Internet restrictions have tightened around the world. Governments are more concerned about the use of OpenVPNs and are doing whatever it takes to outwit their restrictions. The Great Firewall of China is pretty effective at blocking VPN providers from inside and outside its borders. Of course,

Knowing how to download YouTube videos is useful for when you have no internet connection, want to watch videos without buffering, or need to save data. You can also download videos for projects or traveling to countries where YouTube is blocked (like China). YouTube Premium lets you download

What can you tell us about the PrimeSec team? At Primesec, we believe that service should be conducted at the field and not just theoretically. The company’s managers and employees are all academically educated and highly experienced in the fields of law and computer sciences, well versed in

Rassoul Ghaznavi-zadeh, author of "kali linux – Hacking tools introduction", has been an IT security consultant since 1999. He started as a network and security engineer, gathering knowledge on enterprise businesses, security governance, and standards and frameworks such as ISO, COBIT, HIPPA, SOC

What new subjects does the third edition of your book deal with? The third edition maintains the goal of presenting in a systematic albeit accessible fashion all the issues related to the security of electronic transactions and payments. Obviously, I gave  more attention to mobile commerce and

What made you write this book? In 2013 when Conrad and I decided to write the book, there were hardly any books on the subject of Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies (and certainly no books that went into any meaningful technical depth). Of course, in the year and a half that it took to go from concept to

What made you write this book? The reason I chose to write this book was because hacking is increasingly becoming a threat as we move more and more of our life online. Nowadays companies and individuals both store very important files and information in online databases. As well as use their

What made you write this book? There are many annual reports on cybersecurity, but most are very technical and extremely boring to read for the average person who is not a cybersecurity professional. I thought it would be fun to write a short, non-technical book that anyone could read and gain a

In this interview, Sean and Devin give vpnMentor readers a sneak preview into their book, which covers topics like why you need a secret email address; how to keep your kids safe online; how to spot email malware; how to avoid ransomware; what not to do ever on public Wifi And more! Why did you

What made you write Hacked Again? As a small business owner and security expert, I was naive in thinking I was immune to a cyber hack. After all, I regularly presented at security events, wrote on the subject frequently and taught others how to steer clear from online attacks. After my business

What's inspired you to write CompTIA Security+ Guide to Network Security Fundamentals? My general interest in security came through my work in teaching network security for many years.  At one time security was called "network security" because it was envisioned that we should use the computer

I wrote the book because I found that senior leaders in both the public and private sector were looking at cybersecurity as a technical problem rather than a risk management issue. I feel the book helps executives at all levels better understand the cyber risk environment and gives them the

We wrote this book because we think that it's really important for people to understand both the technical, computer science issues behind electronic privacy and security and the legal and public policy issues. We felt that there were a lot of books that did a good job of opening up one or the

Malware Threats by Saiful Hassan is a new book (published June 2017) that takes you through various security threats – from social media to your bank account – and how you can protect yourself from them. We sat down with the author, Saiful Hassan, to see why he wrote this book and how it can

Back in 2014, Adam Shostack – a program manager and security developer for Microsoft – published a book on threat modeling. His book, which is available in Kindle and paperback, explains how to optimize network security for software developers, security managers, and security professionals.   We

Everyone is talking about it, but does anyone actually understand how Bitcoin works? Two years ago, Dominic Frisby knew Bitcoin was going to be big, so set out to ensure the general public had a way to understand it. In his book,  Frisby tells the story of how Bitcoin was created. He explains

Interview with Liz Kintzele at Golden Frog  on VyprVPN and the industry. Tell us about how you started Golden Frog and why it came to be? Golden Frog was founded in response to room 641a, an infamous room in San Francisco where the NSA was conducting surveillance on AT&T’s networks. We

A three days long hackathon on the subject of anonymity on the web at Bar Ilan University has exposed breaches in the encryption mechanism of the search engine that boast using the slogan “The search engine that doesn’t track you”. The vpnMentor team cover exclusively the hackathon and accompanied

Amit Bareket knows that consumers who want to browse the internet safely with VPN, like their systems fast, simple and easy. He and his co-founder Sagi Gidali began SaferVPN in 2013, and they now have 150 servers in more than two dozen locations around the world. Because SaferVPN has developed

Led by Noam Rotem, vpnMentor’s research team recently uncovered a data breach exposing sensitive internal data, which may presumably be owned by one of the biggest companies in the world: Microsoft.    The data in question was stored on a misconfigured Microsoft Azure cloud storage account. The

HMA allows you to quickly and easily stream your favorite shows without too many complicated settings. This user-friendly VPN offers dedicated streaming servers, an automatic ‘best server’ connection, and unlimited bandwidth. All of which make HMA a viable choice for uncomplicated