VPN

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

SMS 2FA database leak drama, MageCart mishaps, Black Friday badware, and more

Roundup Plus, why is Kaspersky Lab getting into chess?

Security17 Nov 2018 | 9

Microsoft pulls plug on IPv6-only Wi-Fi network over borked VPN fears

Plus: Sysadmin sets up public shaming site for IPv4 laggards

Networks17 Sep 2018 | 100

M-M-M-MONSTER KILL: Cisco's bug-wranglers swat 29 in single week

Replace those end-of-life VPN devices, they won't be patched

Security07 Sep 2018 | 5

Facebook pulls 'snoopy' Onavo VPN from Apple's App Store after falling foul of rules

Cupertino banned software that slurps data for marketing

Security23 Aug 2018 | 20

Support for ageing key exchange crypto leaves VPNs open to attack

Ancient issue causing new ones

Security15 Aug 2018 | 4

Kaspersky VPN blabbed domain names of visited websites – and gave me a $0 reward, says chap

Updated DNS leak flaws are outside of bug-bounty scope

Security09 Aug 2018 | 19

Cisco let an SSL cert expire in its VPN kit – and broke network provisioning brokers

Well that's one way to secure systems: deny new trustpoints

Networks07 Aug 2018 | 4

Kremlin's war on Telegram sees 50 VPNs stopped at the border

Viber said to be next target of stop-terrorists-talking effort

Legal08 May 2018 | 19

Google, AWS IPs blocked by Russia in Telegram crackdown

Two million addresses down, 4.2 billion to go - oh, plus the IPv6 address space

Legal17 Apr 2018 | 44

'Housemate from hell' catches 24 new charges after alleged nightmare cyberstalking spree

Masshole 'targeted women, families, friends with abuse'

Personal Tech10 Apr 2018 | 32

Why you shouldn't trust a stranger's VPN: Plenty leak your IP addresses

WebRTC flaw still dogs so-called 'secure' providers

Security29 Mar 2018 | 50

Private Internet Access VPN opens code-y sarong, starting with Chrome extension

All client-side app code to be released over next six months

Software19 Mar 2018 | 19

VPN tests reveal privacy-leaking bugs

Hotspot Shield patched; Zenmate and VPN Shield haven't ... yet?

Security15 Mar 2018 | 15

Facebook Onavo Protect doesn't protect against Facebook

VPN app collects all sorts of details

Applications07 Mar 2018 | 19

Ugly, perfect ten-rated bug hits Cisco VPNs

Patch your Adaptive Security Appliance and Firepower Threat Defense code before they're utterly p0wned

Security30 Jan 2018 | 33

Apple: Sure, we banned VPN iOS apps in China, but, um, er, art!

iGiant didn't want to aid censorship, but $10bn in revenue is $10bn in revenue

Security22 Nov 2017 | 41

Vlad the blockader: Russia's anti-VPN law comes into effect

All the news that's fit to read – as decided by President Putin

Security31 Oct 2017 | 77

China crackdown: VPN vendor gets prison

Nine months for letting punters bypass Great Firewall

Legal05 Sep 2017 | 18

Sweden may extend data retention, splat NAT and register VPNs

Local ISP claims it's seen ABBA-solutely horrific consultation documents

Legal30 Aug 2017 | 16

Hotspot Shield VPN throws your privacy in the fire, injects ads, JS into browsers – claim

CDT tries to set fed trade watchdog on internet biz

Security07 Aug 2017 | 31

Apple chief on Chinese VPN app ban: We always toe the line with other nations' laws

Situation is 'very different' to San Bernadino case

On-Prem02 Aug 2017 | 24

Apple removes VPN apps in China as Russia's Putin puts in the boot with VPN banlaw

Banned and yanked from Apple's App Store

Legal31 Jul 2017 | 45

Russia, China vow to kill off VPNs, Tor browser

New laws needed because today's censorship not good enough, apparently

Security11 Jul 2017 | 84

Banking websites are 'littered with trackers' ogling your credit risk

Lenders already know whether to approve before you apply

Security15 Jun 2017 | 90

Defend yourself against ISP tracking in an Trump-era free-for-all

Options - you have some

Personal Tech30 May 2017 | 70

Is this a solution to Trump signing away your digital privacy? We give Invizbox Go a go

Hands-on Let's go over the pros and cons

Security30 Mar 2017 | 73

VPN on Android means 'Voyeuristic Peeper Network' in many cases

Researchers spot bad behavior abounding in mobe apps

Security28 Jan 2017 | 25

China's Great Firewall to crack down on unofficial VPNs – state-approved net connections only

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Security23 Jan 2017 | 35

Opera debuts free VPN built into desktop browser

Plus Adblocker in the webreader

Software20 Sep 2016 | 37

Did you know iOS 10, macOS Sierra has a problem with crappy VPNs? You do now

Don't blame Apple this time, it tried to warn you

Networks14 Sep 2016 | 44

Reminder: IE, Edge, Outlook etc still cough up your Windows, VPN credentials to strangers

Updated Take precautions – like using a strong passphrase

OSes02 Aug 2016 | 59

Apple gets judge to hit ctrl-alt-delete on $625m FaceTime patent troll

VirnetX will have to go back to court with infringement claim

Software02 Aug 2016 | 13

Don't use a VPN in United Arab Emirates – unless you wanna risk jail and a $545,000 fine

Arab monarchy tries to slam door on privacy tools

Security28 Jul 2016 | 60

Come get your free Opera VPN (and bring along something to read)

Browser offers secure service, world + dog chokes up pipeline

Software21 Apr 2016 | 19

The Day Netflix Blocked My VPN is the world's new most-hated show

Streamer will clamp down on geo-hopping customers who go in search of un-crimped content

Legal15 Jan 2016 | 83

VPN users menaced by port forwarding blunder

Torrent users especially exposed by IPSec, PPTP and OpenVPN mess, we're told

Security30 Nov 2015 | 32

'Get a VPN to defeat metadata retention' is good advice. Sometimes

Test shows tethering to VPN-on-smartphone is no magic data-erasing rainbow

Security21 Oct 2015 | 26

BBC shuts off iPlayer to UK VPNs, cutting access to overseas fans

Terror as millions of expats suddenly silenced

SaaS19 Oct 2015 | 160

Bunitu botnet crooks sell your unencrypted VPN traffic for £££

Unknowing proxies help zombie army lurch forward

Security11 Aug 2015 | 3

UK politicos easily pwned on insecure Wi-Fi networks

Thankfully they weren't online doing anything really impor ... oh

Security09 Jul 2015 | 31

PureVPN calls pure BS on VPN insecurity study

'We fixed that stuff last year', company says, 'but have a new client anyway'

Software03 Jul 2015 | 7

VPNs are so insecure you might as well wear a KICK ME sign

Brit boffins' test of 14 prominent privacy tunnels finds leaks galore thanks to IPv6 mess

Channel30 Jun 2015 | 65

Do you use Hola VPN? You could be part of a DDoS, content theft – or worse

Former Lulzsec-ers, security pros poke the many holes

SaaS10 Jun 2015 | 6

China cracks down further on VPNs as censorship intensifies

But could use of other tools eventually bring down the Great Firewall?

SaaS03 Jun 2015 | 13