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Ana Dascalescu

Cyber Security Enthusiast

The Atlantic wrote about cyberflâneur and I think that's the best way to describe myself. Or maybe a digital jack-of-all-trades with a long background in blogging, video production and streaming. I spend my waking hours snooping through online communities of all types, from Reddit to security forums, from gaming blogs to banal social media platforms like Instagram. Sometimes I even contribute to those communities.

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Ana Dascalescu's Recent Articles

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The 15 Internet Crime Stories That Make Cybersecurity Measures Essential

Read the best, most fascinating tech stories that cover the risks of the digital landscape and find out how to stay safe

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Security Alert: Danish E-Shoppers Targeted by Another Wave of Nets.eu Phishing Campaign

Yet another phishing campaign poses as a reputable payments processor Nets.eu

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Best free security and privacy tools in 2019

From blocking annoying ads to hiding all traces of your presence online, here are the essential resources. Do you know even better ones?

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Heimdal™ Threat Prevention, now available in Microsoft Azure Marketplace and AppSource

Microsoft customers can now benefit from a cost-effective and modular endpoint solution that features EDR and other essential threat hunting tools

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Endpoint Security Suite Is Now Best Anti-Malware Solution of the Year

We did it. You did it! The winners at the Computing Security Awards 2018

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Feature, Bug or Just a Huge Security Risk? Skype for Business, Examined

How Some App Functionalities Can Reveal More Than What You Wanted

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How to Avoid Falling Prey to Sextortion

Think you can avoid this online scam? You probably can, if you know how.

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Fmovies, uTorrent and Other Common Ways to Get Infected with Malware

With online piracy, the risk of a malware infection rises quickly

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10 Alarming Cyber Security Facts that Threaten Your Data

This may sound like a movie plot, but it’s not

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