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I'm Partnering with NordVPN as a Strategic Advisor

Troy Hunt

Equally, I have no patience for false promises, and I've been very vocal about my feelings there: But one of them is literally called “Secure VPN”, how is this possible?! Are You Using These VPN Apps? The promise of "no logs" in particular is a favourite of VPN providers yet evidently, the reality doesn't always meet the promise.

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Chinese Antivirus Firm Was Part of APT41 ‘Supply Chain’ Attack

Krebs on Security

One of the alleged hackers was first profiled here in 2012 as the owner of a Chinese antivirus firm. One of the men indicted as part of APT41 — now 35-year-old Tan DaiLin — was the subject of a 2012 KrebsOnSecurity story that sought to shed light on a Chinese antivirus product marketed as Anvisoft. Image: FBI.

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A Deep Dive Into the Residential Proxy Service ‘911’

Krebs on Security

911 says its network is made up entirely of users who voluntarily install its “free VPN” software. In this scenario, users indeed get to use a free VPN service, but they are often unaware that doing so will turn their computer into a proxy that lets others use their Internet address to transact online. “The 911[.]re

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News Alert: i2Coalition launches ‘VPN Trust Initiative’ to promote VPN operators’ best practices

The Last Watchdog

26, 2023 — The Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) launched the VPN Trust Initiative (VTI) in 2020 to establish a baseline for how virtual private network (VPN) providers should operate. For more detailed information on each of these principles and how to get the VPN Trust Seal, please visit the VTI website.

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Microsoft releases Windows out-of-band emergency fixes for Win Server, VPN issues

Security Affairs

Some administrators and users reported problems with L2TP VPN connections on Windows 10 after installing the recent Windows 10 and Windows 11 cumulative updates. Windows Server 2012 R2: KB5010794 Windows Server 2012: KB5010797. Below are the updates can only be downloaded through the Microsoft Update Catalog: Windows 8.1,

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MyBook Users Urged to Unplug Devices from Internet

Krebs on Security

The NVD’s advisory credits VPN reviewer Wizcase.com with reporting the bug to Western Digital three years ago, back in June 2018. . “It can be triggered by anyone who knows the IP address of the affected device, as exploited in the wild in June 2021 for factory reset commands,” NVD wrote.

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Yevgeniy Nikulin, Russian hacker behind Dropbox and LinkedIn hacks found guilty

Security Affairs

The Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin found guilty for LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring data breach back in 2012 and the sale of their users’ data. A jury found Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin guilty for the hack of LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring back in 2012 and for the sale of the stolen data on cybercrime black marketplaces.

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