In today’s crowded virtual private network (VPN) market—where dozens of services claim to offer “privacy”, “speed”, and “no-logs”—the Swiss-based Proton VPN stands out by focusing deeply on trust and transparency(Privacy-first VPN). Headquartered in Switzerland and operated by Proton AG, the…
In a troubling development in mobile cybersecurity, researchers from Lookout uncovered a campaign of fake VPN apps that act not as protectors of privacy but as spyware. The campaign — attributed to the Iranian-linked hacking group MuddyWater (also known as…
A widely-installed Chrome extension marketed as a free VPN — FreeVPN.One — has been exposed for secretly taking screenshots of users’ browsing sessions and uploading them to an external server (Free Chrome). The discovery, reported by security researchers and covered…
In a bold move that signals the evolving role of virtual private network (VPN) services, NordVPN has rolled out a crypto wallet address checker within its Threat Protection Pro™ toolset (Major VPN). As cryptocurrency scams mount and victims lose billions,…
A controversial EU proposal, widely dubbed “Chat Control,” would require detection of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) across online services — potentially including encrypted communications — by mandating client-side scanning or other forms of pre-encryption inspection. While lawmakers frame the…
GeoComply’s latest independent test results show their GeoGuard VPN-detection product achieved a 99.1% VPN detection rate with a 0% false-positive rate in lab testing — a headline number that will resonate across streaming, finance and fraud-prevention teams. As more traffic…
Switzerland has long been regarded as a global bastion of digital privacy, the trusted home for encrypted email firms, secure messaging apps and leading no-logs VPN services (Swiss Government). However, a controversial amendment recently proposed by the Federal Council of…
On 25 July 2025, the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA) came fully into force in the United Kingdom, bringing in sweeping new requirements for age verification on adult content platforms(UK Online Safety Act). One of the most striking outcomes: a…
“How To Change VPN” sounds simple, but in practice it touches three levers: server location, tunneling protocol, and transport/DNS behavior. This guide explains the why and how, then gives platform-specific steps and validation checks so you can switch cleanly without…
Recent research shows machine learning can reliably detect VPN traffic even when payloads are encrypted and application-level DPI fails. By extracting time-frequency features using wavelet transforms and feeding them to models such as Random Forests and neural networks, authors report…