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Holiday Shopping Scams: What to Watch as Black Friday & Cyber Monday Approach
It’s an all-too-familiar trap. You’re scrolling TikTok when an ad for your favorite shoe brand pops up. Black Friday and...
Holiday Shopping 2025: US Fact Sheet
The holidays are supposed to be about joy and generosity — but this year, they’re also peak season for AI-powered...
Essential Tips to Avoid ATM Skimming
In this guide, we will delve into some of the security threats around ATMs, with a focus on skimming, and share tips on protecting your data and money in your bank account.
Celebrate Data Privacy Day by Applying These Best Practices
The National Cyber Security Alliance established Data Privacy Day, an annual awareness event observed every January 28th that encourages you to take control of your personal information and understand your privacy rights online.
Oh what a difference an “o” can make!
As you go online to shop for holiday presents, make your banking payments, or book your holiday travel, you’ll need to be more alert about typing those domain names on the address bars to avoid being a victim of typosquatting.
Stop Fake Antivirus Popups on Your Mac
In this blog, we’ll take a closer look at how you become a target for these fake antivirus pop-up ads, how to remove them from your device, and some tips to block them moving forward.
Verify Secure Wireless Networks to Prevent Identity Theft
Wireless internet is amazing and convenient. Sadly, unsecured, unprotected wireless is everywhere. When a device connects to unprotected Wi-Fi, all the data stored on that device is available to a hacker with the proper sniffing tools. It is, however, possible to protect your Wi-Fi from being hacked.
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 trending in all...
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 most audacious heists...
5 Signs Your Device May be Infected with Malware or a Virus
Malware attacks are at an all-time high. Are your family devices secure? Here are the signs your devices may have been hacked.
Ways to Tell if a Website Is Fake
Fake or scam websites are fraudulent sites that look legitimate while secretly attempting to steal your personal information, money, or account access.
Does PC Cleaning Improve Performance?
Cleaning up your PC has several advantages, including the speeding up of your system and safeguarding your personal information from potential threats. Besides, the process frees up storage space.
How To Tell If Your Smart TV Spying on You
Discover how hackers can spy on you through your smart TV's camera, microphone, and apps. Learn how to disable tracking features like ACR, and essential privacy settings to protect yourself from unauthorized surveillance.
What Are the Risks of Clicking on Malicious Links?
Learn how to spot risky URLs, what to do if you've clicked a phishing link, and essential steps to secure your device and accounts from malware, scams, and identity theft.
How to Protect Your Digital Identity
Protecting yourself from hackers and fraud means safeguarding your digital identity. And that can feel like a significant task, given all the information your digital identity contains. It can be done, though, especially if you think about your identity like a puzzle. We’ll show you how to stay safe by ...
Frankenstein Data: How Data Brokers Stitch Together—and Sell—Your Digital Self
Your digital life is being stitched together—one purchase, one search, one swipe at a time. Data brokers collect and combine...
Vampire Wifi: How Public Wi-Fi Traps Travelers in Cyber Attacks
They’re not hiding in dark alleys—they’re hiding in plain sight. Airports, cafés, hotels, even libraries can harbor dangerous Vampire Wi-Fi...
Ghost Accounts: How Old, Forgotten Logins Put You at Risk for Identity Theft
Remember that website where you bought a T-shirt in 2013? No? Hackers do. And it’s one way they can steal...
This New “Verification” Trick Fools You Into Installing Malware
Cybercriminals are turning to TikTok to spread new scams that promise “free upgrades” or access to premium versions of popular...
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 disrupted popular websites...
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 steal millions of...
McAfee Wins “Best Use of AI in Cybersecurity” for Scam Detector
We’re proud to share that McAfee has won “Best Use of AI in Cybersecurity” at The 2025 A.I. Awards for...
Best Ways to Check for a Trojan on Your PC
In this guide, we will take a closer look at how you can detect Trojans on your computer, and share ways to detect and remove them.
Astaroth: Banking Trojan Abusing GitHub for Resilience
by Harshil Patel and Prabudh Chakravorty *EDITOR’S NOTE: Special thank you to the GitHub team for working with us on...
How to Remove Your Personal Information From the Internet
Scammers and thieves can get a hold of personal information in several ways, such as through phishing attacks that lure you into handing it over, malware that steals it from your devices, by purchasing your information on dark web marketplaces, or as a result of information leaked in data breaches, ...
McAfee Again Certified as “TOP PRODUCT” by AV-TEST
McAfee Total Protection has once again been named a TOP PRODUCT by the independent test lab AV-TEST, earning perfect scores...
How to Delete Your Browser History
Learn how to delete your browsing history across popular browsers and accounts to enhance privacy, improve device performance, and reduce targeted tracking.
