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It is recommended that you update your VPN, network infrastructure devices, and devices being used to remotely access work environments with the latest software patches and security configurations.

Home computers increasingly targeted by hackers: Use VPNs, take safety measures

Change passwords of your home Wi-Fi router to strong and unique ones on every account and device and use two-factor authentication

27 Mar 2020 7:06 PM

If you're safe, you won't be sorry. That's the mantra for a good work-from-home experience.

Take these 10 essential precautions if you're working from home

As the 21-day lockdown begins, here are tips to ensure your company’s data is protected and your work remains as professional as in office

25 Mar 2020 3:43 PM

The DoT insists that employees working from home maintain all logs of activities and follow all other mandated terms

DoT gives IT, ITes firms work-from-home breather amid coronavirus outbreak

Nasscom had requested the government to relax the work-from-home norms to facilitate business continuity

14 Mar 2020 5:06 PM

But if you’re a rebel and still want your regular dose of porn, here are a few tips to help ease out your hunt. (Representative image)

7 simple tricks to watch Pornhub and other porn sites in India

A quick guide to let you access Pornhub and other blocked websites in India after the porn ban.

20 Jan 2020 9:41 AM

The FPN is currently in an extended beta and is available to users in the US.

Mozilla Firefox Private Network's next beta phase rolls out

The free service is restricted to 12 hours of encrypted surfing on Firefox's desktop.

04 Dec 2019 7:59 AM

Technology tools to ensure a safe and satisfied vacation.

Essentials for a tech-savvy time-out

All set for that summer break? Here are some tech tools for a safe-n-satisfying holiday.

25 Mar 2019 1:43 PM

For the added security, Opera uses 256-bit encryption and does not keep a log or retain any activity data.

Opera brings back VPN on Android browser

With the new Opera for Android 51, the Opera VPN will also be offered.

21 Mar 2019 2:15 PM

Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency is reporting that authorities have ordered network providers to stop hosting the popular social-messaging app Telegram.

Iran orders providers to stop hosting Telegram App: report

However, some 10 per cent of users reached it through proxies and VPN services.

26 Apr 2018 2:17 PM

Some of them were ordered to halt new user registrations, suspend services and punish accountable staff.

China targets Alibaba's Taobao, other e-commerce sites, in VPN crackdown

Five websites have been asked to carry out immediate "self-examination and correction."

18 Aug 2017 9:49 AM

Kaspersky launches free VPN app for Android users

Kaspersky Lab Introduces Secure Connection Freemium App for Android Devices.

16 Aug 2017 11:10 AM

A notice from the Waldorf Astoria in Beijing, circulated online, said the hotel had stopped offering VPN services.

In China's hotel lobbies, small gaps in 'Great Firewall' are closing

Regulators have warned firms providing internet networks for hotels to stop offering, or helping to install, virtual private networks.

01 Aug 2017 9:31 PM

Leonid Levin, the head of Duma's information policy committee, has said the law is not intended to impose restrictions on law-abiding citizens but is meant only to block access to "unlawful content," RIA news agency said.

VPN baned in Russia; are we next?

The law is already approved by the Duma, the lower house of parliament.

31 Jul 2017 9:48 AM

A move that VPN providers say is unnecessarily supportive of China's heightened censorship regime.

Apple is removing VPN services from China App Store

VPNs allow users to bypass China's so-called "Great Firewall" aimed at restricting access to overseas sites.

31 Jul 2017 7:45 AM

Do note that there are many paid VPN services that are also equally dangerous for use. Choose wisely.

Free VPN: are VPNs safe? What are the hidden risks?

VPNs are basically services (or software) that spoofs your IP address

29 Jul 2017 3:10 PM

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