Schneier on Security
JANUARY 27, 2025
A newly discovered VPN backdoor uses some interesting tactics to avoid detection: When threat actors use backdoor malware to gain access to a network, they want to make sure all their hard work can’t be leveraged by competing groups or detected by defenders.
Troy Hunt
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
I want a "secure by default" internet with all the things encrypted all the time such that people can move freely between networks without ever needing to care about who manages them or what they're doing with them. Here's the value proposition of a VPN in the modern era: 1.
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Krebs on Security
MAY 6, 2024
Virtual private networking (VPN) companies market their services as a way to prevent anyone from snooping on your Internet usage. VPNs work by creating a virtual network interface that serves as an encrypted tunnel for communications. “This is intended functionality that isn’t clearly stated in the RFC [standard]. .
Schneier on Security
MAY 7, 2024
This attack has been feasible for over two decades: Researchers have devised an attack against nearly all virtual private network applications that forces them to send and receive some or all traffic outside of the encrypted tunnel designed to protect it from snooping or tampering.
Tech Republic Security
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
A VPN (virtual private network) encrypts your internet traffic and protects your online privacy. Find out how it works and why you should use it.
Tech Republic Security
JANUARY 5, 2023
Google, Microsoft and Proton launched new end-to-end encryption products to confront the 50% increase in ransomware, phishing and other email-vector attacks from the first half of 2022. The post Cloud email services bolster encryption against hackers appeared first on TechRepublic.
SecureWorld News
SEPTEMBER 4, 2022
This called for a standard that not only maintained privacy through encryption but also prevented malware all while affording users the ability to connect to their sensitive data from anywhere in the world. This is accomplished using a three-layered approach involving tunneling, authentication and encryption.
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