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2020-11-05 16:00:20 | Operation North Star: Behind The Scenes (lien direct) | 
Executive Summary It is rare to be provided an inside view on how major cyber espionage campaigns are conducted within the digital realm. The only transparency afforded is a limited view of victims, a malware sample, and perhaps the IP addresses of historical command and control (C2) infrastructure. The Operation North Star campaign we detailed […]
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2020-11-05 16:00:16 | Operation North Star: Summary Of Our Latest Analysis (lien direct) | 
McAfee's Advanced Threat Research (ATR) today released research that uncovers previously undiscovered information on how Operation North Star evaluated its prospective victims and launched attacks on organizations in Australia, India, Israel and Russia, including defense contractors based in India and Russia. McAfee's initial research into Operation North Star revealed a campaign that used social media […]
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2020-11-05 16:00:01 | McAfee Labs Report Reveals Continuing Surge of COVID-19 Threats and Malware (lien direct) | 
The McAfee Advanced Threat Research team today published the McAfee Labs Threats Report: November 2020. In this edition, we follow our preceding McAfee Labs COVID-19 Threats Report with more research and data designed to help you better protect your enterprise's productivity and viability during challenging times. What a year so far! The first quarter of […]
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2020-11-03 21:49:31 | SPOTLIGHT: Women in Cybersecurity (lien direct) | 
There are new and expanding opportunities for women's participation in cybersecurity globally as women are present in greater numbers in leadership. In recent years, the international community has recognized the important contributions of women to cybersecurity, however, equal representation of women is nowhere near a reality, especially at senior levels. The RSA Conference USA 2019 held […]
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2020-10-30 17:05:57 | McAfee Named a Leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for CASB (lien direct) | 
McAfee MVISION Cloud was the first to market with a CASB solution to address the need to secure corporate data in the cloud. Since then, Gartner has published several reports dedicated to the CASB market, which is a testament to the critical role CASBs play in enabling enterprise cloud adoption. Today, Gartner named McAfee a […]
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2020-10-29 17:05:49 | Catch the Most Sophisticated Attacks Without Slowing Down Your Users (lien direct) | 
Most businesses cannot survive without being connected to the internet or the cloud. Websites and cloud services enable employees to communicate, collaborate, research, organize, archive, create, and be productive. Yet, the digital connection is also a threat. External attacks on cloud accounts increased by an astounding 630% in 2019. Ransomware and phishing remain major headaches […]
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2020-10-29 17:05:28 | With No Power Comes More Responsibility (lien direct) | 
You've more than likely heard the phrase “with great power comes great responsibility.” Alternatively called the “Peter Parker Principle” this phrase became well known in popular culture mostly due to Spider-Man comics and movies – where Peter Parker is the protagonist. The phrase is so well known today that it actually has its own article […]
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2020-10-27 19:08:48 | Election 2020: Lookout for Fake News Before and After the Election (lien direct) | 
Election 2020: Keep on the Lookout for Fake News Before and After the Election As the news and conversations leading up to Election Day intensify, and with early voting already in full swing, the flood of misinformation and outright disinformation online continues-and will undoubtedly continue in the days after as the results are tabulated […]
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2020-10-26 19:31:24 | Spotlighting McAfee\'s Women in Technology Scholarship Recipients (lien direct) | 
Working at McAfee is so much more than fighting off cyber-attacks; it's also about learning valuable life lessons and fostering meaningful relationships. Recipients of our Women in Technology (WIT) Scholarship learned firsthand the immeasurable growth and invaluable experience gained at McAfee through their participation in the summer internship program in Cork, Ireland. As we accept […]
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2020-10-26 16:34:14 | Cruel Ghouls: New Digital Scams Target Every Age Group (lien direct) | 
Cruel Ghouls: New Digital Scams Target Every Age Group There are few situations more personal than a distressed family member calling to ask for financial help. But personal is precisely the angle bad actors are taking these days in scams that target both the young and old. Grandparents Fall for 'Help!' Scams Called “The Grandparent […]
