Fortinet says that an unknown threat actor exploited a critical flaw in its FortiOS SSL-VPN to infect systems at government and government-related organizations. Fortinet released a fix for the heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2022-42475) late last year. FortiOS SSL-VPN version 7.2.8 was released at the end of November; Fortinet published an advisory on December 12. …
The operators of China’s Great Firewall have rolled out an update this week that has blocked several protocols that have been recently utilized by Chinese citizens to bypass the country’s internet censorship system. GFW Report, a project that tracks changes in China’s Great Firewall, said that protocols like trojan, Xray, V2Ray TLS+Websocket, VLESS, and gRPC …
Virtual Private Network (VPN) companies are removing their physical servers from India as a new law in that country takes effect. As of Sunday, September 25, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team is requiring VPN operators to retain customer data for at least five years, even after customers have cancelled their accounts. Note Individual countries …
While Cisco released updates to fix three vulnerabilities in its products, the company says it will not be patching a VPN-hijacking vulnerability that affects four of its small business routers because they have reached End of Life (EoL). Cisco urges customers still using the older routers to upgrade; there are no workarounds for the vulnerability …
If you’re shopping for a house, you know how taxing the experience can be. You’re juggling your wants and needs, information about the market in general, visiting homes, putting in offers, getting rejected for offers, searching for new homes, wondering if what you want just isn’t available, considering settling, touring homes you don’t want, touring …
With a VPN, your internet connection is encrypted, ensuring that all data transferred is private. However, like with any cybersecurity product, some VPNs are less effective than others and may not work all the time. Unfortunately, it isn’t always easy to work out whether your VPN is functioning properly or not.
