Cybersecurity & Privacy
How to search the web while protecting your privacy
They want to know everything about you It is no secret that every advertising-funded site (Facebook, Yahoo, Google, Bing, etc) works very hard to build a complete profile about you. They want to know as much as possible so they can sell expensive highly targeted advertisements. Every search you perform, every site you visit, every link you click is recorded and analyzed. You live in a filter bubble The profile we talked about above is also used to return information the site believes you will like most (therefore making themselves more sticky).
Watch Netflix safely in the office
A new Chrome extension (called Netflix Hangouts) will make your Netflix stream look like a 4 person video conference by adding 3 additional video boxes onscreen. The Netflix show is housed in the bottom right hand box. You engage the extension by clicking on it and you stop it by clicking on it again (or closing the Netflix tab). <img src="https://ekiledjian2.micro.blog/uploads/2025/0a5a30e66c.jpg" alt=""> This will not trick network based traffic inspection devices. It just makes the screen look more business like.
Operational security tips to safeguard your privacy when crossing a border
Every week I read about another traveller that is hassled at the border to turn over his laptop, tablet or smartphone and their associated passwords. Knowing that a stranger has gone through your personal “stuff” feels dirty (similar to being robbed). A question I get asked often by readers, friends and colleagues is “How do I travel through international borders without worrying that my life will be put on show for some stranger with a badge?”. You don’t believe that this can happen; here are some interesting articles:
Comparing NordVPN and ExpressVPN
This is not a sponsored post, and none of the links are affiliate links? Readers regularly ask me to compare NordVPN to ExpressVPN "Can you compare NordVPN to ExpressVPN?" "Is NordVPN better than ExpressVPN?" "Is ExpressVPN faster than NordVPN?" Both NordVPN and ExpressVPN are considered to be top of the line premium VPN services. Both offer similar premium services and functionality such as: reliable connectivity fast connection speed well designed strong encryption 30-day money back guarantee 24/7 technical support
Send large file via the internet securely and for free
I wrote about the original test version of the free Mozilla Firefox Send service in July 2018. <img src="https://ekiledjian2.micro.blog/uploads/2025/8f643b0a3a.jpg" alt=""> Mozilla Firefox Send is a free service open to any user, accessible with any browser, that allows you to securely send a large (up to 2.5GB) file to another internet user. The process is very simple, you upload a file, they provide a unique link that you share with the intended recipient. The file can be expired after one to one hundred downloads or 1 to 7 days.
Mozilla Firefox 67 will allow letterboxing to protect your online identity
September 2016 I wrote an article entitles “Your browser will betray your identity” that discussed the various techniques legitimate (marketers) and illegitimate (threat actors) use to keep track of your identity even if you aren’t logged into any of their sites. The purpose-built TOR version of the Mozilla Firefox browser has (for a while) implemented a technique called letterboxing to protect users from this type of nefarious identification through browser fingerprinting. Most browsers allow a site to send client-side javascript code that detects the display size of the browser.
GrandCrab Ransomware As A Service (RaaS)
What is GrandCrab? GrandCrab is a successful ransomware that encrypts files on the infected machine and demands payment to decrypt them. Easy Money What is you are a horrible human being willing to make gains from the suffering of others but you are lazy. You want to screw other people but don’t want to spend the time setup your own Command and control server? You don’t want to customize the malware to talk to your C2 server? This is where Ransomware as a Service comes in.
Google to protect users from IDN Homograph Attacks
What geeks call an International Domain Name Homograph Attack, the general public calls typo-squatting. This is when threat actors buy domain names that are close to popular ones hoping to trick users, examples: gma1l.com instead of gmail.com paypa1.com instead of paypal To help protect users from these tricksters, Google is launching Navigation suggestions for lookalike URLs. Think of this as an AI powered auto-correct for URLs. This feature is in active experimentation in Canary 70 and should enter the mainstream version in the coming months.
TorCard selling international bank accounts
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TOR Cardshop selling stolen creditcards, Western Union, Moneygram
. A #TOR #Darkweb hidden marketplace is selling stolen #creditcards #Moneygram #WesternUnion & #Paypal balances [vgw2tqqp622wbtm7.onion](http://vgw2tqqp622wbtm7.onion/) 5 #Visa/#Mastercard CCs for $499. A $7,599 @WesternUnion money transfer for $499. #Fraud #Theft #Security #Cyber #Infosec