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 ...
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Like most website owners, security is never at the top of our priorities. It’s only when someone we know gets hacked that we realize how common it is for websites to be compromised by ...
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 ...
Hey – winter in Alaska might even be worse than it is in Minnesota. From the Smithsonian.
This is a race where no one wants to be number two. LOL
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 ...
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Russia has announced plans to temporarily “disconnect” itself from the global Internet. What does this mean for Russia, its citizens, and the rest of the world that is connected to the World Wide Web?
Russia is not the first country to disconnect the Internet. In January the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo turned off its Internet during the presidential elections there. ...
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Lately there have been a spate of incidents involving smartphone apps for the iPhone and Android phones that were discovered to be malicious in various ways. The important commonality in these revelations was that cyber-criminals had actually modified legitimate apps by hijacking several developer’s credentials, including their “Developer Certificate.” The developer key provides a digital signature that validates the app as being ...
Looking at a career in IT? Got a techie kid heading off to college? Or just trying to puff some life into your current IT career?
I found this list in a report from training company Global Knowledge and thought it was worth passing on. Not surprisingly, the big bucks are going to IT professionals with certifications and experience in hot, in-demand sectors such as cloud computing, project management, ...
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I was surprised when I started teaching the CompTIA A+ class how much of the course was devoted to printer problems. Then I had three calls in the same week from clients with printer problems. This is a big source of computer problems, and based on the following cartoon, has been for a long time. From Pinterest. Enjoy.