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Can a PDF have a virus? How to stay safe
PDFs are everywhere: invoices, resumes, e-books, tickets, and reports. But here’s the thing: not every PDF is safe. Some are infected with malware that can quietly install spyware, steal your logins...
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How to know if you have a hacked webcam (and how to fix it)
Webcam hacking is a disturbing cyberattack that involves someone gaining access to your device’s camera without your permission and often without you realizing it. This kind of breach turns your own...
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What is an IP stresser, and how do DDoS booters work?
IP stressers are tools used to test how well a network can handle high volumes of traffic. While they can serve a legitimate role in cybersecurity, using them to intentionally overwhelm a network, whi...
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BYOD security: What it is and why it matters
Using a personal phone or laptop for work can be convenient and often saves companies the cost of buying extra hardware. But letting personal devices into the workplace also brings new security challe...
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RISC-V: Why it could be the future of privacy
Last week, I attended Hong Kong RISC-V Day, a conference that aimed to bring together international experts to discuss the current state and future of computing through RISC-V architecture, with one o...
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What is RFID-blocking, and do you need it?
The threat of using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers to steal personal and financial information from RFID chips in bank, credit, and ID cards isn’t rampant, but it does exist. RFID chi...
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Q&A: Hong Phuc Dang, on the world-changing potential of FOSS
Hong Phuc Dang is the founder of FOSSASIA, which develops open-source software and hardware with a global developer community from its base in Asia. The organization also holds open technology events....
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Q&A: Mark T. Hofmann, on the psychology of cybercrime
Mark T. Hofmann is a highly-acclaimed business psychologist, crime and intelligence analyst, and expert in behavioral and cyber profiling. A sought-after speaker, consultant, and trainer in the cybers...
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Cybersecurity lessons: A PATH vulnerability in Windows
Editor’s note: This post is part of our series for cybersecurity professionals and hobbyists, written by ExpressVPN's cybersecurity team. In one of our regular security audits of ExpressVPN applica...
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Q&A with wolfSSL, the team behind Lightway’s cryptography
When we created Lightway, our groundbreaking VPN protocol, security and privacy were our top priorities. We chose to incorporate wolfSSL, a well-established, open-source cryptography library that has ...
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