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McAfee Labs
New Labs Report: ‘Analyzing Project Blitzkrieg’
Project Blitzkrieg, a current attack on US financial institutions, got a lot of media attention following a...Dec 13, 2012 | 2 MIN READ
Family Safety
Secret Lives of Indian Teens- A McAfee Survey
“So where’s your daughter?” “Oh, she is in her room, on the net,” replied the indulgent Mother....Dec 11, 2012 | 4 MIN READ
Mobile Security
App Lock: The Security System for Unprotected Mobile Apps
Lock: To fasten, to make secure, to confine or exclude by. To fix in place so that...Dec 10, 2012 | 3 MIN READ
Internet Security
Hackers Gone Hipster: Are Tumblr and Instagram Users Still at Risk?
Two newsworthy vulnerabilities hit the stands this week, both of particular interest to many of our at-home...Dec 07, 2012 | 3 MIN READ
Privacy & Identity Protection
10 Tips to Safe Online Shopping
How times have changed. I can remember when Christmas didn’t start until after Thanksgiving—not before Halloween as...Nov 21, 2012 | 4 MIN READ
Family Safety
The Top 12 Scams Of Christmas To Watch Out For
McAfee Latest 2012 Holiday-Related Online Scams and Security Tips for Consumers The holidays are just around the...Nov 12, 2012 | 11 MIN READ
Privacy & Identity Protection
Hack the Vote: Pros and Cons of Electronic Voting
After 17 months and billions in campaign spending, it was up to the scores of American people...Nov 07, 2012 | 5 MIN READ
Executive Perspectives
The Connected Home – Introducing Little Red Boxes…
This will be old news to those of you who took the time to visit McAfee Focus...Nov 06, 2012 | 4 MIN READ
Privacy & Identity Protection
Actress Sofia Vergara’s Personal Photos Hacked or Stolen Via Mobile
In my line of work I get emails such as this one: “Hi Robert, I’m not sure...Oct 29, 2012 | 3 MIN READ
McAfee Labs
Update: NGRBot Posing as Skype Drops Ransomware With Fake McAfee Logo
This blog was updated on October 15. See the end of this file. We recently received a...Oct 12, 2012 | 3 MIN READ
McAfee Labs
Multiplatform Fake AV Uses Different GUIs
Since the beginning of October we have seen a variant of fake antivirus malware that belongs to...Oct 11, 2012 | 4 MIN READ
McAfee Labs
Android Phones Vulnerable to Loss of Data, Apps
Recently security researcher Ravi Borgaonkar discussed a vulnerability that caused a Samsung Galaxy SIII to return to...Oct 04, 2012 | 3 MIN READ