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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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How to Spot and Protect Yourself from Fake Antivirus Software

Most of you know how important it is to have security software on your computers to stay protected from viruses, malware,...

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Massive Law Enforcement Operation Tells two Malware Variants it’s Game Over

On Monday, the United States Department of Justice announced an international law enforcement effort to take out a massive botnet—a...

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Teens’ Online Behavior Can Get Them in Trouble

Do you really know what your kids are doing all the time? Probably not, unless you’re a stalker (just kidding)....

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The Privacy Problems with Mobile Messaging Apps

When you chat with someone through a third-party messaging app, be aware that someone may read it—someone other than your...

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How Hackers are Using Heartbleed to Trick You into Infecting Your Computer

Heartbleed, a vulnerability affecting nearly 70% of websites on the Internet, was discovered two months ago. It was big. It...

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It’s ‘Game Over’ for Zeus and CryptoLocker

Under Operation Tovar, global law enforcement—in conjunction with the private sector and McAfee—has launched an action to dismantle the Gameover...

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7 Soft Skills Critical to Parenting Today’s Digital Kids

  We write a lot about the tech basics—or the hard skills—you need to excel in your superhero job as...

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Ransomware Goes Mobile

The dominance of mobile devices has given hackers a growing market to chase after, with many of the same tools...

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USB Drives – With Convenience Comes Risk

I’m sure most of us have used a USB drive (or thumb drive) at one point or another. They are...

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Information Operations an Integral Part of Cyberwarfare

Weapons and the skills to use them are not the only decisive elements in warfare. Rhetoric and imagery are important,...

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Strike a Pose: Blackshades Malware Spies Through Your Webcam

In the old days, one simply had to draw their blinds to avoid peeping toms from spying on their private...

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Iranian Keylogger Marmoolak Enters via Backdoor

Targeted attacks have several stages, sometimes called the APT kill chain. At McAfee Labs we prefer the model described by...

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Necurs, Zbot Use Obfuscated Windows XP Detection to Bypass Analysis

This blog was written by Sanchit Karve. McAfee Labs has recently come across a number of malware samples that drop...

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The One Twitter Feature Every Parent Should Know How to Use

Sometimes as a parent you have to put on the war paint and do a little extra recon online. After...

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Giving Back: McAfee Global Community Service Day

This past Thursday, McAfee had its 3rd annual Global Community Service Day (GCSD). With McAfee’s workforce turning up to volunteer...

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What is a Man-in-the-Middle Attack?

There’s a reason why most people feel uncomfortable about the idea of someone eavesdropping on them—the eavesdropper could possibly overhear...

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Perception vs. Reality: Facebook Anonymous Login Feature

Perception plays a huge role in many aspects of daily life. However, the reality of something is often not as...

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What is a Backdoor Threat?

Did you accidentally leave the back door open? This thought can be scary because you know that leaving the back...

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What is ‘Covert Redirect’ and Should You be Worried?

When Heartbleed struck in April, it shook the Internet to its core in an almost literal sense: the vulnerability, which...

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What Should the Consequences Be for a Teens’ Digital Slip-Up?

Usually the first question I get from panicked parents who just found something shocking on their child’s phone is, “what...

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Change Your Password. World Password Day is 7 May!

We also say we want to be safe online. Yet sometimes our actions betray our words—especially if we’re using simple,...

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Targeted Attacks, Stolen Certificates, and the Shiqiang Gang

This blog post was written by Rahul Mohandas. The trend of attackers using stolen digital certificates to disguise their malicious...

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Cybercrime ‘Highlights’ of First Quarter 2014

As a supplement to the next McAfee Labs Threats Report, which will appear next month, we offer this timeline of...

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Netiquette – Teaching Your Kids Online Manners

‘Chew with your mouth closed’ ‘Say please and thank you’ ‘Don’t interrupt – wait your turn to speak’ How many...

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Are Your Kids Exposed to the Celeb Sexy Selfie Craze?

Almost weekly I read that yet another young celebrity I once considered a safe role model for my teen is...

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Product Coverage and Mitigation for CVE-2014-1776 (Microsoft Internet Explorer)

On April 26, Microsoft released Security Advisory 2963983 for Microsoft Internet Explorer. In-the-wild exploitation of this vulnerability has been observed...

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You’ve Got Mail — But it Might be a ‘Spoof’

As Internet users everywhere are on heightened alert following the discovery of the password-compromising Heartbleed bug earlier this month, it...

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