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Breach Exposes Users of Microleaves Proxy Service

Krebs on Security

Launched in 2013, Microleaves is a service that allows customers to route their Internet traffic through PCs in virtually any country or city around the globe. Microleaves works by changing each customer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address every five to ten minutes. Which hints at a possible BOTNET.

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Scammers, profiteers, and shady sites? It must be tax season

Malwarebytes

Many search hijackers in this family also use notifications, which qualifies them as adware. It’s not that I recognized the form displayed in the notifications, but I knew the notification would likely be aimed at US users of the extension I was investigating since I had set my VPN to New York. A bad start!

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3 ways Malwarebytes helps you browse securely and privately online

Malwarebytes

Let’s face it, the Internet is kind of like the Wild West when it comes to threats to our privacy and security. That’s where Malwarebytes Premium + Privacy VPN comes in. Your name, your address, location data, and more, are all being collected, packaged up, and sold to advertisers at any given moment.

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45 Main Cyber Security Terms Everyone Must Know

Spinone

Also, this list will make you more aware of the threats that lie in wait for you around every internet corner. Cloud – computing recourses that make it available to access your files and services through the internet from any point in the world. Authenticator – a method of how a user can prove his/her identity to a system.

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The story of the year: remote work

SecureList

Two drivers of this conflict are not having a separate room for every family member who needs to work from home (26%) and arguments about how much children should use the Internet (33%). A virtual private network (VPN) allows for much more secure connections, but only 53% of workers are using one to access their corporate networks.

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