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Researchers have uncovered deceptive practices among major VPN providers, linking seemingly independent entities into three distinct “families” with combined Google Play Store downloads exceeding 700 million. By analyzing business filings, …
Citizen Lab’s new report, Hidden Links, uncovers a network of VPN providers like Turbo VPN and VPN Monster…
Three families of Android VPN apps, with a combined 700 million-plus Google Play downloads, are secretly linked, according to a group of researchers from Arizona State University and Citizen Lab. Finding the secret links Virtual private networks (VPNs)…
Citizen Lab has identified links between multiple VPN providers, and multiple security weaknesses in their mobile applications.
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VexTrio, a sophisticated threat actor known for operating a massive traffic distribution system (TDS), has expanded its malicious activities by deploying fake VPN applications on major app stores, including Google Play and the Apple App Store. Originat…
GuidePoint Security uncovers a new Akira ransomware tactic targeting SonicWall VPNs. The group’s use of drivers to disable defenses is a significant threat to businesses.
The financially driven organization known as Dark Partners has been planning massive cryptocurrency theft since at least May 2025, using a complex network of more than 250 malicious domains that pose as AI tools, VPN services, cryptocurrency wallets, a…
Cyber espionage campaigns against Japanese companies have increased in fiscal year 2024, which runs from April 2024 to March 2025, according to a thorough analysis published by Macnica’s Security Research Center. The main objective of these campa…
SafePay ransomware has become one of the most active and destructive threat actors in Q1 2025, a shocking development in the cybersecurity scene. According to the Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU), SafePay has aggressively targeted over 200 victims wo…
CYFIRMA has discovered a sophisticated cyberattack campaign in which threat actors are using GitHub to host and disseminate malware masquerading as genuine software. Masquerading as “Free VPN for PC” and “Minecraft Skin Changer,” these malicious payloa…