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Deepfakes to social media: Online shopping scams spike this festive season

McAfee's Global Festive Shopping Survey found a rise in online shopping scams led by the creation of fraudulent websites, fake discounts, and the use of deepfakes

Alia Bhatt, Diljit Dosanjh, Orry among 10 riskiest celebs for online search

Cybercriminals exploit famous names to create malicious sites and scams, according to McAfee

McAfee partners with Intel to bring AI-powered Deepfake detector for videos

McAfee said its Deepfake Detector tool will soon be available for English language detection, and it plans on adding support for more languages in the coming months

McAfee unveils project Mockingbird at CES 2024 to detect Deepfake audio

The first public demos of Project Mockingbird, McAfee's Deepfake Audio Detection technology, will be available onsite at the Consumer Electronics Show 2024

As scammers target movie buffs, Barbie fans asked not to download film

Software security firm McAfee claims to have documented 100 new instances of malware with Barbie-related filenames in the last three weeks alone

Almost half of Indians experience AI-enabled fake voice scam: McAfee survey

About half of Indians surveyed said that they are unable to differentiate between the real and cloned voice of a person while 83 per cent of the victims of voice scams have faced the loss of money, online security firm McAfee said in a report. The survey of 7,054 people was conducted in seven countries, including 1,010 respondents from India, around artificial intelligence-enabled voice scams by imposters. The report suggests using a verbal codeword among family members and trusted close friends as one of the protective measures from voice scams. "About half (47 per cent) of Indian adults have experienced or know someone who has experienced some kind of AI voice scam, which is almost double the global average (25 per cent). 83 per cent of Indian victims said they had a loss of money- with 48 per cent losing over Rs 50,000," the report said. McAfee conducted a survey on how artificial intelligence (AI) technology is fueling a rise in online voice scams, with just three seconds of au

Web3, ChromeOS scams to dominate online threat landscape in 2023: Report

Security software company McAfee on Monday released its cyber threat predictions in which it predicts that Web3 and ChromeOS scams will dominate the online threat landscape in 2023

85% of Indian children cyberbullied, highest globally: McAfee report

India also reported prominent acts of cyberbullying such as spreading false rumours at 39%, being excluded from groups and conversations at 35% and name calling at 34%

Panasonic confirms network illegally accessed, probing cyber attack

It was reported that the attacked servers stored information about Panasonic business partners and the company's technology

McAfee nears deal to sell itself to Advent for over $10 billion: Report

The deal could be announced on Monday, although the talks could still fall apart, the report said

Software entrepreneur John McAfee was not suicidal, widow says

She said she wanted a thorough investigation on the circumstances of the death of her husband

Antivirus software pioneer John McAfee charged with cryptocurrency fraud

Authorities accused McAfee and his bodyguard of exploiting McAfee's large Twitter following to artificially inflate prices of 'altcoins' through a so-called pump-and-dump scheme

McAfee report says cybercrime to cost world economy over $1 trillion

Growing cybercrime incidents now cost the world economy over $1 trillion, or just more than 1% of global GDP, which is up 50% from a 2018 report that put global losses at $600 billion, McAfee said

McAfee detects an average of 419 new cyber threats per minute in Q2

Cybersecurity company McAfee on Thursday said it saw an average of 419 new threats per minute as overall new malware samples grew by 11.5 per cent in the second quarter of this year

Cyber security company McAfee Corp raises $620 million in US IPO

Cyber security firm McAfee Corp sold shares in its initial public offering (IPO) on Wednesday at $20 a piece, within its target range, to raise $620 million

McAfee software creator arrested in Spain for fraud, says report

From 2014 to 2018, McAfee allegedly failed to file tax returns, despite receiving considerable income from these sources.

Hidden mobile apps accounted for 50% of malicious threats in 2019: McAfee

It is expected that 2020 will be the year of mobile sneak attacks with hackers using sophisticated methods to target users

40% Indians feel controversial social media content may get them fired

The survey - which included 1,000 adults in India - underlined the risks to professional reputation on account of controversial content on social media profiles

2.5 mn IoT devices infected by Mirai botnet in Q4 2016: McAfee

Number of total ransomware samples grew 88% in 2016, despite 71% drop in Q4

McAfee to up hiring investment in India

McAfee, which has been part of Intel as Intel Security Group, had witnessed 20% y-o-y growth in 2016