Krebs on Security

JULY 18, 2022

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

VPN 304

VPN Computers and Electronics Antivirus Software 304

Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

I also started giving more thought to privacy and how it's constantly eroded in little bites, a thought process that highlighted just how far we still have to go as an industry, and where the value proposition of a VPN was strongest. Here's the value proposition of a VPN in the modern era: 1. So what about DNS over HTTPS, or DoH ?

VPN 359

VPN Phishing DNS Encryption 359

Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2019

The remote destination address 185.244.30.93, belonging to “Stajazk VPN” services, hosts the control server reachable on port tcp/9888. The usage of the VPN service hides the real location of the attacker, however, the specific IP isn’t new to the threat intel community, it has been abused since october 2018. Conclusions.

Malware 82

Malware VPN Advertising InfoSec 82

SecureList

JUNE 2, 2022

In one case we investigated, we noticed that a signed executable qgametool.exe (MD5 f756083b62ba45dcc6a4d2d2727780e4 ), compiled in 2012, deployed WinDealer on a target machine. This can be done with the use of a VPN, but these may be illegal depending on the jurisdiction and would typically not be available to Chinese-speaking targets.

Malware 112

Malware Encryption Social Engineering Telecommunications 112