VPN

Watch out for rogue DHCP servers decloaking your VPN connections

Avoid traffic-redirecting snoops who have TunnelVision

Spotlight on RSA07 May 2024 | 34

Microsoft confesses April Windows update breaks some VPN connections

Connection failures reported following installation

OSes01 May 2024 | 39

Zero-day exploited right now in Palo Alto Networks' GlobalProtect gateways

Out of the PAN-OS and into the firewall, a Python backdoor this way comes

Cyber-crime12 Apr 2024 | 13

Google One VPN axed for everyone but Pixel loyalists ... for now

Another one bytes the dust

Personal Tech12 Apr 2024 | 8

More than 133,000 Fortinet appliances still vulnerable to month-old critical bug

A huge attack surface for a vulnerability with various PoCs available

Patches18 Mar 2024 | 2

Cybercrime crew Magnet Goblin bursts onto the scene exploiting Ivanti holes

Plus: CISA pulls plug on couple of systems feared compromised

Cyber-crime08 Mar 2024 | 2

Curious tale of broken VPNs, the Year 2038, and certs that expired 100 years ago

Interview It’s not NTP. There’s no way it’s NTP. It was NTP

On-Prem09 Feb 2024 | 32

Ivanti zero-day exploits explode as bevy of attackers get in on the act

Customers still patchless and mitigation only goes so far

Cyber-crime16 Jan 2024 | 6

Russia to ban all VPNs – again – says senator

Putin Zuck out of business is one goal of this repeat effort to close off internet tunnels

Cybersecurity Month04 Oct 2023 | 39

Google outlines Outline SDK: Censorship, geo-block-beating tool to drop into apps

Well, when it's finished, anyway

Networks14 Sep 2023 | 3

Decade-old patent battle goes Apple's way

But wait! There could be more litigation as VirnetX isn't giving up yet

Networks31 Mar 2023 | 14

Alert: Crims hijack these DrayTek routers to attack biz

Workaround: Throw away kit? Hope there's a patch?

Security08 Mar 2023 | 4

Service desk tech saved consultancy Capita from VPN meltdown, got a smack for it

On Call Maybe he shouldn’t have built a naughtily-named website where users could get the fix?

Networks03 Mar 2023 | 84

Google Play to ban Android VPN apps from interfering with ads

Developers say this is not the privacy protection it's made out to be

Security30 Aug 2022 | 39

Indian government issues confidential infosec guidance to staff – who leak it

Bans VPNs, Dropbox, and more

Security20 Jun 2022 | 13

ExpressVPN moves servers out of India to escape customer data retention law

Privacy service will keep working, just beyond the reach of India's government

Security02 Jun 2022 | 8

India slightly softens infosec incident reporting and data retention rules

But also makes it plain that offshore entities must comply

Security20 May 2022 |

Microsoft Edge's 'Secure Network' sounds a lot like a built-in VPN

Only works with signed-in users, but could lure more into using the browser

Security29 Apr 2022 | 29

Russian demand for VPNs skyrockets by 2,692%

Virtual iron curtains are a lot harder to keep free of holes

Security15 Mar 2022 | 30

The time we came up with a solution – and found a big customer problem

Systems Approach A fascinating firsthand retelling of the technical history of MPLS

Networks02 Mar 2022 | 6

Top chipmakers ignore India's semiconductor factory subsidies

Maybe they've been spooked by new government scheme to expose VPN users' IP addresses?

Security21 Feb 2022 | 20

Myanmar's military junta seeks ban on VPNs and digital currency

People would no longer be able to rely on VPNs for their preferred communication tool, Facebook

Security24 Jan 2022 | 14

International police shut down 15 server infrastructures as part of VPNLab.net's takedown

VPN service used by crims to support ransomware attacks and other illicit activity

Security18 Jan 2022 | 20

Microsoft patches the patch that broke VPNs, Hyper-V, and left servers in boot loops

Testing? Isn't that what users are for?

Security18 Jan 2022 | 36

Make sure you're up-to-date with Sonicwall SMA 100 VPN box patches – security hole exploit info is now out

Nothing like topping off unauth'd remote code execution with a su password of ... password

Security11 Jan 2022 | 1

Mobile networks really hate Apple's Private Relay: Some folks find iOS privacy feature blocked on their iPhones

In brief Plus: Verizon's personal data grab, and more

Networks11 Jan 2022 | 65

But why that VPN? How WireGuard made it into Linux

Opinion Even the best of ideas can take their own sweet time making it into the kernel

Software08 Dec 2021 | 32

Ubiquiti dev charged with knocking $4bn off firm's value after insider threat spree

Prosecutors claim Nickolas Sharp even posed as a whistleblower to press

Legal02 Dec 2021 | 8

Infosec bods: After more than a year, Sky gets round to squashing hijacking bug in 6m home broadband routers

In brief Plus: DNS cache poisoning again, cops probe property conveyancing group's IT outage, Azure hole addressed, and more

Security23 Nov 2021 | 15

Palo Alto Networks patches 9.8 severity CVE in popular GlobalProtect product

Updated Arbitrary code execution by unauthenticated attacker? Big oops

Security11 Nov 2021 | 7

China to allow overseas investment in VPNs but Beijing keeps control of the generally discouraged tech

