Like just about every other country in the Middle East, you will find that the government of Oman takes a very active role in policing the Internet and censoring content. But they ranked dismally low in the Reporters Without Borders 2014 survey, ranking Oman 134th out of 180 countries in terms of Internet freedoms. In … Read more
Hackers are continuing to hack into gaming sites – but they aren’t playing any games. Online gaming platform Steam was hacked around the time of its holiday sale with a Distributed Denial of Service attack (DDoS), and responded with some measures of its own: a web caching service that would mitigate the 2,000% web traffic … Read more
Citizens and travelers in Panama experience a fantastic Internet penetration rating at about 50%. While this may not sound like a lot, consider that there are other countries out there were you are lucky if 2 out of every 10 people have Internet access. In addition, Panama has a relatively free and open Internet, and … Read more
Apple, known for its privacy with consumers, is speaking out against a new British proposal that would give British spies the right to see what websites are being viewed. The proposal, which would become known as the Investigatory Powers Bill, would allow British intelligence to spy on visited websites in addition to currently allowed spy … Read more
Saudi Arabia has one of the least free and accessible Internets in the world. In fact, Saudi Arabia is ranked 164th on a list of 180 countries in Reporters Without Borders 2014 report. They rank dismally low, and have been said to be the leaders of internet censorship among Arab governments. and trying to browse … Read more
Malaysia certainly isn’t a country that experiences the best Internet freedoms and an unencumbered freedom of expression when compared with other nations around the globe. In fact, Reporters Without Borders ranked them 147th out of 180, and you’ll find that most countries in Southeast Asia heavily monitor and censor the Internet for various religious and … Read more
The Juniper backdoor discovered during the company’s own internal audit this past week has left many American citizens in shock as to how a company with such protective firewall SSL VPN technology could be surprised about a backdoor that has been open to exploit for the last 3 years (since 2012). A new document has … Read more
Former lottery security officer Eddie Tipton is out of a job. The former Multi-State Lottery Association Security Director was accused of lottery fraud in July of this year and was arrested for hacking lottery computers to find winning lottery numbers – and afterward, buying the tickets. He won a lottery drawing in 2010 after buying … Read more
Egypt has had a lot of changes to their Internet laws and regulations that have made it tough to pin down just how free and open their Internet is. But on the whole you would likely agree that they have some of the most restrictive Internet laws and regulations. However, in the past few years … Read more
A lot of people are hesitant to add any service or feature to their Internet connection when they are considering extremely high performance applications such as gaming or streaming content. The idea is that they want to decrease latency as much as possible, and for that reason some people choose to abandon their Internet security … Read more