Virtual Private Networks are certainly gaining a lot of popularity among internet users, and the younger generation is surely not out of the equation. In fact, many times they’re actually the ones introducing their friends and family to this essential piece of software because of the blocks that some schools often enforce, usually to limit students access to social media. This isn’t exactly new, we’ve covered how schools and even some workplaces use software to block access to many different websites in order to prevent students and employees from getting distracted. Read More…
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New Phishing Scheme on Google Docs Affects 1 Million Users
A new type of phishing attack has recently spread across Google Docs, a tool that allows you to create and edit documents online for free. As with many other similar attacks, the threat arrived via email to many users and requested that they allow access to a shared document using that same tool in order to edit it. Once permissions were granted users would be redirected to a new app which looked exactly like Google Docs, simultaneously granting the attacker access to your emails and possibly other associated services. The attack was quite elaborate and practically undetectable, but fortunately Google acted pretty quickly and the menace was extinguished in no time. This wasn't enough, however, since the short time it was active was enough to infect 0.1% of Gmail users, which considering Google’s 1 billion customers is roughly the same as saying 1 million people had been affected. Read More…
Rest in Peace: Online Privacy After Death
If there’s something we can surely take for granted, it’s death. We are born, we grow up, we have kids, we grow old and then the curtain goes down: that’s the circle of life and there’s nothing we can do about it. Furthermore, we also have to endure the always heartbreaking grieving process, something we’re never truly ready for. However, there are certain things that have changed since the old days, like one of the most predominant aspects of our modern life, social media. Billions of people are connected to social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc., raising the question: what happens to our social media profiles and, most importantly, how is our privacy assured after our demise? Read More…
What Is Split Tunneling with a VPN?
Many of you VPN fans may have already wondered what split tunneling is and how it’s used. But we wouldn’t be surprised if even the most devoted VPN users don’t know a thing about split tunneling and how it’s used. Truth be told, you should use this very advantageous technique, even though not all VPN providers offer it to their customers. And what’s split tunneling exactly? As its name indicates, split tunneling allows you to direct only a part of your internet traffic to the VPN servers, while the rest is normally connected to the internet. Although there are a couple of risks when applying split tunneling, if used properly this method can indeed become quite handy, especially in speeding up your connection. Read More…
Online Safety Tips for Seniors
In this heavily computerized world we live in, one thing we can take for granted is the appearance of those who try to fool people less aware of the dangers of the online world to steal information and money or be harmful in a handful of ways. Over the past few months we saw how children became easy targets for hackers, how their new toys can be turned into weapons against privacy and how their favorite websites are being used by companies to spy on them. Read More…
Skype on Windows: Carrying Messages – and Malware
Regardless of how hard we try to stay safe from online threats, sooner or later they will hit our computer and they hit it hard. So it isn’t surprising at all that wrongdoers found yet another way to infect our Windows-based computers with malware: Skype. If we think about it, hiding the malware in Skype is quite “ingenious”, since we are talking about one of the world’s most used messaging and VoIP services. Moreover, Skype is full of ads, the reason behind the latest scandal: as a user found out, one of these ads pretended to be a Flash Player update, but was nothing more than a malware carrier. Read More…
There’s No tvOS VPN App? Using a VPN with Apple TV Anyway
Ever since the introduction of the fourth generation of Apple TV there is a full-blown operating system for the device. tvOS is the core of Apple TV and, just like iOS for iPhone, iPad and macOS for Apple computers, it offers developers the opportunity to create apps for it. So many were hoping that the world’s top VPN companies would develop some sort of VPN app for tvOS, since the TV is the prime device on which want to stream content from anywhere in the world. However, due to incompatibility issues, it’s currently not possible to get a native VPN app or client on Apple’s tvOS like you can for your Mac, iPhone or iPad. But don’t give up hope of enjoying the same content on tvOS, as there are still a couple ways you can indirectly deploy a VPN on your Apple TV. Read More…
Why VPNs Are More and More Crucial in America
With each passing year, VPNs are getting more recognition all over the world, gathering more and more fans who are not only trying to overcome some digital barriers, but want to safeguard their own privacy as well. In fact, VPNs have become more than a simple method people use to circumvent geographical restrictions of certain media content: they are real lifesavers providing anonymity and privacy through encrypted connections to secure servers scattered worldwide. Read More…
CyberGhost Sold to Crossrider for $9.8 Million
Breaking news for the VPN world and for CyberGhost subscribers in particular: the Romanian-based company was recently acquired by Crossrider Limited, a London-based online distribution and digital product company originating from Israel. While the deal is fruitful for both parties, some users still fear that now the Crossrider group will not only be in charge of their VPN experience, but could also get its hands on their user logs. However, as stated by CyberGhost’s CEO Robert Knapp, clients can rest assured that everything will remain the same, and both companies will emerge from the deal stronger than ever. Read More…
How to Stop Facebook from Tracking You
Besides being Mark Zuckerberg’s golden goose and the go-to social media site for most of us, Facebook is also known for having rather questionable privacy policies. The company has many tricks to follow its users around, including trackers secretly built into websites or geo-locators that determine from which place the site was accessed. This is why it is extremely important that you prevent being constantly monitored by the big blue F. In fact, the solution is pretty simple as you only have to check on some of the settings, choose carefully how you access your profile and use proper identity masking software such as a VPN. Read More…
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