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Net Neutrality – Should You Care?
A secret war is being fought in the internet industry right now, but unless you are a die-hard student of all things tech, you might not even know it’s taking place. The more conspiratorial-inclined among us accuse the mainstream media of avoiding coverage of this debate because of their close ties to the opponents of
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Internet speed tests may not be reliable measure
Cable broadband was once strictly the province of residential customers, but over the past several years, the major players in this space have made large in-roads into the SMB market with fast, cheap internet circuits that, on the whole, perform more-or-less as reliably as their more expensive (T1’s) and/or slower (DSL) counterparts. The primary difference
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Hacked Baby Monitor Leads to Scary Parenting Moment
As a parent, there is perhaps nothing more frightening than to have your child’s well-being threatened, and when that threat comes from a device meant to help safeguard children (and relieve parental anxiety), the impact can have far-reaching implications. Proving that some hackers out there have no grasp of human decency or compassion, there have
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Another Zero-day IE Flaw Surfaces
I shouldn’t have worried that my special “Microsoft Zero-day Warning” graphic was going to gather dust. Would it surprise you to hear that a serious security flaw has been found in all versions of Internet Explorer up to the latest, version 11? This particular loophole allows attackers to use a specially crafted Flash file downloaded
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Fake Netflix support scam tricks customers
One of my favorite bits of advice regarding suspicious emails is to encourage the recipient to pick up the phone and call the company that supposedly sent the email to see if it’s legitimate. Unfortunately that advice isn’t as valuable as it once was. Cybercriminals have broadened their repetoire to include fake customer support numbers
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Router backdoors hidden but still usable
In December 2013, French security hacker Eloi Vanderbeken uncovered what appeared to be a backdoor programmed into several models of DSL routers. The affected devices were built around hardware manufactured by Taiwanese company SerComm and the finished products came from several well known brands like NetGear, Linksys and Belkin, to name a few. This backdoor allowed
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