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According to Nevada education officials, hackers stole about 8.3 million confidential tip records submitted to school safety and crime tip lines across the US and Canada. mcafee.com/blogs/security-ne…
Financial scammers are increasingly targeting older Americans, using deceptive online platforms, high-pressure phone pitches, and complex impersonation schemes to drain hard-earned savings. mcafee.com/blogs/security-ne…
ICYMI: The California Department of Education (CDE) recently announced that unauthorized actors accessed an Educational Testing Service (ETS) server, compromising the educational and demographic records of millions of California public school students.
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Two serious security holes were found in PHP, the behind-the-scenes software that powers a large share of the websites you visit every day.
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This week, @arstechnica reported that eight intermediate digital certificates were compromised due to weak private signing keys.
This vulnerability created a window where bad actors could forge credentials, impersonate legitimate websites, and intercept sensitive web traffic across the internet.
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"Account takeovers (where a known contact’s account was compromised) and copycat accounts (impersonated accounts where someone created a similar looking profile) are often tactics used to target victims. Call your friend on a trusted number and confirm if they really need help."
Read more safety takeaways for Gen Z here: mcafee.com/blogs/security-ne…
ASOS recently confirmed that an attacker compromised employee credentials to access external systems. mcafee.com/blogs/security-ne…
The new McAfee experience is designed to do much more than protect individual devices.
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McAfee’s Mobile Research Team uncovered a large-scale fake app campaign involving more than 1,900 applications impersonating popular brands like Netflix, Roblox, PayPal and Zelle, reaching over 500,000 devices across more than 190 countries.
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Californians! Your state has one of the heaviest trust burdens in the survey: 72% say figuring out what’s real online now takes more mental energy. The more you know...
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Every time a big Amazon sales event takes place, shoppers flock to the deals. And scammers know it.
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Did you know Alaska has one of the widest gaps between rising trust fatigue and active checking: 54% report more mental effort, but only 44% verify online content at least weekly.
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ICYMI: Joining or clicking through to a WhatsApp group was the most common requested action in the scam texts McAfee analyzed, driven largely by investment and cryptocurrency schemes. mcafee.ly/4hXiPC3
The scams and threats Americans encounter aren't the same everywhere.
Where you live can shape the types of scams reaching your devices, how often you encounter them, and even how those experiences affect the way you behave online. 🧵⬇️
Nevada has the broadest reported scam exposure in the survey, with 95% encountering at least one type of scam in the past year.
Ohio stands out for financial harm: 41% of respondents say they lost money to an online scam in the past year.
New Jersey residents report unusually frequent scam exposure, with 30% saying they encounter four or more scam attempts on a typical day.
For the full research across all 50 states, read here: mcafee.com/blogs/security-ne…