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2021

Have your Passwords been leaked?

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Passwords and account credentials are compromised on a daily basis. Some of these breaches result in tens of millions of accounts breached and information being leaked online. In 2008, a data breach at MySpace resulted in 360 million accounts being exposed and in 2019, Verifications.io (email verification service)… Read more

A secure alternative to WhatsApp

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Do you use WhatsApp? If so, you are likely to have come across a new privacy policy, coming into effect February this year. Fortunately, their are alternatives when it comes to data privacy and security – one such messaging app is Signal… Read more

What are your mobile apps doing in the background?

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Have you ever wondered what your mobile apps are doing in the background and who they are connecting to? NetGuard VPN is one app that can, inter alia, monitor app activity, report attempts to connect to internet, log data usage per IP used by apps, log ports used and log IP addresses reached by applications… Read more

Passwords: can they be Secure AND Memorable?

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Typically, when it comes to cybersecurity, there is a playoff between convenience and security. Nobody enjoys remembering (multiple unique) passwords, inputting two-factor authentication, or being limited to what programs they can use on their work laptops because of a “security policy”… Read more