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2020-10-25 12:00:47 | Trick or Treat: Avoid These Spooky Threats This Halloween (lien direct) | 
Trick or Treat: Avoid These Spooky Threats This Halloween Spooky season is among us, and ghosts and goblins aren't the only things hiding in the shadows. Online threats are also lurking in the darkness, preparing to haunt devices and cause some hocus pocus for unsuspecting users. This Halloween season, researchers have found virtual zombies and witches […]
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2020-10-22 15:48:01 | Affected by a Data Breach? Here Are Five Security Steps You Should Take (lien direct) | 
Five Tips to Secure Your Credit Card Data From This Recent Data Breach Users share their personal information with companies for multiple reasons. Whether they're checking into a hotel room, using a credit card to make a purchase at their favorite food spot, or collecting rewards points at a local coffee shop, consumers give companies […]
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2020-10-21 12:00:40 | Election 2020: Make Sure Your Voice is Heard with These Tips (lien direct) |
Election 2020: Make Sure Your Voice is Heard with These Tips & Best Practices Last year, India exercised one of the greatest feats of democracy, trying to enable over 900 million people to vote in their general election. My mom lives in India, and I remember talking with her about their ambitious plans to reach […]
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2020-10-21 08:01:15 | (Déjà vu) 5G and the IoT: A Look Ahead at What\'s Next for Your Home and Community (lien direct) | 
5G and the IoT: A Look Ahead at What's Next for Your Home and Community October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which is led by the U.S. government's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in conjunction with the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA)-a national non-profit focused on cybersecurity education & awareness. McAfee is pleased to announce […]
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2020-10-14 07:01:44 | The Deepfakes Lab: Detecting & Defending Against Deepfakes with Advanced AI (lien direct) | 
Detrimental lies are not new. Even misleading headlines and text can fool a reader. However, the ability to alter reality has taken a leap forward with “deepfake” technology which allows for the creation of images and videos of real people saying and doing things they never said or did. Deep learning techniques are escalating the […]
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2020-10-14 04:01:06 | Election 2020 – How to Spot Phony Deepfake Videos this Election (lien direct) | Election 2020 – How to Spot Phony Deepfake Videos this Election Maybe you've seen videos where Robert Downey Jr. and other cast members of The Avengers follow the yellow brick road after they swap faces with the cast of 1939's The Wizard of Oz. Or how about any of the umpteen videos where the face […] | ★★★★★ | ||
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2020-10-13 17:06:35 | CVE-2020-16898: “Bad Neighbor” (lien direct) | 
CVE-2020-16898: “Bad Neighbor” CVSS Score: 8.8 Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C Overview Today, Microsoft announced a critical vulnerability in the Windows IPv6 stack, which allows an attacker to send maliciously crafted packets to potentially execute arbitrary code on a remote system. The proof-of-concept shared with MAPP (Microsoft Active Protection Program) members is both extremely simple and perfectly reliable. It results […]
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2020-10-13 17:00:11 | “Best of Breed” – CASB/DLP and Rights Management Come Together (lien direct) |
Securing documents before cloud Before the cloud, organizations would collaborate and store documents on desktop/laptop computers, email and file servers. Private cloud use-cases such accessing and storing documents on intranet web servers and network attached storage (NAS) improved the end-user's experience. The security model followed a layered approach, where keeping this data safe was just […]
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2020-10-13 16:48:20 | Top 10 Microsoft Teams Security Threats (lien direct) |
2020 has seen cloud adoption accelerate with Microsoft Teams as one of the fastest growing collaboration apps, McAfee customers use of Teams increased by 300% between January and April 2020. When we looked into Teams use in more detail in June, we found these statistics, on average, in our customer base: Teams Created 367 […]
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2020-10-13 16:00:11 | Ready, Set, Shop: Enjoy Amazon Prime Day Without the Phishing Scams (lien direct) |
For many, Amazon Prime Day is an opportunity to score some great deals. For hackers, Amazon's annual discount shopping campaign is an opportunity to target unsuspecting shoppers with phishing scams. In fact, researchers at McAfee Labs previously uncovered a phishing kit specifically created to steal personal information from Amazon customers in America and Japan just in time for last year's Amazon Prime Day. […]
