Tag: Virtual Private Network

  • Canadian Holidaymakers Charged Up To 35% More Through Canadian Websites

    Canadian Holidaymakers Charged Up To 35% More Through Canadian Websites

    Vacationers booking holidays through Canadian websites are being charged hundreds of dollars more than overseas customers for exactly the same deals, research commissioned by cybersecurity company NordVPN reveals. From luxury breaks and hotel stays to car hire, consumers are frequently being presented with wildly different prices depending on where they log on. Using the American website for…

  • Research: Adult Content, Streaming & Video Hosting Sites Have Most Security Threats

    Research: Adult Content, Streaming & Video Hosting Sites Have Most Security Threats

    According to research by our friends at NordVPN, one of the leading cybersecurity companies, adult content, streaming, and video hosting sites have the most security and privacy threats, such as malware, intrusive ads, and trackers. Research shows that NordVPN’s Threat Protection feature, whose sole purpose is to protect people from such threats, blocked 344M trackers,…

  • 1 In 2 Canadians Always Accept Browser Cookies

    1 In 2 Canadians Always Accept Browser Cookies

    Digital privacy expert explains why often accepting cookies poses cyber risks According to new research commissioned by internet security company NordVPN, only 3.5% of Canadians never accept cookies. To make matters worse, a whopping 43% say they always accept cookies. While most HTTP cookies are safe, some can be used to track people without their consent. Even more,…

  • Cyber Warfare: How Digital World Became Battlefield

    Cyber Warfare: How Digital World Became Battlefield

    Cybersecurity expert explains how virtual wars are fought With the Russia-Ukraine war in full swing, cybersecurity experts point to a cyber front that had been forming online long before Russian troops crossed the border. Even in the months leading up to the outbreak of war, Ukrainian websites were attacked and altered to display threatening messages…

  • Top sites data breached last year include linkedin

    Top sites data breached last year include linkedin

    Almost 6 billion accounts affected in data breaches in 2021  The year 2021 was record-breaking in terms of the sheer size of data breaches. According to the data collected and analyzed by the Atlas VPN team, 5.9 billion accounts were affected by data breaches throughout 2021.  Atlas VPN has retrieved and calculated the numbers of breached…