Foreign ownership capped at 50%

Virtualization20 Oct 2021 | 6

ExpressVPN bought for $1bn by Brit biz with an intriguing history in adware

'Kape has moved on from those times'

Security14 Sep 2021 | 23

Mozilla ups its VPN game – and the price – with split tunneling for Android, iOS

Early birds really do get the worm, it would seem

Software28 Jul 2021 | 9

International law enforcement op nukes Russian-language DoubleVPN service allegedly favoured by cybercriminals

Vendor claimed not to log user data – we'll see

Security30 Jun 2021 | 26

Fleet would Mac? Microsoft's Azure VPN Client for Apple machines hits public preview

Azure Active Directory's tentacles wriggle into ever stranger places

Off-Prem17 May 2021 | 1

Mozilla VPN now nudges users to put shields up on dodgy networks, adds LAN access

Apple fans will need to wait just a little longer

Security30 Mar 2021 | 10

Before you head off for the weekend, you have patched your Pulse Secure VPNs, right? Wouldn't want you to be pwned via a phishing link

Perl clutching time again

Security28 Aug 2020 | 3

Brave takes step closer to sensible business model by building subscription VPN into the iOS version of its browser

Relying on ads in software designed to block ads is an uphill struggle

Virtualization28 Jul 2020 | 11

It's a Meow-nixed system, I know this: Purr-fect storm of 3,000+ insecure databases – and a data-wiping bot

ProtoVPN IP range fingrered as source of destructive attacks

Databases24 Jul 2020 | 35

Seven 'no log' VPN providers accused of leaking – yup, you guessed it – 1.2TB of user logs onto the internet

Maybe it was the old Lionel Hutz play: 'No-logging VPN? I meant, No! Logging VPN!'

Databases17 Jul 2020 | 73

Mozilla unveils $4.99/month subscription-based VPN, says it won't hang onto user logs

Sling some dollars Moz's way for that special WireGuard experience

Networks15 Jul 2020 | 24

At Mozilla VPN stands for Vague Product News: Foundation reveals security product will launch eventually, with temporary pricing, in unspecified places

But it does have a name. 'Firefox Private Network' is out, ‘Mozilla VPN’ is in.

Security19 Jun 2020 | 15

Google productises its own not-a-VPN secure remote access tool

Zero-trust access to web applications with very fine-grained access controls

Security21 Apr 2020 | 23

Rethinking VPN: Tailscale startup packages Wireguard with network security

Interview 'A whole bunch of tunnels': Mesh networking with per-node permissions and OAuth security

Security02 Apr 2020 | 11

Cisco rations VPNs for staff as strain of 100,000+ home workers hits its network

Following the moon to find capacity and sticking to safe sites as Chuck Robbins leads new weekly briefings

Networks02 Apr 2020 | 30

Corporate VPN huffing and puffing while everyone works from home over COVID-19? You're not alone, admins

Microsoft and others take steps to handle remote staffer crunch

Virtualization11 Mar 2020 | 68

The Six Million Dollar Scam: London cops probe Travelex cyber-ransacking amid reports of £m ransomware demand, wide-open VPN server holes

We can rebuild him, we have the backups... er, right?

Security08 Jan 2020 | 81

That Pulse Secure VPN you're using to protect your data? Better get it patched – or it's going to be ransomware time

Plug this security bypass... if you can even find the boxes running it

Security07 Jan 2020 | 12

OpenBSD bugs, Microsoft's bad update, a new Nork hacking crew, and more

Meanwhile, the DOJ sets its sights on money mules

OSes07 Dec 2019 | 16

Tricky VPN-busting bug lurks in iOS, Android, Linux distros, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, say university eggheads

OpenVPN, WireGuard, IKEv2/IPSec also vulnerable to tampering flaw, we're told

OSes06 Dec 2019 | 27

Malware hides as iOS jailbreak, Sucuri is insecuri, and China is about to get even worse

Roundup Plus, new allegations in Iran and American hacking war

Security21 Oct 2019 | 2

American intelligence follows British lead in warning of serious VPN vulnerabilities

Now if only they'd accept the Queen back again...

Security10 Oct 2019 | 15

Senator: US govt staff may be sending their smartphone web traffic 'wrapped in a bow' to Russia, China via VPNs

No policy to stop use of dodgy foreign network providers. You'd hope common sense would prevail, but...

Security30 May 2019 | 21

US-Cert alert! Thanks to a massive bug, VPN now stands for 'Vigorously Pwned Nodes'

Multiple providers leaving storage cookies up for grabs

Security12 Apr 2019 | 25

Correction: Last month, we called Zuckerberg a moron. We apologize. In fact, he and Facebook are a fscking disgrace

Analysis When it said 5 per cent of banned slurp app users were kids, it actually meant much, much more than that

Personal Tech01 Mar 2019 | 145

Using a free VPN? Why not skip the middleman and just send your data to President Xi?

Majority of sketchy apps can be traced to China, study finds

Networks19 Nov 2018 | 93