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The Stars Scammers Love Most: McAfee Reveals World’s Most Deepfaked Celebs
Nov 13, 2025 | 5 MIN READ
McAfee Named ADVANCED+ in Real-World Protection — What That Means for You
When it comes to online safety, independent testing matters. And in the latest AV-Comparatives Real-World Protection Test,...
The Most Impersonated Brands in Holiday Shopping, Ranked
Scammers aren’t worried about ending up on the naughty list. If anything, they’re doubling down in 2025. This year, scammers are impersonating major brands...
This Week in Scams: DoorDash Breach and Fake Flight Cancellation Texts
Leading off our news on scams this week, a heads-up for DoorDash users, merchants, and Dashers too....
How to Follow McAfee on Google News in One Simple Step
Want McAfee’s latest scam alerts, cybersecurity tips, and safety updates to show up automatically in your Google...
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,...
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...
The Louvre Used Its Own Name as a Password. Here’s What to Learn From It
If you’ve been watching the news, you’ve probably seen the headlines out of Paris: one of the...
AWS Outage Disrupts Major Apps Like Reddit and Snapchat—What Happened and How to Stay Safe
Amazon Web Services (AWS), one of the world’s largest cloud providers, recently experienced a major outage that...
Hackers Trick Staff Into Exposing Major Companies’ Salesforce Data–Find Out if You’re Safe
Cybercriminals tricked employees at major global companies into handing over Salesforce access and used that access to...
Data Breach Exposes 3 Billion Personal Information Records
News of a major data breach that could affect nearly three billion records comes to light from...
The Kaspersky Software Ban—What You Need to Know to Stay Safe Online
Citing national security concerns, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued an immediate ban on the sale of...
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...
