SECURITY

Although VPNs have long been associated with private and secure browsing, those who have a keen interest in this particular subject may also have come across the concept of onion routing, albeit perhaps not with that exact name. Also known as Tor, onion routing (OR) has been a way to navigate the web in virtual […]

Saying that air gapping a system is anything but the most secure and invulnerable way to protect data is bound to burst some bubbles. After all, this is the gospel truth among IT professionals who live in a world of clean, sanitized, statistics that don’t always account for how dirty the real world can be. […]

The Domain Name System (DNS) is the phone book of the Internet. When people use the web, they don’t type in the IP address of the website that they want to visit. Instead, they use a domain name, like www.google.com. The job of DNS is to convert this domain name into an IP address that […]

There have been almost 500 documented geopolitical cyber attacks around the world since 2009. Making cyberwarfare a major technological threat to nations and their citizens. In this article, we hope to break down some of the numbers and gain insight into the nature of these attacks, where they originate from, and who they’re targeting. Key […]

If you’ve read a few of our guides you’ll know how strongly we advocate the use of VPNs to protect your online privacy and break down the walls of censorship. So today we’re going to look at setting up and using a VPN on your router so you can protect every device on your home […]

The VPN Concentrator is a networking device acting like a router which allows multiple VPN tunnels to function independently and connect to the network. It’s built specifically for creating and managing VPN communication infrastructures. Through the addition of advanced data packets, security protocols, and new algorithms, a router gets repurposed into the network device that […]

A VPN appliance s similar to a router, but has a vast number of specialised features that make it far more secure than even expensive VPN routers. The added security and privacy features ensure your protection and privacy online. A VPN appliance typically has the following features. Load balancing – a technique that distributes network […]

Routers come in two types: Those that natively accept a VPN connection, technology such as IPsec, PPTP or L2TP. You can establish this router to work as a VPN server or create a site-to-site VPN with another VPN gateway. Those that aren’t built with the express purpose of serving as VPN servers. They don’t natively […]

Virtual Private Networks, also dubbed as VPNs, are becoming more and more necessary in this day and age when technology is at its peak. Cyber-attacks happen every step of the way, and you risk getting scammed without even realizing it. Take public Wi-Fi networks installed in your run-of-the-mill café. They are the number one targets […]

TestMyNet is a free internet speed test website that’s been around for some time now. It’s very easy to use because the interface is very intuitive, although some might claim the GUI looks dated.

As parents, it is one of our many responsibilities to try to keep our children safe at all times. Technology has become of even greater importance in the lives of our children, and with the constant advancements, keeping up with what you need to know to keeps kids safe online in 2019 is more important […]

The AnchorFree HSS VPN adapter is a virtual Network Interface Controller that comes with Hotspot Shield, a reputable VPN provider. It helps you to better access Anchorfree’s network. In order to efficiently connect to HSS, you have to download a few drivers for the HSS VPN adapter. You can find those quickly, so there’s no […]

TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) and UDP (User Datagram Protocol) are, essentially, the main transports over which OpenVPN can work. Each of them is different, offering unique advantages and disadvantages. Most VPN providers let their users choose which of the protocols to use, for simplicity’s sake, but also because the choice is entirely reliant on the […]

If you want to keep your online traffic secure and ensure your privacy is protected, you probably have, at some point, used or are still using Peerblock. While it might have been a good solution in the past, though we’ll get to that as well, but it’s no longer the case. There are too few […]

Ever feel like your internet use isn’t entirely private? For many, the feeling of being followed online, whether by your ISP or anyone else, is quite discomforting. Understandably so.

There was recently a major upgrade to the TOR browser. They released an additional layer of security and advancements which include better authentication, encryption algorithms, and a sleeker directory system.

Unfortunately internet freedom is under attack for some years now all over the western world. Be it either internet censorship or surveillance of internet users, such measures are now the norm in most western countries. This was all proven to be the case in 2013 when Edward Snowden revealed the existence of the Prism program […]