Sam Cook
Samuel Cook is a freelance writer who covers a wide range of topics, including internet privacy, security, data journalism, and digital content streaming. He can often be neck-deep in data visualizations.
How to access Betfair from abroad with a VPN
By Sam Cook in VPN & Privacy, on June 29, 2022 at 10:00 am
Looking to access Betfair from abroad? You won’t be able to login to your account from many countries. This guide explains an easy workaround using a VPN.
20+ DDoS attack statistics and facts for 2018-2022
By Sam Cook in Information Security, on June 28, 2022 at 10:02 am
DDoS attacks are growing in number and complexity as hackers adapt to new mitigation methods. Here’s the latest on DDoS attacks in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.
30+ YouTube Statistics and Facts [Currentyear]
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By Sam Cook in TV Streaming, on June 28, 2022 at 9:55 am
It’s the single largest video streaming service on the planet. Find out dozens of stats that highlight YouTube’s massive influence on our daily lives.
50+ Netflix statistics & facts that define the company’s dominance in 2022
Netflix is still the biggest household name in streaming. We look at Netflix viewership and content stats with many surprising facts.
Kodi in steep decline after introduction of anti-piracy steps
Following several anti-piracy efforts in 2017, Kodi piracy is now seeing a sharp decrease, as is almost all search traffic related to Kodi.
25 best free streaming sites for movies and TV in 2021
By Sam Cook in TV Streaming, on November 11, 2021 at 1:41 pm
The best free streaming sites for TV and movies are easily accessible anywhere in the world with content quality that easily matches Netflix.
Number spoofing scams explained
By Sam Cook in Information Security, on August 20, 2021 at 11:06 am
What are number spoofing scams and how do they work? Here’s everything you need to know, including how to stop number spoof scams.
What is the best antivirus for Mac in 2022?
Don’t buy into the lie: Macs need antivirus apps! Just make sure you get the right one. Here are the top Mac antivirus apps of 2021.
How to live stream Tyson v Jones online from anywhere
By Sam Cook in Sports Streaming, on November 27, 2020 at 10:00 am
You can stream Tyson v Jones live online anywhere on November 28 in the US and abroad. Here’s everything you need to know.
Cybersecurity jobs overview: Earn a high-paying job in cybersecurity
Thousands of cybersecurity jobs are available right now. Learn more about what jobs exist and who is hiring cybersecurity professionals.
Latest guides
60+ IoT statistics and facts
June 27, 2022 / by Sam Cook
Kaspersky vs Webroot: Which is best?
June 14, 2022 / by Steve Adams
Panda vs Kaspersky: Which wins?
June 14, 2022 / by Steve Adams
Kaspersky vs Bitdefender: Which is best?
June 14, 2022 / by Steve Adams
ESET vs Panda: Which is best?
May 23, 2022 / by Steve Adams
Avira vs TotalAV: which should you buy?
May 13, 2022 / by Craig McCart
Avira vs Panda: which is the better option?
May 12, 2022 / by Craig McCart
Avast vs Bitdefender: Which is best?
May 10, 2022 / by Steve Adams
AVG vs Bitdefender: Which is best?
May 10, 2022 / by Steve Adams
McAfee Total Protection vs Bitdefender Premium Security: Which is best?
May 10, 2022 / by Steve Adams
Latest Antivirus
How to remove the Ytmp3.cc virus from Windows in 2022
May 25, 2022 / by Craig McCart
McAfee vs ESET: Which is best?
May 9, 2022 / by Steve Adams
McAfee vs AVG: Which one should you buy?
May 9, 2022 / by Steve Adams
TotalAV vs Avast: Which wins?
May 9, 2022 / by Steve Adams
Norton vs Avast in 2022: Which is best?
May 9, 2022 / by Steve Adams
Latest Cloud and Online Backup
Is Dropbox Secure? 10 Ways To Make The File Sharing Service Safer To Use
December 28, 2017 / by David Gilbert
How long do hard drives last for?
August 27, 2017 / by Paul Bischoff
How to build your own cloud storage server at a fraction of the cost
October 28, 2016 / by Paul Bischoff
4 tools to torrent on a Chromebook, Chrome OS, and Chrome browser
August 17, 2016 / by Paul Bischoff
Why cloud backup needs a privacy charter
January 6, 2016 / by Paul Bischoff
Latest Crypto
Understanding cryptography’s role in blockchains
April 10, 2019 / by Josh Lake
How to buy and pay with bitcoin anonymously
April 18, 2018 / by Aimee O'Driscoll
Monero vs zcash vs dash: which is the most anonymous cryptocurrency?
