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Social media threats for payment services jump over 550% in 2021 Q2

According to data presented by Atlas VPN, social media attacks on payment services increased by 561.8%, comparing 2021 Q1 to 2021 Q2. Social media platforms have many weak points that allow threat actors to carry out various types of internet crime.

RESEARCH | 2 min read

What employers don’t want to see on your online profiles

Glowing resumes, recommendations, and cover letters might be in vain due to candidates’ off-putting online profiles. Potential hires must…

PRIVACY | 6 min read

Wired or Wi-Fi connection for the best gaming

Running Ethernet cables through your house might not be the preferred choice for your interior design. However, if you want that high-speed…

PRIVACY | 6 min read

43% of all malware downloads are malicious office documents

Even though infecting office documents with malware has been established for a long time, it is still very successful at tricking people. After creating a malicious macro on office documents, threat actors send the infected file to thousands of people via email and wait for possible victims. Macro is a series of commands bundled together to accomplish a task automatically.

RESEARCH | 2 min read

50% of companies targeted by same hackers in repeat attacks

If a criminal attacked you, you would probably do everything at your disposal to make sure that the same incident would never happen again. Interestingly, it seems that not all companies learn from their mistakes.

RESEARCH | 2 min read

What is Usenet? The unrestricted, worldwide forum

Usenet is like the grandfather of the World Wide Web. It entered the stage in 1980 before the general public even obtained access to the…

PRIVACY | 5 min read

How data retention enforces surveillance and invasive laws

Data retention represents a strategy that companies adopt for dealing with clients’ data. While businesses might tweak such policies to…

PRIVACY | 7 min read

Social engineering attacks were responsible for the majority of business breaches in 2020

According to the data presented by the Atlas VPN team, social engineering cyberattacks were the primary cause of company breaches in 2020 at 14%, followed by advanced persistent threats and ransomware. As a result, learning to prevent social engineering attacks needs to be a top priority for businesses.

RESEARCH | 4 min read

Introduction to DD-WRT and whether you need it

DD-WRT is an alternative firmware you can supercharge routers with for increased functionality. In other words, it is a feature-packed, open…

PRIVACY | 6 min read

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