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May 24 2019

Should you use a Mac OS, Windows or Linux?

Computing 0 Last Modified on 2024-02-19
MacOS vs Windows vs Linux
You've chosen to purchase a new PC for your everyday computing needs. What would you choose for your operating system: MacOS, Windows or Linux? It may seem a simple choice for the most, but you do have a choice.

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May 18 2019

How does a VPN Work?

Virtual Private Network 0 Last Modified on 2019-05-18
How VPN works
A VPN, or a Virtual Private Network, is essentially an extension of a private network across the public space of the Internet between two endpoints. These two endpoints are two machines on the network which treat the connection private between the two as if it's a direct-wired connection. Through this means, the two effectively ensure that they are speaking through a secure connection to each other to transfer data between them privately.

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Mar 23 2019

Is VPN legal?

Virtual Private Network 0 Last Modified on 2019-03-23
Is VPN Legal?
There is always a general debate around the usage of VPN whether it is legal or illegal to use. Like most of us know, VPN enhances security and comes with certain undeniable benefits. Using VPN in most countries is legal but certain countries ban VPN entirely or partially depending on the purpose of its use.

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Mar 13 2019

What is Ad Blocker?

Cybersecurity, World Wide Web 0 Last Modified on 2019-06-10
Not everyone likes to be interrupted by unprecedented Ads. To block such ads, you'll have to use a software generally referred as Ad blocker. This is a content filter and is an ad blocking extension which can be added to most popular browsers. The Ad Blocking extensions work on Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Firefox, Opera, and Microsoft Edge.

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Feb 22 2019

What is Malware?

Cybersecurity 0 Last Modified on 2021-01-29
Malware
Malware is software that can cause potential damage to your computer services and network. It stands for "Malicious Software" and is designed to disrupt the target's computer. Malware gets installed in the target system by unauthorized access, executable code, scripts, or software.

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Feb 18 2019

What is Catfishing?

Cybersecurity 0 Last Modified on 2019-02-18
Catfishing
With increasing social media presence, terms such as catfishing have come into existence. The name Catfishing was picked from the 2010 documentary film "Catfish", which introduced the term. Catfishing is a behavior where a user pretends to be who they are not.

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Feb 18 2019

What are Captcha and ReCaptcha?

World Wide Web 0 Last Modified on 2019-02-18
Captcha and Recaptcha
With hacking attacks going to the next level, most websites have become more vigilant to shield every possible cyber-attack. Captcha is something that has been around for some time now and several top websites incorporate captcha. Captcha is a challenge-response test provided over the website. This is used to determine if the user is a human or an automated bot. Captcha was first formed in 1997 and was officially introduced in 2003 by John Langford, Nicholas Hopper, Luis von Ahn, and Manuel Blum.

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Jan 28 2019

What is phishing?

Cybersecurity 0 Last Modified on 2019-06-28
Phishing Attacks
Phishing attacks are something that is very common these days. While its evident that phishing attacks can have several repercussions, not many are aware in terms of what exactly gets classified as a phishing attack or is termed as phishing.

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Jan 27 2019

What is a web browser?

World Wide Web 0 Last Modified on 2019-01-28
Web Browser
A Web browser also referred commonly as "browser" is a software which is used to access World Wide Web (www). The browser identifies individual URLs and displays the corresponding page on the user's device.

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Dec 20 2018

VyprVPN becomes the first VPN provider to be publicly audited as a No-Log VPN provider

Virtual Private Network 0 Last Modified on 2019-01-29
Vypr VPN
It's easy for a VPN provider to claim they do not log your IP address or any other information when using their service, unfortunately when they do make these claims you have to take them on trust. However, with the recent high-profile cases of two leading VPN providers being caught lying about their no logging policy we've started to see some VPN providers take steps to have their services independently audited to prove they are in fact not logging.

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