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DUHK Crypto Attack Recovers Encryption Keys, Exposes VPN Connections, More

After last week we had the KRACK and ROCA cryptographic attacks, this week has gotten off to a similarly "great" start with the publication of a new crypto attack known as DUHK (Don't Use Hard-coded Keys)
- Catalin Cimpanu
- October 24, 2017
- 07:18 AM
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Cyberstalking Suspect Arrested After VPN Providers Shared Logs With the FBI

VPN providers often advertise their products as a method of surfing the web anonymously, claiming they never store logs of user activity, but a recent criminal case shows that at least some, do store user activity logs.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- October 07, 2017
- 08:55 AM
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Chinese Man Sentenced to Nine Months in Prison for Selling VPN Software

Chinese authorities have sentenced a young man to nine months in prison for setting up a website for selling VPN software to Chinese users.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- September 05, 2017
- 12:30 AM
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VPN Provider Accused of Sharing Customer Traffic With Online Advertisers

On Monday, the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) — a US-based privacy group — has filed a complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accusing one of today's largest VPN providers of deceptive trade practices.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- August 08, 2017
- 09:15 AM
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Russia Passes Bill Banning Proxies, Tor, and VPNs

A bill that bans the use of proxies, Tor, and VPNs passed the Russian government's two legislative bodies and has now reached the desk of President Vladimir Putin, who can now sign it into law just by a stroke of his quill.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 26, 2017
- 12:15 AM
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Android VPN Apps Caught Intercepting Traffic, Failing to Encrypt

New research released this week reveals that a large chunk of today Android VPN clients are a serious security and privacy risk, with some clients failing to encrypt traffic, and some even injecting ads in a customer's browsing experience.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 26, 2017
- 05:06 AM
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Turkey Partially Blocks Access to Tor and Some VPNs

Direct access to the Tor network and some high-profile VPN services have been blocked in Turkey, reports TurkeyBlocks, a service that keeps track of websites and services banned in the country.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 19, 2016
- 04:51 AM
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Cryptography Expert Matthew Green to Audit OpenVPN Security

OpenVPN, one of the most popular VPN clients today, is to receive a security audit from Dr. Matthew Green, a famous US cryptographer and assistant professor at the Department of Computer Science at the Johns Hopkins University.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 08, 2016
- 04:05 AM
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