• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jul-24-2018
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on What Chrome’s ‘Not secure’ warning for unencrypted HTTP websites means

Google’s taking a more aggressive role in encouraging websites to encrypt their connections to protect user data. Chrome 68 starts rolling out today, and browser update labels any site that isn’t using HTTPS with a valid certificate as “Not secure” […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jul-24-2018
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Avira Phantom VPN Pro review: A homegrown service that’s pretty good

P2P allowed: YesBusiness location: GermanyNumber of servers: 82Number of country locations: 25Cost: $78 per yearVPN protocol:  OpenVPNData encryption:  AES256-CBC / AES256-GCMData authentication: SHA-512Handshake encryption: DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384Nearly every antivirus company offers a VPN as part of its deluxe security suites. Typically these VPNs are based on white-label […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jul-24-2018
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Avira Phantom VPN Pro review: A homegrown service that’s pretty good

P2P allowed: YesBusiness location: GermanyNumber of servers: 82Number of country locations: 25Cost: $78 per yearVPN protocol:  OpenVPNData encryption:  AES256-CBC / AES256-GCMData authentication: SHA-512Handshake encryption: DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384Nearly every antivirus company offers a VPN as part of its deluxe security suites. Typically these VPNs are based on white-label […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jul-12-2018
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Chrome gobbles much more RAM due to Google’s ‘Site Isolation’ protection for Spectre CPU flaws

The critical Meltdown and Spectre bugs baked deep into modern computer processors will have ramifications on the entire industry for years to come, and Chrome just became collateral damage. Google 67 enabled “Site Isolation” Spectre protection for most users, and […]