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How to Protect Your Social Media Passwords with Multi-factor Verification
Two-step verification, two-factor authentication, multi-factor authentication…whatever your social media platform calls it, it’s an excellent way to protect your accounts....
How to Protect Your Personal Info
Whether it tags along via a smartphone, laptop, tablet, or wearable, it seems like the internet follows us wherever we...
Lumma Stealer on the Rise: How Telegram Channels Are Fueling Malware Proliferation
Authored by: M. Authored by: M, Mohanasundaram and Neil Tyagi In today’s rapidly evolving cyber landscape, malware threats continue to...
How to Recognize a Phishing Email
How do you recognize phishing emails and texts? Even as many of the scammers behind them have sophisticated their attacks,...
How to Protect Your Smartphone from SIM Swapping
You consider yourself a responsible person when it comes to taking care of your physical possessions. You’ve never left your wallet in...
The Dark Side of Gen AI
There’s no denying that Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) has been one of the most significant technological developments in recent memory,...
How to Be Your Family’s Digital IT Hero for the Holidays
The holiday season often brings a rush of new gadgets—smartphones, tablets, laptops, and smart home devices—into households. One survey revealed...
How to Secure Your Digital Wallet
Tapping your phone at the cash register makes for a smooth trip to the store. Far smoother than fumbling for...
How AI Deepfakes and Scams Are Changing the Way We Shop Online
As 89% of Americans plan to shop online during this holiday shopping season, many say they’re more concerned about being...
What is the Dark Web?
The dark web. The name raises all kinds of questions. What is the dark web, really? Where is it? Can...
How to Protect Yourself from Bank Fraud
More and more transactions occur over the internet rather than at a teller’s window, and nearly every account has a username, password, and PIN associated with it. Whether you use online banking regularly or sparingly, you can protect yourself from being the victim of fraud by following a few straightforward ...
What Is a Botnet?
What is a botnet? And what does it have to do with a toaster? We’ll get to that. First, a...
Safeguarding Those Who Served: Cybersecurity Challenges for Veterans
As we honor Veterans Day, it’s crucial to recognize not only the sacrifices made by those who served but also...
Every Step You Take, Every Call You Make: Is Your Phone Tracking You?
So, what does your phone know about you? Taken all together it knows plenty — sometimes in ways that feel...
How To Tell If Your Smartphone Has Been Hacked
It takes a bit of effort, but iPhones can wind up with viruses and malware. And that can indeed lead...
How to Protect Your Digital Identity
People under 60 are losing it online. And by it, I mean money—thanks to digital identity theft. In its simplest form,...
How To Protect Yourself from Black Friday and Cyber Monday AI Scams
As Black Friday approaches, eager bargain hunters are gearing up to snag the best deals online. But with the excitement...
Gift Card Scams — The Gift That Keeps on Taking
Gift card scams are an easy payday for scammers—and a costly mistake for victims. They work because gift cards are...
The Top 5 Scariest Mobile Threats
Scary movies are great. Scary mobile threats, not so much. Ghosts, killer clowns, and the creatures can stir up all...
How AI PCs Are Optimizing Productivity Tools for Students
In today’s fast-paced educational environment, productivity is a key determinant of academic success. Enter AI PCs—computers enhanced with artificial intelligence...
How To Survive the Deepfake Election with McAfee’s 2024 Election AI Toolkit
As malicious deepfakes continue to flood our screens with disinformation during this election year, we’ve released our 2024 Election AI...
How to Spot a Deepfake on Social Media
Think you can spot a fake on social media? It’s getting tougher. Particularly as deepfake technology gets far better and...
How to Delete Your Instagram Account
Thinking about deleting your Instagram account? We can show you how. Before we get to that, you might be interested...
How to Delete Your Facebook Account
Thinking about deleting your Facebook account? We can show you how. Before we get to that, you might be interested...
How to Delete Your TikTok Account
Thinking about deleting your TikTok account? We can show you how. Before we get to that, you might be interested...
How to Avoid Oversharing on Social Media
What is oversharing on social media? And how do you avoid it? Oversharing on social media takes on a couple...
Location, Location, Location: Three Reasons It Matters for Your Smartphone
With its built-in location services, your smartphone can point you to plenty of places. To the location of your vacation...
