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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

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...

Mobile Security Internet Security

Tinder Not So Tender

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

Mobile Security

What Mobile Users Should Know About Heartbleed: Free McAfee Android App

By now, you have probably heard about the Heartbleed bug, estimated to affect up to two-thirds of all websites using...

McAfee Labs

iBanking Mobile Trojan Poses as Facebook Token Generator

Mobile banking Trojans have usually pretended to be security applications (for example, Zitmo) or legitimate banking apps (FakeToken or FkSite a.k.a....

How To Guides and Tutorials

Changing Passwords in a Post Heartbleed Bug World

From a home security standpoint, the main gatekeeper is the house key. It’s small, portable and fairly adept at keeping...

Mobile Security

Appearances Can Be Deceiving: Fake Anti-Virus App Dupes Users

If the laws of nature are capable of teaching us one thing it’s this: if it seems too good to...

Family Safety

3 Ways to Restore Self-Esteem & Sense of Privacy to Digital Teens

While kids today are the beneficiaries of amazing technology, there are casualties to growing up digital we can’t deny. We...

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