OVPN Review: A Privacy-Focused VPN from Sweden
OVPN is a VPN (Virtual Private Network) company that is very focused on protecting your online privacy. It isn’t designed as a mass-market service. The OVPN network offers a small number of …
OVPN is a VPN (Virtual Private Network) company that is very focused on protecting your online privacy. It isn’t designed as a mass-market service. The OVPN network offers a small number of …
Starting on January 23, 2023, an undefined government agency in Russia has blocked access to skiff.com, the website of the decentralized, secure email service Skiff. Skiff is a private end-to-end …
Researchers have discovered two vulnerabilities in Signal for desktop that could allow local attackers to access attachments sent by the user in the past or replace the files with poisoned clones. The …
A new attack involving a previously unknown malware named ‘Album Stealer’ has been spotted by Zscaler, targeting Facebook users. The attack employs adult images to trick Facebook users into …
HUMAN’s Satori threat intelligence team has mapped and taken down a massive malvertizing operation they named ‘VASTFLUX.’ The operation injected malicious JavaScript code into digital banner ads …
A team of researchers from ETH Zurich uncovered multiple security vulnerabilities in Threema, a popular app that purports to provide secure communication through end-to-end encryption. The app is used …
AT&T, the American telecommunications giant, has confirmed to Restore Privacy that it is investigating claims about a data breach impacting its customers. This is in response to a January 6 post …
WhatsApp, the popular instant messaging app, has added proxy support to help users bypass access restrictions imposed by their governments and internet service providers (ISPs). These restrictions …
A class action lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts, accusing LastPass of failure to secure sensitive customer data and seeking monetary relief for losses caused by …
The adoption of two-factor authentication (2FA) as an account protection method pushes phishing actors to turn to reverse-proxy solutions that are becoming increasingly popular. According to a report …
Popular parental control apps for the Android platform were found to be vulnerable to multiple security flaws, risking the data and safety of the users they aim to protect. Parental control apps are …
The SHA-1 hash algorithm has been retired by NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), an official U.S. government body, that now recommends anyone still using it to upgrade to newer and …
In a statement sent to RestorePrivacy earlier today, SevenRooms has confirmed that it suffered a data breach via a third-party vendor. Samples of data allegedly belonging to the hospitality and …
A large collection of internal data was dumped over the weekend on a hacking forum and now Uber has confirmed a new data leak to RestorePrivacy that is unrelated to the September breach. Uber is …
Google has announced that all Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro users will now get to use “VPN by Google One” for free. Google’s VPN is normally available only to Premium subscriptions on …
A new campaign exploits the ExpressVPN brand to trick people into downloading fake installers containing Redline, a widely distributed information stealer. Victims infect themselves with the malware …
ENC Security, a Dutch company that provides encryption solutions to Lexar, SanDisk, Western Digital, and Sony, has had an API key data leak due to database misconfiguration. The exposed instance …
Amazon has decided to discontinue Wickr Me, the free-to-use consumer edition of the end-to-end encrypted instant messenger app. Wickr was acquired by Amazon Web Services on June 25, 2021, so it didn’t …
ESET researchers have discovered a new campaign attributed to the Bahamut APT (advanced persistent threat), which uses a VPN app as a lure to infect targets with Android spyware. Bahamut is a …
Revelations about the chaotic situation with user data management in Meta, Facebook’s parent company, have sparked concerns in Europe. A letter sent by the ICCL (Irish Council for Civil Liberties) to …
DuckDuckGo has opened up the beta for App Tracking Protection, giving all Android users a tool capable of detecting and blocking most third-party trackers that run in the background. This includes …
A large-scale malware distribution campaign uses YouTube videos to direct viewers to websites that pretend to offer installers for over 100 games and apps but instead infect them with information …
Threat actors are increasingly abusing the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) to host malware samples and phishing kits to evade detection from security products and increase their campaign resilience. …
Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter and the subsequent announcements of sweeping policy changes on a range of matters has brought much turbulence in the platform’s community of users, and …