Port forwarding can make torrents faster and allow remote access to devices while you’re away from home. But do you need it and is it safe? We’ll discuss port forwarding both on VPNs and on wifi routers.
A CenturyLink data leak has been uncovered, involving the personal information of hundreds of thousands of its customers.
Donald Trump’s website, along with hundreds of others, failed to disable debug mode in Laravel, a popular PHP framework. The common misstep exposed credentials that would allow hackers to carry out a variety of attacks, such as hijacking email servers.
Comparitech has assessed privacy protection and the state of surveillance in 47 countries to see where governments are failing to protect privacy and/or are creating surveillance states. To do this we looked at a number of categories, from the use of biometrics and CCTV to data sharing and retention laws. What did we find? Not […]
In a world where data protection is becoming increasingly important, cybersecurity roles are at the heart of many companies’ employment strategies. Often defined as “information security analysts,” these roles involve planning and implementing security measures that help protect an organization’s computer systems and networks. This includes installing software, i.e. firewalls and data encryption programs, investigating […]
In 2009, Google started recording the number of content removal requests it received from courts and government agencies all over the world, disclosing the figures on a six-month basis. Soon after, several other companies followed suit, including Twitter, Facebook, Microsoft, and Wikimedia. Here at Comparitech, we’ve collated all of this data to find out which […]
20 million tax records belonging to Russian citizens were found exposed online, accessible to anyone with a web browser.
A new study shows most secondhand hard drives often contain private and sensitive information from their previous owners.
Checksums are a simple means of making sure that data and software you download hasn’t been corrupted. We’ll show you how to validate checksums in Windows and Mac.
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