How to prevent IPv6 VPN breakout

Enterprises unaware of the role IPv6 plays on remote users’ devices run the risk that these machines might access banned sites despite using VPNs that are meant to restrict what they access.This hole stems from the fact that some of these remote-access VPNs are configured to inspect and apply security…

With net neutrality repealed, how blockchain-based networking can protect online privacy

In today’s digital-everything world where so much of our personal and professional lives are online, most people seem to have less of an expectation of data privacy than ever before. They know that companies (and governments) are mining their data, but after all of serious breaches of trust, it’s no…

Gov’t warns on VPN security bug in Cisco, Palo Alto, F5, Pulse software

The Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning that some VPN packages from Cisco, Palo Alto, F5 and Pulse may improperly secure tokens and cookies, allowing nefarious actors an opening to invade and take control over an end user’s system. The DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warning comes…

That VPN may not be as secure as you think

If you’re a VPN subscriber and have ever wondered just how secure the supposedly encrypted pipe that you’re using through the internet is — and whether the anonymity promise made by the VPN provider is indeed protecting your privacy— well, your hunches may be correct. It turns out several of these connections…

Zero-trust security adds necessary ingredients

Today’s threat landscape consists of skilled, organized and well-funded bad actors. They have many goals including exfiltrating sensitive data for political or economic motives. To combat these multiple threats, the cybersecurity market is required to expand at an even greater rate.The IT leaders must evolve their security framework if they…

QuickLook: VYPRVPN

www.goldenfrog.com/vyprvpn In their own words : Golden Frog was founded in response to surveillance practices in the United States, when major broadband provider AT&T was helping the government (NSA) spy on its users in the now infamous Room 641A in San Francisco. Instead of waiting for the government to protect Internet users, we wanted to … Read more

QuickLook: CyberGhost

www.cyberghostvpn.com In their own words : With CyberGhost VPN, you launch both a browser session and a VPN connection, in 1 click. Your whole online journey can be anonymized, if you start it in CyberGhost. CyberGhost VPN will automatically protect you every time you are connecting to a new WiFi or Internet connection. You will … Read more