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Can watching Game of Thrones give you malware?

Among these shows, Game of Thrones took the Iron Throne, with 20,934 users attacked. GoT malware: accounted for 17% of all infected content;attacked users a total of 129,819 times;used 9,986 different types of malicious software.The Walking Dead took second place in the most dangerous TV show list, .....

What is a transparent proxy: an easy explanation

How does a transparent proxy work?An ordinary proxy passes your requests to the internet on your behalf. Your request will first go to a proxy server, which will then change your private IP address to a public IP and pass that information on to your destination. The proxy remembers your private IP a.....

Over a billion people’s data was compromised in 2018

From credit card skimming to bugs and ‘leaky’ backends, we will review the most significant and worst data breaches the world faced in 2018. British Airways (380,000 accounts)380,000 transactions made between August 21st and September 5th were compromised on the British Airways (BA) website and app......

What is a MAC address and how can you hide it?

What is a MAC address?A MAC (short for “media access control”) address is a series of numbers and letters that identify a network device. Our devices need to know the addresses of every device and network they connect to if you want to connect to the internet or send and receive information. That’s .....

Is Mobile Banking Safe?

How Safe Is Online Banking on a Mobile Phone?So, how safe is mobile banking? It all depends on how cautious and well-informed you are. Hackers exploit weak passwords and vulnerabilities of public Wi-Fi to infect devices with malware. However, most mobile banking attacks happen through social enginee.....

Online censorship in Vietnam: How to browse freely

Internet censorship in VietnamThe Vietnamese government already has many laws that regulate the internet, so critics are comparing this new law to The Great Firewall of China. Sexually explicit, violent and politically sensitive content are all regulated in Vietnam. The law on Information Technology.....

What you need to know about the 770-million account breach

The factsThe “breach” is more like a collection of other breaches collected over time, many of which were already publicized separately (hence the name “Collection 1”). This is simply the first time that such a huge collection of compromised data was found being sold all in one place (check out the .....

Why is the #10yearchallenge actually a good thing?

What happened?If you haven’t heard of this trend, the rules are simple – you put together two pictures side by side: one taken ten years ago and one taken recently. People flooded Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to see how they’d aged, creating a social media storm. Some wondered, however – is it r.....