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25 percent of global internet traffic routed via proxies, research shows


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With the wide availability of free-of-charge
material on the internet, not many people are stopping to think about the
privacy of their personal data—let alone their browsing information—when using
the world wide web. But with the increasing number of hacking incidents,
internet privacy is now more important than ever.


More than a quarter of internet
users use a proxy: ENV Media

Current estimates showed that there are almost 5
billion internet users around the world. However, only about a quarter of these
users—or roughly 1.27 billion users—are interested or are already using proxy
services, according to a recent ENV Media study on internet privacy.

Location-wise, India and Indonesia lead the
pack—both recorded a 38 percent user penetration—followed by Turkey with 32
percent, and China with 31 percent. Other countries with notable proxy markets
include Malaysia (29 percent), Saudi Arabia (29 percent), Brazil (26 percent),
Vietnam (25 percent), United Arab Emirates (25 percent), and Philippines (25
percent).

These figures indicate “the immense number of
users who opt for an IP disguise” either via a software subscription service or
free tools available on the internet, according to the report, which also
forecast the number of proxy users to rise. Take India as an example: the
mobile-first country is on the top of regional and global lists both by volume
and by shares of proxy users.

How proxies play a major role in
internet privacy

Proxy servers are best described as a secure
gateway between users and the internet, one that functions as a middleman that
separates internet users from the websites they are accessing. Each proxy server
provides different levels of privacy and security, depending on the user’s
preferences. Such is the case for anyIP, a
veteran player in the proxy server…

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63 Percent Of Millennials Approve Of Automation In The Workplace…And Other Small Business Tech News This Week


Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them?

1 —According to a new report, 63 percent of millennials approve of automation in the workplace.  

A new study released by Hyperscience found that 81 percent of participants felt that using automation in the workplace can have a positive impact. The same report also found that 75 percent of study participants felt that they had a good grasp on what automation entails, although 55 percent mentioned well-known misperceptions when asked to elaborate on automation. The survey found that 66 percent saw an added value for banking and financial services with automation, while 70 percent of participants believe that it could help the logistics and transportation field. Fields like government/public sector, insurance, and healthcare were seen as being less influenced by automation. (Source: Venture Beat)

Why this is important for your business:

This is good news because – as I’ve written here and here – automation is happening right now at many small and mid-sized firms. Yes, these robots and software will replace jobs. But smart people will get skills and look at this as an opportunity to do more value-added work.

2 — Grammarly raises $200 million to expand its AI-powered writing suggestion platform.

AI-powered writing tool Grammarly announced that it recently raised $200 million. With more and more companies utilizing digitization, the market for AI writing assistants is predicted to reach a 27.6 percent annual growth rate from 2018 to 2028. A new survey released found that 60 percent of leaders in the tech industry shared that their natural language processing budgets have grown by 10 percent or more as compared to last year, with one third shared that they’ve seen spending in the same category go up by 30 percent or more. (Source: VentureBeat)

Why this is important for your business:

If you read most of my stuff, you’ll realize that lots of what’s written doesn’t take that much brains and can be done by software. Grammarly is proving that and I’m…

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Research Finds 82 Percent of American College Students are


BOCA RATON, Fla., Oct. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — College students are back on campus this fall, many for the first time, and they’re embracing yet another “new normal” of campus life. Alongside the general goal of getting good grades, new research shows that personal safety is top-of-mind for college students. ADT, the most trusted name in security, and Clery Center, a national nonprofit focused on promoting campus safety, conducted a survey of college students to determine their general comfort levels around their personal safety on campus.

Key takeaways from the survey include:

  • More than 82% of college students report feeling concerned about their personal safety as they return to campus this fall, with more than half saying they are very or extremely concerned.1
  • According to students, even common activities of campus life make them feel unsafe, like being in an unfamiliar area (82%), interacting with strangers (78%), walking home in the dark (74%), or leaving a bar/party alone (65%).
  • An overwhelming majority of college students (97%) say they consider their personal safety as they go about daily campus life and try to protect themselves by always carrying their phone (75%), trying to familiarize themselves with their surroundings (58%) or traveling in groups or pairs (43%).
  • Only 17% of college students utilize campus security escorts, and only 13% of college students participate in campus prevention programs to feel safer.
  • More than 55% of college students admit they have not called friends for help when they’ve felt unsafe because they feared they’d be judged by them.

“Our mission is rooted in the ideology that the best education in the world is useless if a student doesn’t leave school with a healthy mind and body. The survey findings reinforce that many students don’t make use of campus resources available to them,” said Jessica Mertz, Executive Director at Clery Center. “Together with like-minded organizations like ADT, we’re focusing on generating greater awareness for free and low-cost resources that can help college students find comfort and support on campus.”

Personal Safety Resource
ADT saw a void in the industry for a comprehensive mobile…

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Zscaler Study Finds 700 Percent Increase in IoT Malware in 2020 – MeriTalk


With many more people teleworking in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cyberattack surfaces changed and expanded, and as many worked from home with Internet of Things (IoT) devices abandoned at the office, threat actors took advantage. Part of the fallout from those realities, according to two Zscaler studies, was that malware attacks on IoT devices connected to corporate networks increased by 700 percent year-over-year in 2020, compared to the firm’s 2019 study.

The issue is a global one, as the study found attacks targeted businesses in Ireland, the United States, and China the most. The majority of attacks originated in China, the United States, and India. The vast majority of attacks came from just two malware families used in botnet attacks, with groups Gafgyt and Mirai representing 97 percent of the 900 malware payloads Zscaler’s cloud blocked on IoT devices.

“Throughout 2020 and well into 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic left many corporate offices eerily quiet and devoid of employees,” the company’s report says. “But despite the lack of people, these buildings were still buzzing with activity under the surface. The buildings themselves weren’t the only things left abandoned: smartwatches, digital signage, networked printers, and many other IoT devices were still connected to the network – refreshing data, performing functions, awaiting commands.”

“Threat actors took notice, and many attempted to take advantage. In the midst of the enormous global shift to work-from-anywhere … that translates to a staggering 833 IoT malware blocked every hour,” the report continues.

The victims of these malware attacks were focused in three industries: technology, manufacturing, and research and wholesale. The three industries accounted for a staggering 98 percent of attack victims, the report says.

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