April 4, 2018 / by Aimee O'Driscoll
20+ Bitcoin scams and how to spot and avoid them
March 8, 2018 / by Aimee O'Driscoll
What is Bitcoin mining and how can you do it?
March 7, 2018 / by Aimee O'Driscoll
Latest Data Breaches Studies
Biggest data breaches in history
December 13, 2018 / by Dave Albaugh
Latest Data Privacy Management
7 Best Botnet Detection Software for 2022
July 2, 2021 / by Stephen Cooper
7 Best Hacker Detection Software
July 2, 2021 / by Stephen Cooper
What is a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)?
June 27, 2021 / by Amakiri Welekwe
What is Data Subject Access Request (DSAR)?
June 25, 2021 / by Amakiri Welekwe
7 Best Consent Management Platforms
June 18, 2021 / by Stephen Cooper
Latest Identity Theft Protection
IdentityForce vs LifeLock: Which is best?
April 19, 2022 / by Kyle Schurman
How to delete online accounts and reduce your security risks
February 3, 2020 / by Sam Cook
Identity fraud on Upwork and other freelance sites threatens gig economy integrity
July 30, 2019 / by Sam Cook
Consumer interest in checking credit scores jumped 230 percent in a decade. Here’s why that’s a dangerous trend
February 20, 2019 / by Sam Cook
Latest Information Security
What is the CIA triad — confidentiality, integrity and availability?
June 14, 2022 / by Josh Lake
What is single sign-on (SSO)?
June 14, 2022 / by Josh Lake
What is a preimage attack?
June 14, 2022 / by Josh Lake
What are dark patterns and how do they violate your privacy?
June 14, 2022 / by Josh Lake
Where in the world is your child’s data safe? 50 countries ranked on their child data protection legislation
May 25, 2022 / by Paul Bischoff
Latest Kodi
How to download and install Kodi Leia 18.3 on Firestick
August 13, 2019 / by Ian Garland
Kodi 18.3 Guide: Builds, addons and updates
August 13, 2019 / by Ian Garland
How to watch the British Golf Open on Kodi – Royal St. George
July 17, 2019 / by William Elcock
How to Watch AEW – Fight for the Fallen Live Free on Kodi
July 12, 2019 / by William Elcock
How to watch the 2021 MLB All-Star Game on Kodi
July 8, 2019 / by William Elcock
Latest Kodi Popular Posts
How to stop Kodi Buffering (3 fixes that actually work)
March 14, 2019 / by William Elcock
30+ Best Kodi movie and TV addons working in May 2022
February 12, 2019 / by Paul Bischoff
How to install a VPN on Firestick/Fire TV
February 2, 2019 / by Paul Bischoff
The 20+ Best Kodi Sports Addons: Updated January 2022
January 1, 2019 / by William Elcock
Best Kodi Repositories, 6 we love and some to be wary of
May 30, 2018 / by Ian Garland
Latest Net Admin
10 Best DevSecOps Tools for 2022
April 1, 2022 / by Scott Pickard
8 Best Cross Browser Testing Services
April 1, 2022 / by Scott Pickard
Business Email Security Best Practices
April 1, 2022 / by Amakiri Welekwe
8 Best SCCM Alternatives
March 31, 2022 / by Tim Keary
8 Best Tools to Debug Python
March 31, 2022 / by Scott Pickard
Latest Plex
How to get started streaming with Plex media server
September 20, 2017 / by Aaron Phillips
Selectively routing Plex through your VPN
September 20, 2017 / by Aaron Phillips
Popular Posts
A beginner’s guide to online censorship
August 26, 2017 / by Paul Bischoff
How to make your Amazon Echo or Google Home more private
December 13, 2016 / by Paul Bischoff
Latest Privacy Studies
Which governments impose SIM-card registration laws to collect data on their citizens?
January 9, 2020 / by Paul Bischoff
Biometric data: 100 countries ranked by how they’re collecting it and what they’re doing with it
December 4, 2019 / by Paul Bischoff
Internet Privacy Laws by State: which US states best protect privacy online?
