Security

TechLoot helps you protect your data and identity by arming you with cybersecurity guides. Discover how to survive in today’s digitally integrated world without compromising your privacy.

Desktop vs. Browser-Based Ad Blockers: Everything You Need to Know

The conflict of interest between marketers and users is as old as digital marketing itself. While the first group relies on ads to generate revenue, the second group wants their online experience and privacy to be maintained. Fortunately for the second group, there are ways to avoid ubiquitous ads. Learn about desktop and browser ad…

By Andrej Kovacevic 25th January 2023

VPNs Explained – How Do They Work?

VPN usage is on the rise in the UK and throughout the developed world, with approximately  41% of people in Britain and the US known to use a virtual private network (VPN) at least once a week. The sudden rise in VPN usage has numerous triggers, from the increased amount of time that we spend…

By Andrej Kovacevic 7th September 2022

How to Regain Your Online Privacy

Privacy in the digital space is one of the most vital concerns that netizens face today. In the age of modern browsers, protecting one’s confidentiality and surfing the web privately has become exponentially challenging. Most of our online activities are by default monitored by either government or big corporations to profile us and analyze our…

By Andrej Kovacevic 26th July 2022

Anonymity in the 21st Century: Why It’s So Important

Privacy in the modern world is probably the most important for the entire existence of this concept. Maintaining confidentiality and remaining anonymous can sometimes be really difficult. Almost all activities of modern companies are based on the analysis of your preferences for their subsequent implementation in advertising. Cookies, analysis of your requests, interests, social networks and much more.

By Andrej Kovacevic 27th June 2022

Tips on How to Identify a Scammer on the Phone and Avoid Him

According to statistics, in the year 2021, Americans lost approximately $30 million to phone scams. Phone scam, also known as Phishing, is a very lucrative crime, and many people have fallen victim to it. People fall victim to phone scams because they do not know how to identify a scammer on the phone. If you…

By Andrej Kovacevic 23rd May 2022

How to Secure Your Work-From-Home Setup Against Common Cyberthreats

Beginning in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced businesses around the world to embrace remote working as a strategy to keep operating. And many of them did so, having little to no experience with the technologies needed to make it work. For IT professionals, it represented a massive challenge at an unprecedented scale. For cybercriminals, it…

By Andrej Kovacevic 18th January 2022

How Can Your Company Develop a Great Cybersecurity Strategy?

With businesses linking more and more of their activities to cyber infrastructure, it is a must to have an excellent cybersecurity strategy to protect all of their assets. This is even more relevant for small businesses as cybersecurity is often not their top priority. As a result, 43% of cyberattacks are aimed at small businesses,…

By Andrej Kovacevic 24th December 2021

What Should You Look Out for When Choosing a VPN in 2022?

Data breaches targeted at corporations and private individuals are on the increase. Of course, using a good password secures you to a large extent, but most times, it’s not enough to choose a secure one- you need backup. In addition, when surfing the internet, you may get redirected to websites that inject malware into your…

By Andrej Kovacevic 3rd December 2021

How to Secure Electronic Payments on Your Mobile Device

Learn the security steps you can implement now to protect your mobile device and the electric payments you make with Apple Pay, Venmo, and more.

By Beau Peters 11th April 2021

Bitdefender Internet Security: Rock-Solid Protection Without the Sticker Shock

With each year, the internet’s security situation continues to deteriorate. Users worldwide have to face myriad threats, ranging from identity thieves to ransomware scammers and everything in between. That makes having top-of-the-line security protection on all of their personal computers essential. But with so many internet security products to choose from, it’s not always easy…

By Bitdefender 31st October 2020

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