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October 2017

October 17, 2017 by IP Location

How a VPN Helps Avoid Ad Targeting to your IP Address

Avoid Ad Targeting with VPN

Have you ever visited a website, filled up your cart, then left the website before completing your purchase — only to see an ad elsewhere online for that website the next day? IP Retargeting is a marketing tactic used by many industries. Websites can keep records of the IP addresses window shopping their pages, then target ads to those IP addresses in an eff...

October 17, 2017 by IP Location

What is Internet of Things (IoT)?

Internet of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) has emerged as one of the most innovative advancements in modern technology, redefining how we interact with everyday objects. IoT is creating a network of intelligent devices that communicate seamlessly to improve efficiency, convenience, and sustainability, from smart homes and energy management systems to wearable devices and...

October 14, 2017 by IP Location

Cyberbullying Case Studies

Cybullying Case Study

With a number of social media platform cohesively blended into our lives, our online activities can be easily viewed by friends, acquaintances, and many strangers. Cyberbullying is harder to notice at times as unlike traditional bullying, it happens in the virtual world and there is a possibility that it might not happen in publicly accessible forums and gro...

October 12, 2017 by IP Location

What is ARP Spoofing?

ARP Spoofing

The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Spoofing attack, also called ARP Cache Poisoning or ARP Poison Routing, is a technique by which an attacker sends spoofed ARP messages onto a Local Area Network (LAN). It is used to allow the attacker access to incoming internet traffic on a LAN by having their Media Access Control (MAC) Address be linked to the Internet...

October 10, 2017 by IP Location

What is LDAP Injection?

LDAP Injection

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a standard application layer protocol in the Internet Protocol (IP) Suite used for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over a network. This is achieved by the protocol's methods to query and manipulate these directory services. Directory services are integral in setting up a...

October 8, 2017 by IP Location

What is a firewall?

Firewall

Firewall is one of best security mechanism that monitor and control the network traffic incoming and outgoing, based on predefined security rules. The firewall is always established between trusted internal and some other outside network (can be internet), assuming that outside network unsecured and untrusted. There are mainly two kinds of firewalls, host-ba...