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  • The Best Free VPN Services in 2020

    03/08/2020 2:24:46 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 43 replies
    tomsguide.com ^ | March 2, 2020 | James Rivington
    The overall best VPN services encrypt all your internet traffic and pass it through a private tunnel to their own secure servers so that no one can see what you're reading or downloading - not the government, not your ISP, not even the VPN service itself.Very simply, a VPN (short for virtual private network) is an app you can download for your mobile or laptop that allows you to hide your location, identity and IP address from the rest of the internet.All internet content is completely encrypted - securely jumbled so no one could read it even if they intercepted...
  • Home Routers Under Attack by NSA-Spawned Malware: What to D

    11/30/2018 6:44:46 AM PST · by BenLurkin · 49 replies
    tomsguide.com ^ | 11/29/2018 | Marshall Honorof · Editor
    What you should do is factory-reset your router, disable UPnP, then check for firmware updates, since some companies have patched the vulnerability out. This won’t fix any other compromised systems, but it’s a necessary first step. After that, you can factory-reset any other internet-connected device that you’re concerned about. You might also want to just buy a new router, as recent models do not appear to be susceptible to this type of attack. This information comes from a blog post entitled "UPnProxy: EternalSilence" penned by researchers at Cambridge, Massachusetts-based data management firm Akamai. Cybercriminals have learned how to take advantage...