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Organizations are sending employees and students home to work and learn — but implementing the plan opens the door to more attacks, IT headaches and brand-new security challenges. Continue reading Working from Home: COVID-19’s Constellation of Security Challenges
Both Google and Apple have removed at least some of the apps from the company, Sensor Tower. Continue reading Analytics firm’s VPN and ad-blocking apps are secretly grabbing user data
The malware-infected apps used to harvest data and sign users up to premium services have been downloaded more than 382 million times. Continue reading Android pulls 24 ‘dangerous’ malware-filled apps from Play Store
With privacy a growing concern, it makes sense that an increasing number of people are turning to VPNs to protect themselves. VPNs are known for protecting users’ privacy by encrypting their computer traffic and routing the encrypted traffic thro… Continue reading Do VPNs Actually Protect Your Privacy?
Many organizations face the need to give one or more third-party vendors, as well as employees, remote access to their internal resources. When addressing the need to provide internal (employee) and external (third-party vendor) remote access, an ente… Continue reading Remote Access Solutions: Which is the Most Secure?
An honest discussion about whether it’s safe to use free VPNs Let’s talk about free VPNs. Typically, when we get asked about whether or not it’s safe or wise to…
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A series of vulnerabilities in virtual private network service Shimo’s Helper Tool, a popular app used to connect multiple VPNs for Mac operating systems, would make it possible for hackers to obtain root control, according to research published Monday by Cisco’s Talos research team. Researchers detailed six vulnerabilities in the Shimo VPN Helper Tool that relies on to carry out its privileged work, according to a blog post. Details of the vulnerabilities were released after Cisco made “repeated attempts” to communicate with Shimo over 90 days to no avail, Talos said. Shimo did not immediately respond to a request for comment from CyberScoop. One vulnerability, listed as CVE-2018-4004, is a privilege escalation vulnerability that resides in the Shimo VPN helper’s disconnectService function, and would allow a “non-root user to kill privileged processes on the system.” Another, CVE-2018-4007, resides in the deleteConfig functionality and “could allow an attacker to delete any […]
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Business users of Cisco, F5 Networks, Palo Alto Networks and Pulse Secure platforms are impacted, according the U.S. government. Continue reading Authentication Bypass Bug Hits Top Enterprise VPNs
VPNs have become much more popular as a way for people to keep their data secure in an increasingly insecure world. As the technology has grown in prevalence, a number of different types of VPNs have come to market, which has increased the chances of … Continue reading VPN Leaks: Knowing, Understanding and Preventing
Stealing your Tesla, British Airways hack, Equifax long list of mistakes, Windows 7 support, oops I forgot to encrypt your chats, I can see your browser history, Tor browsers, VPNs and Coldfusion? Jason Wood from Paladin Security joins us for expert co… Continue reading Tesla S, British Airways, and Equifax – Hack Naked News #188