• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jul-07-2020
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Password Manager: What Is It & Why Do You Need It?

These days, many people are taking online security for granted. We often accept the terms and conditions of a website or an application without reviewing it. By agreeing to their terms and conditions, you may be providing them full access […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jul-07-2020
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on VPNCity review: The basics at a good price

VPNCity in brief:
P2P allowed: Yes. 
Business location: Hong Kong
Number of servers: 3,000+
Number of country locations: 34
Cost: $48 (billed annually)
VPN protocol: OpenVPN (default)
Data encryption: AES-256-CBC
Data authentication: SHA-512
Handshake encryption: TLSv1.2
Sometimes all you need from a VPN is a selection of countries and the […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jul-06-2020
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Revealed: How home router manufacturers dropped the ball on security

Security vulnerabilities in your home router have been the story for years, with the responsibility being placed at the feet of users to keep their router firmware updated. But a damning report by Fraunhofer says that router manufacturers themselves have […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Jul-01-2020
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Avira Prime review: Value, value, value

We’ve been reviewing Avira Antivirus Pro for a few years now and wondering why it was worth purchasing when the free version of Avira offered so much. At the time, Avira’s top-level offering, Prime, was just too expensive. Those days […]