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What are computer cookies?
September 16, 2021 - We all know cookies as tasty baked treats that we love to eat, but computer cookies are quite different. Although they’re...
VPN Test: How to check if your VPN is working or not
August 13, 2021 - The primary function of a Virtual Private Network (VPN) is to enhance your online privacy and security. It should do this...
What is Tor?
August 5, 2021 - Tor, The Onion Router Tor (The Onion Router) is free software used to keep your online communications safe and secure from...
NAME:WRECK, a potential IoT trainwreck
April 13, 2021 - A set of vulnerabilities has been found in the way a number of popular TCP/IP stacks handle DNS requests. Potentially this...
Millions of Chrome users quietly added to Google’s FLoC pilot
April 9, 2021 - Last month, Google began a test pilot of its Federated Learning of Cohorts—or FLoC—program, which the company has advertised as the...
Will Google’s Privacy Sandbox take the bite out of tracking cookies?
March 6, 2021 - Third-party cookies have been the lynchpin of online advertising for many years. Plans to phase cookies out forever continue to run...
Google FLoC puts ad trackers on a cookie-free diet
January 27, 2021 - Cookie tracking is dying and Google needs a replacement. It’s betting on FLoC, an ad tracking technology that lets it understand...
Sandbox in security: what is it, and how it relates to malware
September 24, 2020 - To better understand modern malware detection methods, it’s a good idea to look at sandboxes. In cybersecurity, the use of sandboxes...
Malvertising campaigns come back in full swing
September 9, 2020 - Malvertising campaigns leading to exploit kits are nowhere near as common these days. Indeed, a number of threat actors have moved...
The passwordless present: Will biometrics replace passwords forever?
April 21, 2020 - When it comes to securing your sensitive, personally identifiable information against criminals who can engineer countless ways to snatch it from...
