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2020-11-18 16:00:22 | What Truebill and Other Financial Apps Have in Common With EDR (lien direct) | 
Truebill, Chargebee, Fusebill and other financial apps have been inundating my social feeds and until recently I didn't understand why I would need one of these apps. I'm the type that knows her bank account balance to the penny and I was shocked to discover that many of my co-workers and, of course, my college […]
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2020-11-17 17:24:44 | McAfee MVISION Solutions Meet FedRAMP Cloud Security Requirements (lien direct) | 
Today's U.S. government is in a race to modernize its IT infrastructure to support ever more complicated missions, growing workloads and increasingly distributed teams-and do so facing a constantly evolving threat landscape. To support these efforts, McAfee has pursued and received a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Authorization designation for McAfee MVISION for […]
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2020-11-17 05:44:45 | Christmas Shopping 2020 (lien direct) | 
How To Stay Safe While Shopping Online This Holiday Season I'm pleased to report that I've achieved a number of personal bests in 2020 but the one I'm most proud about is my achievement in the highly skilled arena of online shopping. I've shopped online like I'm competing in the Olympics: groceries, homewares, clothing – […]
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2020-11-17 04:55:18 | Cyber Monday is Coming – 10 Tips to Protect You From Online Shopping Scams (lien direct) | 
Cyber Monday is Coming – 10 Tips to Protect You and Your Family from Online Shopping Scams You're not the only one looking forward to the big holiday sales like Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Hackers are too. As people flock to retailers big and small in search of the best deals online, hackers have […]
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2020-11-13 21:27:56 | How to Prevent Keyboard Snooping Attacks on Video Calls (lien direct) | 
How to Prevent Keyboard Snooping Attacks on Video Calls Video conferencing has really taken off this year. With more people working and learning from home than ever before, video calling has rapidly become the mainstream method for remote communication, allowing users to stay connected. But very few may realize that they might be giving away […]
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2020-11-12 22:02:52 | SOCwise: A Security Operation Center (SOC) Resource to Bookmark (lien direct) | 
Core to any organization is managing cyber risk with a security operations function whether it be in-house or outsourced. McAfee has been and continues their commitment to protecting cyber assets. We are dedicated to empowering security operations and with this dedication comes expertise and passion. Introducing SOCwise a monthly series of blogs, podcasts and talks […]
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2020-11-12 18:05:15 | Bridge the Gap Between the Security You Have and the Security You Need (lien direct) | 
Change happens – sometimes much faster than expected – like it has in 2020. When the threat landscape shifts suddenly, security professionals must quickly react and change their security posture. This not only means reconfiguring existing security investments but also adding new ones. But given the number of heterogenous security applications sold by multiple vendors, […]
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2020-11-12 17:36:34 | Thankful for broadband internet, and hopeful for much more (lien direct) | Thankful for broadband internet, and hopeful for much more Where would we be without our internet this year? We've shopped, worked, studied and taught, job hunted, and cared for each other online this year in ways we haven't before-not to mention entertained ourselves plenty too. As so many of us have faced challenges and outright adversity this year, it's difficult to imagine what this year […] | ★★ | ||
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2020-11-12 16:00:45 | Home-Point Cybersecurity: Bring Your Enterprise Home (lien direct) | 
For more than 20 years, the cybersecurity industry has been focused on enterprises, not on a larger national integrated security environment – and certainly not on comprehensive home security. Smart devices that make home life more convenient have been growing in acceptance and adoption, but by and large, the industry continues to concentrate on enterprise […]
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2020-11-10 18:09:43 | Honoring Our Brave Military Veterans from the McAfee Community (lien direct) | 
Paying Tribute November 11 marks Veterans Day and Remembrance Day. It is a time for us to come together and honor the brave men and women who have risked their lives to protect our nations. We pay tribute to those who have served in the U.S. military during Veterans Day. In the Commonwealth countries, we honor […]
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2020-11-10 01:28:13 | What You Need to Know About Among Us (lien direct) | 
Among Us – one of the Most Popular Online Game of 2020 (pictured credit: axel 795, Pixabay) If you have teens and you haven't yet heard of 'Among Us' then I guarantee it won't be long. Among Us is an online deception and strategy game that is having a real moment worldwide. Over the last […]
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2020-11-09 16:00:26 | Unravel the XDR Noise and Recognize a Proactive Approach (lien direct) | 
Cybersecurity professionals know this drill well all too well. Making sense of lots of information and noise to access what really matters. XDR (Extended Detection & Response) has been a technical acronym thrown around in the cybersecurity industry with many notations and promises. This can be intriguing and nagging for cybersecurity professionals who are heads down defending against the persistent adversaries. The intent of this blog is to clarify XDR and remove the noise and hype into relevant and purposeful cybersecurity […]
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2020-11-07 10:06:40 | Helping Your Family Combat Digital Misinformation (lien direct) | 
Helping Your Family Combat Digital Misinformation If 2020 has taught us anything, it's that our ability to think critically about the information we encounter online is now a fundamental life skill we need to learn, practice, and pass on to our offspring. But the actual task of teaching kids how to discern real and fabricated […]
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2020-11-05 18:10:19 | One Team Member Selflessly Provides Relief to COVID-19\'s Front Line (lien direct) | 
By: Heiko, Senior Security Engineer, Germany I never could have imagined that what started as a national duty to volunteer in Germany would spark an innate passion of giving back to those in need during a time of crisis. For many years, German men were required to spend 15 months in the military after graduating […]
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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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