In 2017, the Australian government started murmuring about a new bill that would make it a legal requirement for tech and communications firms to help the authorities crack encrypted messages. According to Turnbull’s government, accessing encrypted messages had become a vital necessity in terrorist investigations and other high-level criminal cases. At that time, the authorities…
In June, California passed a data privacy law that mimics some of the regulations imposed in Europe by GDPR. The legislation, which is due to come into effect in 2020, is designed to give citizens more control over how firms process their personal data. What you may not know, is that Assembly Bill 375 (now…
Bitwarden is a great looking and easy to use password manager with fantastic cross-platform support. As such, it can compete with industry heavyweights such as LastPass and 1Password. Unlike these services, however, Bitwarden is (mainly) free to use and 100% open source. It also uses a strong end-to-end encryption, so you logins are safe from…
PRESS RELEASE LIVERPOOL, England, September 26, 2018 Data reveals that hackers are targeting popular TV shows in order to spread malicious software Game of Thrones ranks as most dangerous TV show worldwide Game of Thrones carries the highest risk of containing malware according to new data compiled by privacy advocate BestVPN.com and leading antivirus provider…
In 2012 it was disclosed that more than 83 million Facebook accounts were fake. The revelation caused the price of Facebook shares to drop under $20. Needless to say that Facebook decided to appease shareholders by buckling down on the use of pseudonyms. Of course, Facebook would like you to believe that it has only…
Kape technologies, the firm behind the global VPN giant CyberGhost, has announced the acquisition of a competing VPN brand – ZenMate. The established German VPN provider has been purchased outright by the technology firm, which is based in the Isle of Man. ZenMate announced in August that it had reached 45 million installs. It has…
Mozilla, the company behind the popular Firefox browser, has announced that it has entered into a deal with ProtonVPN. The business agreement which is due to start tomorrow, October 24, will serve ProtonVPN adverts to consumers living in the US who use the latest “Quantum” version of the browser (Firefox 62). According to the blog…
Physical security has become second nature to most of us. When we leave the house, we lock our doors. We wait to hear the reassurance of that chirp letting us know our car is locked as we head into the store. We would never dream of leaving our most valuable possessions out somewhere in public,…
We’re always warning you of the latest cybercrimes. Data breaches, ransomware and phishing attacks are constantly in the headlines. It’s not just criminals trying to break into our gadgets either. We learned in 2017 that the CIA has been hacking smartphones, TVs and other items to spy on us for years. Knowing that pretty much…
Of all the things that we think of getting hacked, pacemakers are probably very low on the list. Yet, the idea that they could be compromised by outside sources is not exactly crazy or even new. In fact, there is an instance of issues or potential problems being discovered here and here. The fact that…
