This week we are taking a deeper look at VPN services courtesy of a guest post from The Gadget Enthusiast.
Although you can do many things with a VPN (from buying cheap flight tickets to improving ping during online gaming), below are some of the primary uses.
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This week we are taking a deeper look at VPN services courtesy of a guest post from The Gadget Enthusiast.
Unless you’re living under a rock for the past 10 years or so, you’ll know that VPN stands for the “virtual private network.”
It is a service that lets you access any website over the web, from anywhere, securely by routing ...
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A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Original release date: April 10, 2019
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have identified a Trojan malware variant—referred to as HOPLIGHT—used by the North Korean government. The U.S. Government refers to malicious cyber activity by the North Korean government as HIDDEN COBRA.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security ...
Continue Reading →A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.Russia has been hijacking signals sent by Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) systems such as GPS, researchers claim.
1,600 guests were filmed with hidden webcams that live-streamed the action. The site also sold videos.
Thank God this hasn’t happened here in the United States (yet). It is not for lack of trying by US law enforcement agencies, though. What am I talking about? Australia recently passed the controversial and totally STUPID anti-encryption law called Telecommunication & Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance & Access) Act of 2018 (TOLA).
TOLA is supposed to ...
Continue Reading →A VPN can provide a way to keep your location private by replacing the IP address of your ISP’s gateway router with an anonymous IP from the VPN provider’s pool. It will prevent your ISP, or Google and other websites from discovering your location, tracking your activity online, or saving your search history. The contents of your communications are changed from plaintext to ...
If you are looking to protect yourself and your computer communications by using a VPN, the hardest part often is knowing where to start. There are dozens of companies providing VPN services for a fee. How can you know which one is best for you?
There are a number of features to consider when shopping for a VPN service. Some of the features to ...
Continue Reading →If you travel frequently, for business or personal reasons, you may need a VPN. Or if you spend a lot of time connected to public wi-fi networks in hotels, libraries, coffee shops, restaurants, airports or elsewhere, you may need a VPN. Or if you need to connect to the business (or home) network back at the office over the Internet, you may need ...
A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.The Register reports that a seller on the Dream Market – a Dark Web marketplace hidden by the encrypted layers of Tor – began offering 16 stolen databases with 620 million accounts.
Why do app developers ...
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How many of last year’s cybersecurity resolutions did you actually deploy in 2018? Not as many as you had hoped?
The new year gives us the opportunity to plan and deploy the computer and network security upgrades we need to implement to protect us from the exploits of cyber-criminals and other bad actors. What is on your list? Going to start using a ...
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