With net neutrality repealed, how blockchain-based networking can protect online privacy

In today’s digital-everything world where so much of our personal and professional lives are online, most people seem to have less of an expectation of data privacy than ever before. They know that companies (and governments) are mining their data, but after all of serious breaches of trust, it’s no…

Gov’t warns on VPN security bug in Cisco, Palo Alto, F5, Pulse software

The Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning that some VPN packages from Cisco, Palo Alto, F5 and Pulse may improperly secure tokens and cookies, allowing nefarious actors an opening to invade and take control over an end user’s system. The DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warning comes…

That VPN may not be as secure as you think

If you’re a VPN subscriber and have ever wondered just how secure the supposedly encrypted pipe that you’re using through the internet is — and whether the anonymity promise made by the VPN provider is indeed protecting your privacy— well, your hunches may be correct. It turns out several of these connections…

Zero-trust security adds necessary ingredients

Today’s threat landscape consists of skilled, organized and well-funded bad actors. They have many goals including exfiltrating sensitive data for political or economic motives. To combat these multiple threats, the cybersecurity market is required to expand at an even greater rate.The IT leaders must evolve their security framework if they…

How To Change Your IP Address

Your IP address is your identifier on the internet. It can identify which continent, country, state and city you are in. It can also identify who your Internet Service Provider is; which means it’s possible for companies or law enforcement to contact them and request details about you (name, address, phone number & billing details). … Read more

QuickLook: TorGuard

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www.torguard.net In their own words : With all the security issues created by hackers, net censorship, identity theft, and ISP’s monitoring activities, your online privacy has never been more threatened or important. TorGuard’s goal is to provide easy to use services that protect your online identity.  Sessions 5 Clients Android iOS Windows MacOS Linux Routers … Read more

QuickLook: HideMyAss

www.hidemyass.com In their own words : There was a sofa, a 16 year old boy and an idea… Founded by Jack Cator back in 2005, on a random afternoon when he decided to build a web proxy website as a way to get round his school firewalls (like you do), he quickly discovered a huge … Read more