How botnets use you to make money
Robot Networks (Botnets) are almost exclusively created with the purpose of financial gain, though some botnet attacks are politically motivated. It is more common...
Why there won’t be an ExpressVPN lifetime subscription
At ExpressVPN, service excellence is paramount. We’ve made a commitment: No marketing gimmicks and no skimping on the quality of service. Ever.
You get the...
Ask Lexie! How to fix a hacked MacBook
Hi, I’m Lexie, and I work for ExpressVPN’s security team. ExpressVPN receives lots of emails and comments from users and readers about our blog posts...
Do I need antivirus on my computer?
Tl;dr: No, antivirus software no longer reliably protects against malware threats. To understand why, read below about the history of malware, what antivirus software...
White House catches up with 21st century tech
Do you have any of the following hardware in your home? A modern desktop phone?
Reliable Wi-Fi?
A color printer? If you answered “yes” to...
5 questions about the new WhatsApp encryption upgrade
As of Monday, April 4, 2016, WhatsApp has become the largest encrypted messaging app in the world, by launching its end-to-end encryption upgrade across...
What the Panama Leak means for corruption and privacy
Last Sunday (April 3, 2016) the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and the Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) released the Panama Papers to media outlets...
New York City’s free public Wi-Fi comes at a price
Last month, New York City unveiled a grandiose new plan to replace the city’s old, dilapidated phone booths with sparkling new public Wi-Fi hotspots....
Internet hacks: Brute-force attacks and how to stop them
A brute-force attack, also called exhaustive key search, is essentially a game of guessing and can be executed against any type of authentication system. Encryption...
What happens when good Chrome extensions turn bad
In one of the strangest (and funniest) web faux pas of the century, Wired magazine recently published an article accidentally referring to Donald Trump...
