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With the rise in the sophistication of cybercrimes, VPNs have become a staple in the cybersecurity diet of many. However, as users of a tool a VPN might be, the fact remains that are still a couple of vulnerabilities present that cause more damage than good. Perhaps even more alarming …

Did you receive an email with the subject line: Yahoo Security Breach Proposed Settlement that looks like this? If you did, chances are you were affected by at least one of Yahoo’s disastrous data breaches that went down between 2013 and 2016. Consumers who file a claim for their piece of …

CyberSecurity is, without a doubt, a fascinating field, but the truth of the matter is, that there are few who even bother to put into practice what most consider common-sense advice. All over the world, people complain about hijacked email accounts, unauthorized purchases, laggy computers, and, suspicious software popping out …

For some, the dark web is synonymous to an evil that never sleeps, but, to most Internet users, it’s a greyed-out area where few dares to venture. What’s even more daunting is the fact that nearly all people who have had dealings with ‘the undergarments of the Internet’ returned with …

Wherever there is money being made or valuables being kept, you can bet the farm that there are also criminals looking to gain access to those things. It took no time at all for the term “cyber criminal” to enter the common vernacular. Like investing in locks for our doors, …

What Is a CAPTCHA Re-Riding Attack? Many web sites want to distinguish whether it is a robot that is reading the site or a human, mostly to avoid the spread of spam. They use a system called CAPTCHA, which is an acronym for Completely Automated Public Turing Test to tell …

Introduction Typically, digital currencies are private monetary values that exist only in ledgers. That is, a digital currency—offered and administered by a private organization—is bypassing the conventional banking system and governmental currencies, allowing monetary worth to change ownership for the purchase of goods and services. Because these currencies have no …