From Black Friday to seasonal travel: how to stay safe over the holidays
1Password Blog – 11.27.19
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Black Friday Online Shopping Checklist
Avast Blog – 11.26.19
On your marks, get set, shop online! Black Friday and Cyber Monday are here, and online cash registers and cybercriminals are busy.
The Most Useful Web Services to Optimize Your Privacy Online
Abine Blog – 11.25.19 (11.22.19)
There’s something to be said for fighting fire with fire, especially when you don’t have any other choice. In this case, the fire being fought is the compromising of your personal information on the internet. Of course, there’s a (sort of) surefire way to ensure that your private information isn’t tracked, collected, bought, sold, and otherwise aggregated and traded online: Not going on the internet. Of course, that’s not feasible for most people.
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What Is Doxing and How to Avoid It
Abine Blog – 11.23.19 (11.15.19)
What Is Doxing? Doxing (or “doxxing”) is the practice of sharing someone’s personal information—phone number, physical address, etc., on a public platform.
Source: What Is Doxing and How to Avoid It – DeleteMe Privacy Blog
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Holiday Shopping: Secure Your Online Purchases
McAfee Blog – 11.13.19 (11.11.19)
As we gear up to feast with family and friends this Thanksgiving, we also get our wallets ready for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Black Friday and Cyber Monday have practically become holidays themselves, as each year they immediately shift our attention from turkey and pumpkin pie to holiday shopping. Let’s take a look at these two holidays, and how their popularity can impact users’ online security.
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What You Need to Know About the Google Chrome Vulnerabilities
McAfee Blog – 11.4.19 (11.1.19)
While you might have been preoccupied with ghosts and goblins on Halloween night, a different kind of spook began haunting Google Chrome browsers. On October 31st, Google Chrome engineers issued an urgent announcement for the browser across platforms due to two zero-day security vulnerabilities, one of which is being actively exploited in the wild (CVE-2019-13720).
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