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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. Advertising Practices: Given the complexity and different use cases for VPNs, claims must not mislead.

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Hacker leaks passwords for 900+ Pulse Secure VPN enterprise servers

Security Affairs

ZDNet reported in exclusive that a list of passwords for 900+ enterprise VPN servers has been shared on a Russian-speaking hacker forum. ZDNet has reported in exclusive that a list of plaintext usernames and passwords for 900 Pulse Secure VPN enterprise servers, along with IP addresses, has been shared on a Russian-speaking hacker forum.

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Almost 800,000 SonicWall VPN appliances online are vulnerable to CVE-2020-5135

Security Affairs

The Tripwire VERT security team spotted almost 800,000 SonicWall VPN appliances exposed online that are vulnerable to the CVE-2020-5135 RCE flaw. Security experts from the Tripwire VERT security team have discovered 795,357 SonicWall VPN appliances that were exposed online that are vulnerable to the CVE-2020-5135 RCE flaw.

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Why you need to trust your VPN: Lock and Code S02E05

Malwarebytes

In addition, we speak to Malwarebytes senior security researcher JP Taggart about the importance of trusting your VPN. But obscuring your Internet activity—including the websites you visit, the searches you make, the files you download—doesn’t mean that a VPN magically disappears those things. Source: ComputerWeekly).

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The strengths and weaknesses of different VPN protocols

Security Affairs

One in four internet users use a VPN regularly, but how much does the average user know about what goes on behind the software? Pulling back the curtain, a VPN runs on various VPN protocols that govern the way a VPN client communicates with a VPN server. However, the speed comes at the cost of encryption.

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No, I Won't Link to Your Spammy Article

Troy Hunt

Keep reading the definition until you understand then proceed: Spamming is the use of messaging systems to send an unsolicited message, especially advertising Alrighty, so it's an unsolicited message (I certainly didn't ask for it) and it's intended to advertise your work.

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7 Cyber Safety Tips to Outsmart Scammers

Webroot

They come in all shapes and sizes, lurking in the shadowy corners of the internet. You can also be a good internet citizen by forwarding these scams to the U.S. That’s where a virtual private network (VPN) swoops in like a digital superhero to save the day. Let’s embrace the golden rule of scam detection: skepticism.

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