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2020-10-13 15:00:05 | FedRAMP – What\'s the Big Deal? (lien direct) | 
If you are someone who works for a cloud service provider in the business of federal contracting, you probably already have a good understanding of FedRAMP. It is also likely that our regular blog readers know the ins and outs of this program. For those who are not involved in these areas, however, this acronym […]
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2020-10-12 12:47:37 | Stay Connected and Protected During Work, School, and Play (lien direct) | Stay Connected and Protected During Work, School, and Play These days, work and home mean practically the same thing. Our house is now an office space or a classroom, so that means a lot of our day-to-day happens online. We check emails, attend virtual meetings, help our children distance learn, use social media platforms to […] | |||
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2020-10-09 22:56:20 | #BeCyberSmart: Equipping Kids to Stay Safe on New Video Apps (lien direct) | 
These days, spending time with friends face-to-face still isn't always an option for teens. So, finding a fun, new app can be a little like discovering your own private beach where you can chill out, connect with friends, and be thoroughly entertained. Keeping them safe on that digital beach? That's where parents can make a difference. […]
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2020-10-09 22:26:09 | ST24: Proaktive Absicherung zur Minimierung von Endgeräterisiken (German) (lien direct) | 
Vor dem Hintergrund des IT-Fachkräftemangels gestaltet es sich für Unternehmen immer schwieriger, mit der wachsenden Zahl sowie Raffinesse von Cyber-Angriffen Schritt zu halten und drängt Sicherheitsteams dazu, oft nur noch reaktiv agieren zu können. Wie Sie mithilfe einer umfassenden Bedrohungsdatenbank sowie proaktiver Reaktionsmaßnahmen Ihre Endgerätesicherheit verbessern und Reaktionszeiten von Monaten auf Stunden verkürzen können, diskutieren […]
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2020-10-08 17:25:02 | Election 2020 – Fake Election Websites: Five Tips So You Don\'t Get Fooled (lien direct) | 
Election 2020 – Fake Election Websites: Five Tips So You Don't Get Fooled When you spot a .GOV web domain tacked onto the end of a U.S. election website, that's a strong sign you can turn to it for trustworthy election information. However, the overwhelming majority of local county election websites fail to use the […]
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2020-10-08 04:01:12 | Election 2020 – Keep Misinformation from Undermining the Vote (lien direct) |
Election 2020 – Keep Misinformation from Undermining the Vote On September 22nd, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an advisory about the potential threat from foreign actors and cybercriminals attempting to spread false information. Their joint public service announcement makes a direct statement regarding how this […]
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2020-10-08 04:01:04 | US County Election Websites (Still) Fail to Fulfill Basic Security Measures (lien direct) | 
In January 2020, McAfee released the results of a survey establishing the extent of the use of .GOV validation and HTTPS encryption among county government websites in 13 states projected to be critical in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. The research was a result of my concern that the lack of .GOV and HTTPS among […]
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2020-10-07 19:30:26 | Spot Fake News and Misinformation in Your Social Media Feed (lien direct) | 
Spot Fake News and Misinformation in Your Social Media Feed Where do you get your news? There's a good chance much of it comes from social media. In 2019, Pew Research found that 55% of American adults said they get their news from social media either “often” or “sometimes,” which is an 8% rise over […]
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2020-10-06 19:23:20 | Celebrating multi-national cultures this Hispanic Heritage Month (lien direct) | 
Do you know the difference between Hispanic and Latino? What about the traditions that are important parts of the Hispanic culture? Or beloved Spanish or Portuguese phrases that don't come across in English? McAfee's team spans 45 countries, making us a team rich in cultural diversity. We are always learning more about each other and […]
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2020-10-06 16:00:16 | Our Experiences Participating in Microsoft\'s Azure Sphere Bounty Program (lien direct) | 
From June to August, part of the McAfee Advanced Threat Research (ATR) team participated in Microsoft's Azure Sphere Research Challenge. Our research resulted in reporting multiple vulnerabilities classified by Microsoft as “important” or “critical” in the platform that, to date, have qualified for over $160,000 USD in bounty awards scheduled to be contributed to the ACLU ($100,000), St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital ($50,000) and PDX Hackerspace (approximately $20,000). With these contributions, we hope to support and give […]
