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You Count on the Internet – Make It Safer Too During Cybersecurity Awareness Month

McAfee Blog – 10.3.23

How much do you count on the internet every day?  

Maybe you do armloads of shopping on it. Maybe you skip going to the bank because you can tackle the bulk of your finances online. And perhaps you even pay your doctor a visit with it, instead of taking a trip to their office.  

Source: You Count on the Internet – Make It Safer Too During Cybersecurity Awareness Month | McAfee Blog

Secret Selfies: Can Phones Take Pictures and Videos of You Without Your Knowledge? 

McAfee Blog – 8.31.23

It’s a longstanding question: can your phone really take selfies without your knowledge? 

The answer is yes, but with a pretty big asterisk next to it. And that asterisk is known as spyware. Spyware can use your phone for snooping in several ways, including using your camera to take pictures and videos. 

Source: Secret Selfies: Can Phones Take Pictures and Videos of You Without Your Knowledge? | McAfee Blog

Those Annoying Scam Calls and Texts: How to Fight Back Against Vishing and Smishing 

McAfee Blog – 6.22.23

With a ring or a ping, scammers come calling and texting. 

It probably happens often enough. You get a call from an unknown number, and you wonder if you should even bother answering it. It’s probably a scammer. Or is it? What if it’s something important? You answer. Sure enough, it’s a robocall. But the voice says it’s your bank and that there’s a problem with your account. Now what do you do? 

Source: Those Annoying Scam Calls and Texts: How to Fight Back Against Vishing and Smishing | McAfee Blog

Is My Child Being Cyberbullied Or Is It Just Banter?

McAfee Blog -5.15.23

If you were to ask me what I consider to be the most attractive attribute in a person, it would be kindness but only closely followed by a sense of humour. There’s something about somebody who can tell a funny story that I just love. And humour can be a great bonding experience for us humans. Laughing over a funny video or sharing a hilarious story is pure friendship gold! But humour can often be murky territory online. 

Source: Is My Child Being Cyberbullied Or Is It Just Banter? | McAfee Blog

Artificial Imposters—Cybercriminals Turn to AI Voice Cloning for a New Breed of Scam

McAfee Blog – 5.15.23

Three seconds of audio is all it takes.  

Cybercriminals have taken up newly forged artificial intelligence (AI) voice cloning tools and created a new breed of scam. With a small sample of audio, they can clone the voice of nearly anyone and send bogus messages by voicemail or voice messaging texts. 

The aim, most often, is to trick people out of hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars. 

Source: Artificial Imposters—Cybercriminals Turn to AI Voice Cloning for a New Breed of Scam | McAfee Blog

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