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IRVINE
, Calif., Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Americans received just under 3.9 billion robocalls in December, a decrease of approximately 2% over November. In December, robocalls averaged 124.8 million calls/day, or roughly 1,445 calls/second, down 2% from 127.0 million calls/day and 1,470 calls/second in November. There were just over 45.9 billion robocalls for the full year, down 21% from the almost 58.5 billion robocalls last year, and even 4% below 2018 s total of 47.8 billion robocalls.
These latest monthly figures come from
YouMail, a totally free robocall blocking app and call protection service for mobile phones. Robocall volumes have reduced dramatically this year, with 8 out of the 12 months below 4 billion robocalls, said YouMail CEO Alex Quilici. While it s taken a pandemic to reduce volumes materially, at least the public is dealing with substantially fewer robocalls this year than last.
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IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ YouMail today announced that it has acquired Thumbtel, a provider of app-based, direct-to-consumer communication services. Founded in 2008 and located in the United Kingdom, Thumbtel provides the popular Hullomail visual voicemail app and the innovative Another Number phone number service for small business teams. Details of the transaction were not disclosed. YouMail s acquisition of Thumbtel provides us with a platform for quickly providing call protection in the United Kingdom, our first foray outside of the US and Canada, said YouMail CEO Alex Quilici. It also nicely increases the footprint and scale of YouMail s premium consumer subscription business and expands and improves our product and engineering teams.
Thycotic Secret Server Update Makes Privileged Access Management Easier Than Ever Before
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/
Thycotic, a provider of privileged access management (PAM) solutions to more than 10,000 organizations worldwide, including 25 of the Fortune 100, today announced the latest release of its award-winning PAM solution,
Secret Server. With these upgrades, security and IT ops teams can control the privileged account attack surface more easily than ever before.
New capabilities reduce the number of steps to manage all types of privileges, protecting administrator, service, application, and root accounts from cyber attack. This includes:
Enhanced guidance walks users through security activities and accelerates onboarding for new users.