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2020-10-06 04:01:29 | How Searching For Your Favourite Celebrity May Not End Well (lien direct) | 
How Searching For Your Favourite Celebrity May Not End Well 2020 has certainly been the year for online entertainment. With many Aussies staying home to stay well, the internet and all its offerings have provided the perfect way for us all to pass time. From free movies and TV shows to the latest celebrity news, […]
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2020-10-06 04:01:11 | MITRE ATT&CK for Cloud: Adoption and Value Study by UC Berkeley CLTC (lien direct) | 
Are you prepared to detect and defend against attacks that target your data in cloud services, or apps you've built that are hosted in the cloud? Background Nearly all enterprises and public sector customers we work with have enabled cloud use in their organization, with many seeing a 600%+ increase1 in use in the March-April timeframe of 2020, when the […]
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2020-10-06 04:01:10 | (Déjà vu) Anna Kendrick Is McAfee\'s Most Dangerous Celebrity 2020 (lien direct) | 
Anna Kendrick Is McAfee's Most Dangerous Celebrity 2020 During COVID-19, people stuck inside have scoured the internet for content to consume – often searching for free entertainment (movies, TV shows, and music) to avoid any extra costs. As these habits increase, so do the potential cyberthreats associated with free internet content – making our fourteenth […]
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2020-10-06 04:00:00 | Most Dangerous Celebrity 2020 Sweepstakes (lien direct) | McAfee “Most Famous to Most Dangerous to Search for Online” 2020 MDC Sweepstakes Terms and Conditions NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. THIS SWEEPSTAKES IS INTENDED FOR PLAY IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY AND VOID IN FLORIDA, NEW YORK, AND […] | |||
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2020-10-05 14:05:42 | (Déjà vu) Cybersecurity Awareness Month: If You Connect It, Protect It (lien direct) | 
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: If You Connect It, Protect It October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which is led by the U.S. government's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in conjunction with the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA)-a national non-profit focused on cybersecurity education & awareness. McAfee is pleased to announce that we're a proud participant. We […]
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2020-10-02 15:23:32 | Convenience vs. Online Security: Have Your Cake and Eat It Too (lien direct) | 
Convenience vs. Online Security: Have Your Cake and Eat It Too We live in a world where convenience is king. Personally, I don’t know what I would do without my calendar alerts popping up on my smartphone, ensuring that I don’t miss any important meetings (or birthdays). I can also use a variety of apps […]
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2020-10-01 18:32:50 | McAfee Leapfrogs Competition with trio of awards at 2020 IT World Awards (lien direct) | 
Network Products Guide, the industry's leading technology research and advisory guide, recently named the winners in their 15th Annual 2020 Network PG's IT World Awards. Judges from a broad spectrum of industry voices around the world participated and their average scores determined the 2020 award winners. McAfee took center stage with three wins, including Gold […]
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2020-10-01 04:01:56 | Securing Space 4.0 – One Small Step or a Giant Leap? Part 1 (lien direct) | 
McAfee Advanced Threat Research (ATR) is collaborating with Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) and its Blackrock Castle Observatory (BCO) and the National Space Center (NSC) in Cork, Ireland The essence of Space 4.0 is the introduction of smaller, cheaper, faster-to-the-market satellites in low-earth-orbit into the value chain and the exploitation of the data they provide. […]
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2020-10-01 04:01:49 | Securing Space 4.0 – One Small Step or a Giant Leap? Part 2 (lien direct) | 
McAfee Advanced Threat Research (ATR) is collaborating with Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) and its Blackrock Castle Observatory (BCO) and the National Space Center in Cork, Ireland In the first of this two-part blog series we introduced Space 4.0, its data value and how it looks set to become the next battleground in the defense […]
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2020-09-28 21:30:29 | Election 2020 – Five Tips to Secure a Mail-In Ballot That Counts (lien direct) |
Election 2020 – Five Tips to Secure a Mail-In Ballot That Counts Forecasts predict that roughly 80 million votes will get cast by mail-in ballots-double the number cast by mail in the 2016 election. Here are a couple tips to make sure your vote counts for the 2020 election. Smart use of the internet will […]
