• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Feb-25-2020
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Firefox flips on default DNS over HTTPS to encrypt Internet traffic at the source

Mozilla has announced that its Firefox browser has begun to roll out encrypted DNS over HTTPS by default for all users in the U.S., a major step in the push to fully encrypt all Internet traffic and eliminate the risk […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Feb-20-2020
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Microsoft tasks its Defender antimalware with securing corporate Android and iOS phones

While malware writers have attacked PCs because of their popularity and large attack surfaces, Android and iOS phones aren’t immune—and Microsoft, recognizing this, plans to offer Microsoft Defender for both platforms.Though Microsoft apparently plans to release more details at the […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Feb-20-2020
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on OVPN 2020 review: An excellent VPN with a focus on privacy

OVPN in brief:
P2P allowed: Yes
Business location: Stockholm, Sweden
Number of servers: 83
Number of country locations: 14
Cost: $84 per year
VPN protocol: OpenVPN
Data encryption: AES-256-GCM (OpenVPN 2.4 and up)
Data authentication: DHE using RSA with 4096-bit key
Handshake: TLSv1.3
The first time we reviewed OVPN, it […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Feb-19-2020
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on The best free antivirus for 2020: Keep your PC safe without spending a dime

We spend a lot of time looking at the best paid antivirus suites on this site, but we don’t spend a lot of time talking about free antivirus solutions. Part of the reason is that the free versions are based […]