Archive for May 2013

Survey Proves cyber hackers gaining ground

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Survey Proves cyber hackers gaining ground - According to a survey of 500 companies, law enforcement and government agencies executives, "The cybercrime has become one of the most significant threats to US companies. " 3 of 4 respondents said they had detected a security breach in the last year,...

Conference Room Video vulnerable to hackers

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Conference Room Video vulnerable to hackers - The New York Times interviewed IT experts in vulnerability and security who showed them how they could hack videoconferences meeting room with very little effort. It seems many of the largest companies in the world, venture capital companies, oil companies,...

Internet Privacy Debate At SXSW

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Internet Privacy Debate At SXSW - In a CNET sponsored debate at SXSW, representatives of the ACLU sparred with the Electronic Privacy Information Center and technology policy think tank on the future of "big data." ACLU advocates for limited freedom for the use of data, but with certain regulations....

UK will track your traffic in real time

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UK will track your traffic in real time - The British government will soon force Internet service providers (ISP) and Web services like Google and Facebook to send your private communications, emails, text messages, phone calls, and web traffic through their intelligence services for the treatment...

Internet Hall of Fame inducts Al Gore

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Internet Hall of Fame inducts Al Gore - While Al Gore certainly deserves to be inducted into the Internet fame as much as Larry Page (Google founder ), Linus Torvalds (Linux creator), and Tim Berners-Lee (hypertext transfer protocol Pioneered, W3C Director and President is essentially the Internet),...

Twitter Stands Up For Privacy

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Twitter Stands Up For Privacy - The ALCU reports that Twitter has filed a motion to crush a court order to return the personal information of the user in regarding a criminal case, specifically an Occupy Wall Street protester. When the court ruled that the individual does not have the "legal status"...

Suitable Finland - IP only ID

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Suitable Finland - IP only ID - A court in Finland found that the owner of an open wireless network can not be held responsible for actions users connected to the network. Counsel for the respondent wrote: "The applicants were unable to provide proof that the connection owner himself was involved...

1.5 million passwords eHarmony Hacked

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1.5 million passwords eHarmony Hacked - Just when you thought you were safe ... Ars Technica found that with LinkedIn passwords were leaked earlier this week were the passwords 1.5 million eHarmony accounts. eHarmony confirmed that these passwords have been leaked, but offered only vague answers...

New Open Server In China (Beta)

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New Open Server In China (Beta) - We added a server in Shanghai, China, currently in beta. You can log in immediately, but bear with us while we work on all routing bugs. This new addition brings us to 16 countries, 38+ servers and 2500+ IP addresses. Our VPN network now includes: Austria...

Germany Reopens Investigation Facebook

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Germany Reopens Investigation Facebook - According to the NYTimes, investigators in Germany are re-opening an investigation of Facebook facial recognition technology. The investigation was suspended in June that officials tried to convince Facebook to change their policies and procedures. These...

TheVPNReviewer.com - Meet our partner

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TheVPNReviewer.com - Meet our partner - We thank the team of TheVPNReviewer.com to question our communications director, Lawrence Traynor. It was a great interview that illustrates our passion to protect the right of every individual to freedom online by providing the absolute best services and...

IPVanish constantly improving

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IPVanish constantly improving - IPVanish version offers the user selection of TCP and UDP connections on OpenVPN Version 1.2.3.17 of IPVanish was released today give the user the option to choose between two types of IP traffic, TCP or UDP. TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) is a connection...

IPVanish use VPN to protect your private life

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IPVanish use VPN to protect your private life - Skype Check your IP address with IPVanish VPN to protect your privacy According to an article recently, "China listening in Skype - Microsoft Suppose you approve" greatfire.org on all your phone calls and text conversations can be controlled by...

NOIKA listened to all encrypted communications

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NOIKA listened to all encrypted communications - NOIKA Connections tapped and decrypted for analysis Cellphone manufacturer NOIKA, secretly on listening to each connection advertised as safe - dating, banks and social sites - and decrypted for analysis. Last month security researcher, Gaurang...

Survey Microsoft Controlling Personal Info Online

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Survey Microsoft Controlling Personal Info Online - People need control using Personal Info Online Survey Says Microsoft According an article published today on www-security.org .net, Microsoft released a series of short videos to help people manage their online privacy. They also released data...

Email Protection Account Hacking

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Email Protection Account Hacking - Protect yourself from the email account Hacking When news broke last week on six accounts mail belonging to the Bush family hacked with some of the content published online, some people were offended, some entertain but mostly they asked, it can happen to me?...

Internet Privacy Laws Part 4 of 4

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Internet Privacy Laws Part 4 of 4 - Internet Privacy laws affecting freedom of expression, due process and innovation the fourth and final Internet privacy Law you should know about is not confined to the United States as the previous three. The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) concerns...

Mozilla delays the blocking third-party cookies

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Mozilla delays the blocking third-party cookies - Mozilla postponed block third-party cookies by default in Firefox 22, "to collect and analyze data on the effect of blocking some third-party cookies. " Mozilla has tested a patch of Jonathan Mayer, a graduate student at Stanford University in...
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