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2020-09-28 19:22:11 | Cybersecurity Awareness Month Helps Us All be #BeCyberSmart (lien direct) | 
Cybersecurity Awareness Month Helps Us All be #BeCyberSmart October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which is led by the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA)-a national non-profit focused on cybersecurity education & awareness in conjunction with the U.S. government's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). McAfee is pleased to announce that we're a proud participant. If there's […]
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2020-09-26 12:21:59 | 8 Ways to Help Senior Adults Stay Safe Online These Days (lien direct) | 
8 Ways to Help Senior Adults Stay Safe Online These Days Technology has come in handy for most of us during these days of pandemic distancing. But for the -at-risk, homebound senior population, technology has been a lifeline connecting them to family members, online services, and healthcare. Still, this unprecedented shift to virtual life has […]
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2020-09-24 18:08:07 | Stay Connected & Protected: Weaving Security Into Our Social Media Habits (lien direct) | 
Stay Connected & Protected: Weaving Security Into Our Social Media Habits Today, there are so many different avenues where we receive information. Personally, I prefer finding out what's going on in the world by scanning my favorite news channels' websites and by receiving personalized feeds and notifications to my phone. My wife, however, scans social […]
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2020-09-23 20:53:25 | Career change? Cybersecurity companies are hiring. (lien direct) | 
Career change? Cybersecurity companies are hiring. If you're thinking career change or career shift, there's a field that has an estimated 4 million jobs open. Cybersecurity. According to survey and research data from the International Cybersecurity Organization (ICS)2, there's a cybersecurity workforce gap-a terrifically high volume of jobs left unfilled. Published in 2019, the gap […]
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2020-09-23 19:50:50 | ST22: Attivo Networks with Greg Vinson & Tushar Kothari (lien direct) |
McAfee’s Global Business Development Manager, Greg Vinson and CEO of Attivo Networks, Tushar Kothari discuss the solutions to Threat Deception.
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2020-09-21 16:41:24 | Special Delivery: Don\'t Fall for the USPS SMiShing Scam (lien direct) | Special Delivery: Don't Fall for the USPS SMiShing Scam According to Statista, 3.5 billion people worldwide are forecasted to own a smartphone by the end of 2020. These connected devices allow us to have a wealth of apps and information constantly at our fingertips – empowering us to remain in constant contact with loved ones, […] | ★★★ | ||
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2020-09-15 17:45:33 | Evolving Security Products for the new Realities of Living Life From Home (lien direct) | 
Announcing McAfee's Enhanced Consumer Security for New Consumer Realities With millions of people continuing to work and study remotely, scammers have followed them home-generating an average of 375 new threats per minute so far this year. In response, our enhanced consumer portfolio directly addresses the new needs and new threats people face. McAfee Labs found that […]
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2020-09-15 15:28:56 | Phishing Email Examples: How to Recognize a Phishing Email (lien direct) | 
Phishing Email Examples: How to Recognize a Phishing Email Keeping your identity safe on the internet can be challenging. Phishing is a scam that tricks you into voluntarily providing important personal information. Protect yourself from phishing by reviewing some examples of phishing emails and learning more about this common online scam. What is phishing? Phishing […]
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2020-09-09 17:25:58 | Can You Decode Your Teen\'s Texting Language? (lien direct) | 
It's hard to believe, right, parents? In just a blink or two, you went from being the teenager dropping cool phrases like “rad” and “gnarly” to monitoring a teenager texting words like “lowkey,” “IRL” and “CD9” into her smartphone non-stop.* For generations, teens have been crafting terms to differentiate themselves from other age groups. The difference today is that […]
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2020-09-03 15:00:12 | What A Threat Analyst Really Thinks of Intelligence (lien direct) | 
When I was a threat analyst, too long ago for me to actually put in writing, I remember the thrill of discovery at the apex of the boredom of investigation. We all know that meme: And over the years, investigation leads became a little more substantial. It would begin in one of a few […]
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