July 20, 2018 / by Paul Bischoff
Latest Ransomware Studies
Freedom of Information requests reveal 65 NHS trusts affected by ransomware in the last 5 years
January 29, 2020 / by Paul Bischoff
Latest Scams Studies
Nearly 100,000 Americans set to lose over $800 million to romance scams this year
February 10, 2021 / by Paul Bischoff
The United States of Elder Fraud – How Prevalent is Elder Financial Abuse in Each State?
April 17, 2019 / by Paul Bischoff
35+ Phone Spam Statistics for 2017 – 2022
February 15, 2019 / by Craig McCart
Online scams rose 25 percent in the US during the pandemic
December 4, 2018 / by Paul Bischoff
Latest Sports Streaming
How to watch the MLB All-Star Game live online without cable
May 23, 2022 / by Paul Bischoff
How to watch Floyd Mayweather vs Don Moore (Exhibition)
May 17, 2022 / by Ian Garland
How to watch Bellator Paris: Bader vs Kongo 2 online
May 5, 2022 / by Ian Garland
How to watch Oscar Valdez vs Shakur Stevenson from anywhere
April 29, 2022 / by Ray Walsh
How to watch Casimero vs Butler online from anywhere
April 22, 2022 / by Ian Garland
Latest Sports Streaming Popular Posts
How to watch Super Bowl LV (55) on Kodi: Live stream anywhere
January 29, 2019 / by William Elcock
How to watch Brazil, Switzerland, Costa Rica, and Serbia live streams (Group E of the World Cup)
June 16, 2018 / by Sam Cook
How to watch Group F of the World Cup – Germany, Mexico, Sweden, South Korea
June 13, 2018 / by Ian Garland
How to watch Group C of the World Cup – live stream France, Australia, Denmark, Peru matches
June 5, 2018 / by Ian Garland
How to watch Group B of the World Cup – live stream Portugal, Spain, Morocco matches
June 5, 2018 / by Ian Garland
Latest Streaming Studies
Which Christmas movie is most popular in your state?
December 15, 2020 / by Rebecca Moody
Which romantic comedy is most popular in your state?
February 12, 2020 / by Rebecca Moody
Netflix vs Amazon vs Hulu vs Disney+: Which offers the best value for money?
November 8, 2019 / by Rebecca Moody
The Most Popular Halloween Movies by State 2022
October 30, 2019 / by Rebecca Moody
Netflix subscribers and revenue by country
June 21, 2019 / by Rebecca Moody
Latest Studies
Direct-to-Consumer DNA Testing: How protected is the genetic data you’re submitting to these websites?
March 1, 2022 / by Rebecca Moody
Government Social Media Spying Powers: 50 countries ranked on social media surveillance
January 19, 2022 / by Paul Bischoff
Which countries have the most Christmas movie fans?
December 8, 2021 / by Rebecca Moody
What internet activity would you be willing to cut down on to save energy?
November 8, 2021 / by Rebecca Moody
Ofcom’s new measures could save UK consumers from 115m scam calls and £9.6m in fraud losses
October 26, 2021 / by Paul Bischoff
Latest TV Streaming
How to Watch Big Brother 2022 Online Live Feeds (outside US)
June 21, 2022 / by Ian Garland
How to watch Animal Kingdom season 6 for free online
June 18, 2022 / by Ian Garland
How to watch Queer as Folk (US reboot) season 1 online
June 8, 2022 / by Mark Gill
How to watch In the Dark Season 4 online from anywhere
June 5, 2022 / by Ray Walsh
How to watch The Orville Season 3 online from anywhere
June 2, 2022 / by Ray Walsh
Latest Utilities
12 best video editing software for beginners in 2022
June 11, 2020 / by Aimee O'Driscoll
Best video conferencing software for small businesses
March 20, 2020 / by Aimee O'Driscoll
Best video converters for Mac in 2022 (free and paid)
August 12, 2019 / by Aimee O'Driscoll
Best video converters for Windows in 2022 (free and paid)
July 12, 2019 / by Aimee O'Driscoll
Is your Windows startup slow? How to speed it up by finding and disabling startup programs
May 22, 2018 / by Sam Cook
Latest VPN & Privacy
Best VPNs to unblock Snapchat in 2022
June 21, 2022 / by Osman Husain
How to get a Taiwan IP address from anywhere
June 21, 2022 / by Mark Gill
How to watch Shudder anywhere with a VPN in 2022
June 20, 2022 / by Mark Gill
Best VPNs for Tinder in 2022
June 20, 2022 / by Osman Husain
5 best VPNs for uTorrent and how to bind your IP
June 20, 2022 / by Paul Bischoff