Criminals are cloning the website of popular VPN software to try and trick users into downloading malware. According to new research, the cybercriminals responsible for breaching and utilizing the website of the free video editor VSDC to distribute malware have begun to create fake websites […]
View moreChinese-linked company secretly owns 10 VPNs with 86 million installs
Recent research by the cybersecurity experts at VPNpro shows that the popular mobile VPN developer Innovative Connecting is actually a Chinese company that secretly owns 10 VPN products with a total of 86 million installs under its belt. The study also revealed that two of […]
View moreDangerous permissions of VPN app for Android
The purpose of a permission is to protect the privacy of an Android user. According to Android documentation for app developers, permissions fall into two groups – normal and dangerous. Normal permissions – Don’t pose risk to the user’s privacy and are granted automatically by […]
View moreVPN extensions aren’t as secure as users think
Most VPN browser extensions are not as private or secure as users think they are. That’s the takeaway from new research by ethical hacker File Descriptor, who claims that almost all VPN add-ons aren’t protecting computers’ privacy. A report published this week examined some of […]
View morePopular VPNs contained code execution security flaws, despite patches
Researchers have uncovered vulnerabilities in popular virtual private network (VPN) software, ProtonVPN and NordVPN, which can lead to the execution of arbitrary code by attackers. Last week, Cisco Talos security researchers said the security flaws, CVE-2018-3952 and CVE-2018-4010, permit code execution by attackers on Microsoft […]
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