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The tenth month of the year, October is best known for Halloween, but it is also celebrated as the National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. And surprisingly, there are many similarities between these two! Let’s see how: For starters, they are both scary and frightening. It’s always like there is a new scare on the way. Next, trick-or-treating is a traditional custom where children (and sometimes adults) wearing costumes go knocking on other people’s door asking for ‘trick or treat’ to get candy or at times, people give them money too. However, for the cybercriminals, there’s no treat. It’s all about tricking! Just like in masquerade balls, people go to the parties all dressed up in costumes and wearing masks; the digital world is the same. The only difference is that except you, all the hackers are behind the mask, staying anonymous. These were just a few instances. We can go on stating them, but it won’t end. The bottom line is Halloween and cybersecurity are quite alike. And as Hallow...

A VPN generates a private network from a public internet connection to provide us with increased privacy, anonymity, and unlimited access to the internet. It hides the user’s IP address so that your online activity or personal location cannot be traced virtually. Around 25% of the world’s population has subscribed to a Virtual Private Network or VPN, which enables them to connect their devices to various servers across the globe. Many companies or organizations use VPNs to allow their employees to operate on their company’s server irrespective of their location. VPN was initially made for this particular reason only. However, as the need for online privacy increased, most of the users now use VPN for unlimited access to the content streaming websites while dodging the geo-restrictions. Usually, the governments, advertisers, or company has access to your internet history, online actions, personal location, and information when you browse the internet without a VPN. In most cas...

Bans and restrictions on websites are really annoying. Once a website is blocked for you, using that website is far away, you can’t even open it. If you still wish to use such sites, then here are some ways to unblock and access a blocked website. SOURCE:  How to Unblock and Access a Blocked Website  ,  Wire-IT Solutions Various ways to unblock a blocked website: •    Search with IP address •    Use your Mobile •    Load an older version of the website •    Open with anonymous web proxy •    Try to use the website for another region •    Try URL Redirect or Shortening Tool These are some of the most simple methods that you can try to open a blocked website. Start from the first method and stop when a method works for you. Here is how these methods work and how can you perform this on your device. Search with IP address Mostly all people use keywords and web...