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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 Protect Your Credit Score

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How to Protect Your Child from Identity Theft in 8 Easy Steps

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How To Protect Today’s Smart Home

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How to Protect Three Common IoT Devices in 2019

It’s no secret – IoT devices are creeping into every facet of our daily lives. In fact, Gartner estimates there will...

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How to Protect Kids From Harmful Online Content

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How to Protect Against WannaCry Ransomware in a McAfee Environment

WannaCry is a ransomware family targeting Microsoft Windows. On Friday May 12, a large cyberattack based on this threat was launched. At this time, it is estimated that more than 250,000 computers in 150 countries have been infected, each demanding a ransom payment.

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How to Protect Against Petya Ransomware in a McAfee Environment

A new variant of the ransomware Petya (also called Petrwrap) began spreading around the world on June 27. Petya is ransomware that exploits the vulnerability CVE-2017-0144 in Microsoft’s implementation of the Server Message Block protocol. This ransomware encrypts the master boot records of infected Windows computers, making the machines unusable.

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How to Protect Against OpenSSL 1.1.0a Vulnerability CVE-2016-6309

This blog post was written by Rock Liu. Recently the OpenSSL security library gained a fix for a critical security...

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How to Protect Against New Types of Scams Like QR Phishing

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How To Prevent Your Emails From Being Hacked

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How To Prevent Ransomware

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How To Prevent Ransomware

Ransomware. Even the name sounds scary.  When you get down to it, ransomware is one of the nastiest attacks a...

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How to Prevent Keyboard Snooping Attacks on Video Calls

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How to Prevent Doxxing and How You Can Lock Down Your Data

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How To Prevent Downloading Malicious Software

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