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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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Family Safety

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,...

McAfee Labs

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...

McAfee Labs

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...

Family Safety

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...

Family Safety

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...

McAfee Labs

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...

Internet Security

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...

Internet Security

How Online Casinos Help Hackers Keep Illegal Loot

In Martin Scorsese’s 1995 film, “Casino,” Robert DeNiro’s character is charged with operating a 1970’s Las Vegas casino for the...

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Tinder Not So Tender

Tinder is a kind of modern day ‘Hot or Not’ mobile dating app. It finds matches based on location, then...

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