Law enforcement taskforce takes down cybercriminals in ‘Operation Nova’
In a joint law enforcement operation that comprised of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, and other national police forces, three virtual private network services and web hosting provisions used by cybercriminals were taken down.
Th... Read more
Mozilla rolls out its standalone VPN service in the upcoming weeks
Mozilla announced that the Mozilla VPN, formerly known as Firefox Private Network, will exit the beta stage in the coming weekend and will be rolled out later this summer.
Initially, Mozilla rolled out its VPN as a browser extension for Firefox only, but later on, the company expanded ... Read more
Aruba expands Instant On network portfolio
Aruba has expanded its Instant On network portfolio for smaller businesses with a new series of switches: the Aruba Instant On 1930 series. It also started working closely with VPN provider NordVPN.
The new series of switches in the wireless network specialists portfolio should enable smaller ... Read more
Box upgrades Device Trust to improve zero-trust access
Box updates its Device Trust service to help customers enforce zero-trust policies. Device Trust 2.0 is available to all Box Enterprise users at no additional cost.
Box Device Trust 2.0 assesses the security status of the device the employee is using. Access requests are reviewed based... Read more
‘VPN connections of Linux distributions vulnerable to hacking’
A new vulnerability has been discovered in Linux, Android, macOS and other Unix-based operating systems. Malicious parties could be able to hack VPN connections because of the vulnerability.
The research team 'The Breakpointing Bad', of the University of New Mexico, shared the findings. When a v... Read more
‘Companies want to replace VPN with Zero Trust Network Access’
There are several possibilities on the market to make remote working possible. One of these is the virtual private network, or VPN. This solution is now widely used, but now also comes with risks. Companies want to get rid of VPNs, according to research by Zscaler.
Companies increasingly prefer ... Read more
Commonly used VPN’s Fortigate and Pulse Secure targets of cyber attacks
The widely used VPNs Fortigate and Pulse Secure are the target of cyber-attacks that try to get hold of sensitive user data. The VPNs, which are installed on some 530,000 servers, have a number of weaknesses if they are not patched.
The weaknesses in these VPNs can be exploited by sending web re... Read more
Hackers can steal business secrets through vulnerabilities in popular corporate VPNs
Security researchers Orange Tsai and Meh Chang have found several vulnerabilities in popular business VPN services. The errors can be misused to secretly break into business networks, thus stealing business secrets.
The vulnerabilities were found in the services of three major business VPN providers... Read more
US warns of security flaws in enterprise VPN apps
According to Homeland Security's cyber security department in America, several enterprise VPN apps are vulnerable to a security failure that allows a remote attacker to break into a company's internal network.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the United States has published a ... Read more
Cloudflare launches its own VPN service Warp
Cloudflare expands its lineup of consumer-focused services with the launch of Warp. Warp is a VPN service that aims to make mobile connections faster and more private. That's what Silicon Angle reports.
Warp basically works in the same way as other VPN services. It encrypts Internet traffic from a ... Read more