days. To keep parents in the know, here...

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TikTok Update: Dangerous Viral Challenges & Age Restrictions

TikTok Update: Dangerous Viral Challenges & Age Restrictions It’s popular. It’s uplifting. It’s creative. It’s entertaining. It can also be...

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Time to make your Kids aware of Digital Fraud?

Long ago I watched a movie where the hero returned home after a harrowing experience only to find that an...

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Time to Take a Good, Hard Look at Your Cybersecurity Health

What happens when your livelihood is at stake, thanks to someone stealing your identity or draining your account? The real-life...

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Timeless Principles to Help Your Child Develop Social Superpowers

“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years...

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