Electronics in Flight: How Harmful are Mobile Devices to Your Aircraft?
We all know the drill: before takeoff and landing the flight attendants do a final safety inspection, walking up and...
Social Media Manipulation Is For Real, Some Call It As Crowd-Turfing!
An Indian investigative portal Cobrapost, recently released a report on alleged online reputation smearing/management/campaigns designed to gain/destroy political capital for who ever was...
More Japanese Chat Apps on Google Play Steal Phone Numbers
In two recent blogs, McAfee Labs described Japanese and Korean Android apps on Google Play that steal a mobile device’s...
JavaScript Apps on Google Play Steal Korean Phone Numbers
In a recent blog, McAfee Labs reported on suspicious JavaScript-based Android chat applications for Japanese users. These apps were found...
Japanese Chat App for Android Steals Phone Numbers
Update, December 5 The developer of the app Machin Chat has contacted McAfee and reported that the collection of phone...
Scrooge’s 12 Scams of the Holidays
They’re baaaack! Actually, they never left—Scrooge’s little trolls work hard all year, scheming and scamming to steal holiday presents—or at...
Mobile Authentication vs. Mobile Banking and Commerce, Part II
Mobile authentication grants access to online banking – but it’s not exactly mobile banking. The main difference is that mobile...
5 Cyber Safety Lifehacks for Families (5 Minutes or Less)
Raising a child to be a digitally discerning adult—while trying to slay our own online dragons—seems to take more hours...
SnapChat-Like Apps Hide Content on Twitter, Facebook
Just when parents figured out SnapChat, an app that makes photo texts disappear, two new apps hit the social scene that...
New Apps Make It Easy to Save SnapChats
The SnapChat smart phone app is one of the newest crazes for teens because it allows a user to send...