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VPN, or Virtual Private Network, is a security technology that creates an encrypted connection over a less secure network, such as the internet. By establishing secure connections, VPNs ensure that any data transmitted remains confidential and protected from interception by unauthorized entities.
In the context of information security, a VPN plays a crucial role in safeguarding sensitive information. When individuals or organizations transmit data over the internet, they are susceptible to cyber threats such as hacking, eavesdropping, and data theft. A VPN mitigates these risks by encapsulating and encrypting internet traffic. This cryptographic tunneling prevents attackers from accessing or manipulating the data in transit, preserving the integrity and confidentiality of digital communications.
VPNs are widely used for various purposes, including remote access to private networks, preserving anonymity online, and bypassing geographical restrictions. They are essential tools for enhancing privacy and security in digital environments, especially for users who frequently use public Wi-Fi networks or wish to protect their online activities from surveillance and tracking.
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Exploiting the PAN-OS GlobalProtect VPN vulnerability requires certain conditions, but adversaries have done so in two attack waves that started in mid-May.
Rapid7: Attackers exploit authentication bypass flaw in the wild, meaning more emergency patching for PAN-OS users
CVE-2026-0257 lets attackers forge Palo Alto GlobalProtect auth cookies and bypass VPN login. Exploitation confirmed since May 17. Palo Alto Networks addressed the vulnerability CVE-2026-0257 on May 13. Two weeks later, cybersecurity firm Rapid7 confirmed active exploitation across multiple customer environments. The flaw impacts the GlobalProtect portal and gateway components of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS […]
Palo Alto Networks is warning that hackers are now exploiting a PAN-OS GlobalProtect authentication bypass flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-0257, in attacks attempting to breach corporate networks. [...]
Palo Alto Networks has warned that a recently disclosed medium-severity security flaw impacting PAN-OS and Prisma Access has come under active exploitation in the wild
19.6 Billion files are exposed in misconfigured cloud buckets, including 685K credential files and nearly 1M database dumps. There’s a comfortable myth most people carry around: that the data they hand to companies is locked somewhere safe. Researchers at Mysterium VPN just ran the numbers, and the numbers disagree. Across 535,480 publicly listable cloud storage […]
Authorities in Europe and North America have announced the dismantling of a criminal virtual private network (VPN) service used by criminal actors to obscure the origins of ransomware attacks, data theft, scanning, and denial-of-service attacks
The advanced persistent threat group also relied on SOCKS proxies like SoftEther VPN, tunneling tools that act as a middleman between victim and attacker.
Officials arrested the alleged administrator of First VPN, seized its servers and domains. Europol said the service appeared in almost every major recent cybercrime investigation. The post European authorities take down prolific cybercrime VPN service appeared first on CyberScoop.
First VPN, a service used by ransomware actors and fraudsters, was dismantled by Europol
A virtual private network service called 'First VPN,' used in ransomware and data theft attacks, has been taken offline in a joint international law enforcement operation. [...]
Threat actors brute-forced VPN credentials and bypassed multi-factor authentication (MFA) on SonicWall Gen6 SSL-VPN appliances to deploy tools used in ransomware attacks. [...]
Firefox maker says the tools are basic security infrastructure, not teenage contraband
Alleged Nation-State Hacker Being Held in Houston JailU.S. prosecutors allege 34-year-old Chinese national Xu Zewei operated under China’s Ministry of State Security to hack universities and firms during the pandemic, exploiting VPN and Exchange flaws and exfiltrating research data in a Silk Typhoon campaign.
'Firestarter' Backdoor Can Survive Reboots, Upgrades and Standard FixesThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued an emergency directive warning a newly-discovered Cisco backdoor can survive routine remediation processes, forcing agencies to investigate edge devices that anchor federal firewall and VPN security.
Modern intrusions increasingly start with valid credentials and routine access, not exploits. Blackpoint Cyber's upcoming threat report shows how VPN abuse, RMM tools, and social engineering drive most incidents. [...]
Why Remote Access to Industrial Operations Is the Biggest Unmanaged RiskRemote access has become one of the largest unmanaged attack surfaces in industrial operations. Legacy VPNs and jump servers expose OT environments to serious risk. Learn how Cisco Cyber Vision's Secure Equipment Access can secure vendor and engineer access while protecting critical infrastructure.
Chinese-speaking users are the target of an active campaign that uses typosquatted domains impersonating trusted software brands to deliver a previously undocumented remote access trojan named AtlasCross RAT
F5 Revises Severity of Flaw Disclosed Last YearFlaws in major application delivery and security platforms and VPN gateways are being actively exploited or targeted. Under fire: a vulnerability in F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager can facilitate remote code execution, and a "memory overread" flaw in NetScaler Application Delivery Controller.
Mozilla released Firefox 149 with added privacy protection through a built-in VPN tool offering up to 50GB of monthly traffic. [...]