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You Need a VPN – Especially if You Don’t Know What It Does

The name NordVPN is all over the Internet these days – in fact, it’s on TV and radio as well. You might have seen the NordVPN ads, listened to vloggers raving about it on YouTube, and noticed the 5/5 ratings on tech sites such as PCMag or CNET. But is it actually as good as everyone says? And how ca.....

Hacker steals US military documents by exploiting weak passwords

How to hack the US militaryThe hacker was discovered on the dark web by a cybersecurity research firm called Recorded Future. Most of his documents were related to the MQ-9 Reaper drone, a large unmanned aircraft that the US military currently uses in a number of conflicts. The documents included tr.....

Australian government set to undermine online privacy and security

Australian encryption backdoorsAs we wrote recently, the Australian government has steadily been working towards forcing tech companies in Australia to open their encrypted communications. Ostensibly, the government wants this to improve public order and counter-terrorism capabilities, and that may .....

What is the Internet of Things (IoT)?

What is the Internet of Things?IoT, or the Internet of Things, is an internet formed not between human users, but between interconnected devices that share data with each other. Once you embed a processor and a load of IoT sensors into a tool, machine or appliance, there are few limits to what it ca.....

Google Duplex is their coolest (and creepiest) product yet

On May 8th, Google announced the development of a revolutionary new AI product called Google Duplex. This super-powered extension of the Google Assistant will be able to make phone calls on your behalf and speak to real people in a believable voice to make appointments or find out information. The n.....

The teenage hacker who taught his teachers a lesson in cybersec

Whenever I blog about cybersecurity, it’s always important to remind people that they are the greatest vulnerability of all when it comes to their data. NordVPN will help secure you against a vast array of online threats, but it won’t protect you from yourself. Phishing emails and other types of soc.....

This data breach is why you should hide your data from the government

When the US government massively expands its state surveillance policies despite the protests of privacy, civil rights and cybersecurity experts, it would be reasonable to expect that, at the very least, that data will be secured and handled with care. As a shocking report by Motherboard proves, how.....

The Securus location tracking scandal is worse than we thought

Right on the heels of the still-unresolved Cambridge Analytica scandal, a new set of data breaches have revealed yet another data privacy and security crisis. Read these words carefully: almost anyone can track your smartphone’s position in real-time and there’s nothing you can do about it while usi.....