How cybercriminals used the names and likenesses of celebrities to trick people into scams.
Chauncey Billups, an NBA Hall of Fame player and head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, and Terry Rozier, a guard with the Miami Heat, were among more than 30 people charged on Thursday.
Hours earlier, a Spanish court issued a preliminary ruling in favor of the 75-year-old tycoon's extradition to the United States to face tax-related criminal charges.
While millions turn to dating apps, social media, and messaging platforms to find love, new McAfee India research reveals an alarming rise in AI-driven scams, fraudulent dating apps, and deepfake.
Security solutions provider McAfee is the latest one to realise the potential of India as a great market. McAfee, which was earlier operating through a liaison office in India, will now have its own subsidiary.
US-based McAfee, Inc., leading global company in intrusion prevention and risk management solutions, on Thursday announced the launch of its new 2006 versions of security products in India.
On Thursday, Intel Corp agreed to buy McAfee Inc for $7.68 billion. Reports said that McAfee investors will receive $48 a share in cash. This is Intel's biggest-ever acquisition.
McAfee Inc announced on Wednesday its decision to invest more than $80 million to expand its centre in India in the next four years and add 400 employees to its workforce by 2008.
Former McAfee Chief Financial Officer Prabhat Goyal was found guilty by a San Francisco jury of fudging accounting to hide losses and pump up the company's revenue figures from 1998 through Jan 2001.
Report says scammers use channels like Facebook and Twitter just like email and websites to scam consumers during the holidays.
During the trip, check your bank account and credit card statements regularly for unauthorised transactions.
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The study, Security industry's dirty little secret, which was conducted by technology market research firm Vanson Bourne examines the controversy and confusion surrounding AETs and the role they play in Advanced Persistent Threats.
78% Indians were unable to tell the difference between a love letter written by ChatGPT and one by a human being.
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Other Indian celebrities in the list, whose names are used to lure unsuspecting fans to such websites, include actors Radhika Apte and Shraddha Kapoor, sportsperson P V Sindhu and also former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, the list prepared by McAfee said.
Bollywood stars Tabu, Taapsee Pannu, Anushka Sharma and Sonakshi Sinha are among the top 10 personalities generating the riskiest search results online in India owing to the malicious sites and viruses linked to their names, according to a list released by a cybersecurity company on Tuesday.
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Web security company McAfee has released a list of 'most dangerous' celebrities to search for online -- we bring you the top 10.
Employment in nine selected sectors, including construction, manufacturing and IT/BPO, was at 3.08 crore in the April-June quarter of 2021-22, reflecting a growth of 29 per cent compared to 2.37 crore reported in the Economic Census of 2013-14, according to a survey. Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Monday released the report of Quarterly Employment Survey (QES) part (April to June 2021), of the All-India Quarterly Establishment-based Employment Survey (AQEES) prepared by the Labour Bureau. Announcing the results, Yadav said the estimated total employment in the nine selected sectors from the first round of QES is 3 crore and 8 lakh approximately against a total of 2 crore and 37 lakhs in these sectors taken collectively, as reported in the sixth Economic Census (EC 2013-14) reflecting a growth rate of 29 per cent.
The fairer sex in India is ahead of men when it comes to capturing intimate moments on video or sending personal text messages, e-mails and photos, security software maker McAfee has said.
Isla Fisher stands at number 10.
Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system will face increasing security threats, according to McAfee Avert Labs predictions for top 10 security threats in 2008. With security vulnerabilities doubling in Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) this year, McAfee expects a 50 per cent increase in VoIP-related threats in 2008. The technology is still new and defence strategies lagging.
McAfee exposes the Top 12 Scams of Christmas that criminals plan to use to rip off consumers as they shop online this holiday season.
Web security company McAfee has released a list of 'most dangerous' celebrities to search for online -- we bring you the top 10.
Read this before you Google singers on the internet.
Number of password-stealing Web sites will increase and so will spam, says McAfee Inc.
Many fake websites seeking donations for Uttarakhand flood relief fund are emerging threat for Internet users as these are spreading malicious programmes, security solutions provider McAfee said.
Some hackers are starting to specialise in data stolen from corporate networks, according to research compiled by security firm McAfee.
Cybercriminals take advantage of the holiday season, aiming to steal consumers' money, identities and financial information.
For the second time in a row, McAfee researched India's glamorous celebrities from the world of cinema, cricket and politics to reveal the most risky celebrities on the web.
The actress is among 10 celebs named the India's Most Dangerous Celebs in Cybersapce.
McAfee compiled its second annual list using McAfee SiteAdvisor technology for celebrity names that produce the largest number of risky sites and overall risk percentage, when searched on the Web.
In a recent report, McAfee has revealed Web search terms that put users most at risk for accidentally downloading unwanted or malicious software.
More than 100 countries are believed to be using the Internet for espionage, says McAfee, the information technology security company.
For a little over two weeks, a group called 'Guardians of Peace' released a new bit of leaked information about Sony almost every day.
Organised crime is grooming a new generation of high-flying cyber criminals using the KGB-style tactics.
On an average, Symantec reports two lakh malware submissions per month and anti-spyware product company Max Secure Software has identified over two lakh anti-spyware threats.
The latest virus detected on the country's Internet network is so notorious and lethal that it acquires as many as 20 aliases or masks to infect and attack a vulnerable computer system which is low on security features.
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