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Peloton workouts are susceptible to hacking leading to malware and spying, claims McAfee’s Advanced Threat Research team. According to their latest research, a vulnerability, classified as CVE-2021-3387, was discovered in the touchscreen of Peloton Bike+ and Tread+, allowing threat actors to control it remotely, without any involvement of the equipment’s operating system. SEE: Electronic Skateboards […]
Reportedly, John McAfee has died of suicide hours after the Spanish High Court authorized his extradition to the United States. According to local Spanish media, Mr. John McAfee, the founder of antivirus company McAfee has died in a prison near Barcelona, Spain. 75-year-old McAfee allegedly died by Suicide on Wednesday afternoon, hours after the Spanish High Court authorized his extradition […]
As per a new research report released by McAfee, the popular Indian cricketer — M.S. Dhoni — is the most dangerous celebrity to search for in India. M.S. Dhoni is the riskiest celebrity This year’s “McAfee: Most Dangerous Celebrity List 2019” has the winner as M.S. Dhoni. The reason for this is that users searching […]
This new and sophisticated malicious software is able to bypass the best security measures A new ransomware family discovered at the beginning of 2019 has generated alarm among the cybersecurity community due to its apparent modular features and its well-developed coding techniques, report specialists in network security and ethical hacking from the International Institute of […]
Android users in North America are the current target of TimpDoor malware. The McAfee Mobile Research team has identified an active phishing campaign that traps users by sending an SMS to influence them on downloading and installing an Android malware app TimpDoor. It is a fake voice-message app that allows attackers to infect the devices and […]
According to a French researcher, the renowned antivirus vendor McAfee sent s file loaded with Emotet banking malware to customers using its anti-hacking service called ClickProtect email protection service. Although Emotet malware was hosted on a third-party website it was shared through a domain that was linked with the project. Ironically, McAfee marketed the anti-hacking […]
News reported in June that McAfee was amongst several Western technology organizations that had acceded in recent years to larger demands by Moscow for access to source code, the directions that control basic operations of computer equipment. The reviews, carried in secure facilities known as “clean rooms” by Russian organizations with expertise in technology testing, […]
It was last year when, John McAfee, the co-founder of an antivirus company that’s now owned by Intel, took Intel to the court over the right to use his name for commercial purposes. John McAfee wanted to rename his company MGT Capital to John McAfee Global Technologies. Intel also filed a counter case involving trademark infringements […]
You have heard about phishing but now you will learn about Smishing. Hackers use phishing messages and compromised websites to steal credentials of users but, Chinese banking users are facing a new kind of threat in the form of phishing texts. These text messages seem to be sent from a leading bank’s official number. The GSM […]
Researchers watch the watchmen. Some of the biggest names in the security software business have been compromised by a serious flaw that could allow a hacker to use the commercial security code to infiltrate computers. In March, researchers at security firm enSilo found a serious flaw in popular free antivirus engine AVG Internet Security 2015. […]
John McAfee who is the founder of McAfee anti-virus has told that he will unveil a gadget that would enable internet users to protect their activities and privacy from spying eyes of the NSA. He has named the gadget as D-central and says that it will be devised with a cost of less than 100 […]