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369 Shady VPN Extensions Target Russian Chrome Users, Including Fake Windscribe and ExpressVPN
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369 Shady VPN Extensions Target Russian Chrome Users, Including Fake Windscribe and ExpressVPN

TechRadar found 369 anonymous VPN extensions targeting Russian Chrome users, including fake Windscribe and ExpressVPN. …

7 min· Oct 24, 2026
Microsoft Admits October Update Didn't Fix the Windows 11 Always On VPN Bug
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Microsoft Admits October Update Didn't Fix the Windows 11 Always On VPN Bug

Microsoft wrongly marked a Windows 11 Always On VPN bug as fixed in October 2026. Who's affected, the workaround, and …

7 min· Oct 22, 2026
Windows 11 KB5127648 Breaks Some VPN and Wi-Fi Logins: Who's Affected and How to Fix It
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Windows 11 KB5127648 Breaks Some VPN and Wi-Fi Logins: Who's Affected and How to Fix It

Microsoft's October 2026 Patch Tuesday update KB5127648 enforces an NTLMv1 block that breaks some VPN, Wi-Fi and …

6 min· Oct 17, 2026
Proton VPN Autumn/Winter 2026 Roadmap: Redesigned Apps, a Smarter Kill Switch and Pause Button
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Proton VPN Autumn/Winter 2026 Roadmap: Redesigned Apps, a Smarter Kill Switch and Pause Button

Proton published its autumn/winter 2026 roadmap on 15 October. For Proton VPN that means redesigned macOS, iOS and Linux …

6 min· Oct 16, 2026
Turkey's Under-15 Social Media Ban Starts November 1: What It Means for VPN Users
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Turkey's Under-15 Social Media Ban Starts November 1: What It Means for VPN Users

Turkey published the rules for its under-15 social media ban on October 10. Platforms must verify ages, lock down teen …

7 min· Oct 12, 2026
Russia Doubles Its Censorship Budget for 2027 and Targets 92% VPN Blocking by 2030
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Russia Doubles Its Censorship Budget for 2027 and Targets 92% VPN Blocking by 2030

Draft budgets show Russia plans to spend almost 20 billion rubles on its internet filtering system in 2027, double the …

7 min· Oct 8, 2026
Utah's VPN Law Is Now in Force, and 100+ Groups Answered With a 'Defend VPNs' Day of Action
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Utah's VPN Law Is Now in Force, and 100+ Groups Answered With a 'Defend VPNs' Day of Action

Utah's SB 73 has been enforceable since September 3, treating anyone physically in Utah as a Utah user even behind a …

6 min· Sep 26, 2026
A New US Bill Would Force Big VPNs to Block Piracy Sites. Free VPNs Get a Pass.
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A New US Bill Would Force Big VPNs to Block Piracy Sites. Free VPNs Get a Pass.

The American Copyright Protection Act (H.R. 10364) would let courts order VPNs with 100,000+ US users, ISPs and DNS …

7 min· Sep 24, 2026
Mullvad Is Shutting Down Its Public DNS Servers and Backing Quad9 Instead
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Mullvad Is Shutting Down Its Public DNS Servers and Backing Quad9 Instead

Mullvad announced on September 3, 2026 that it's shutting down its public encrypted DNS servers by November 2 and …

6 min· Sep 4, 2026
Wyden Tells NSA: Update Your VPN Guidance to Warn About Foreign Spying
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Wyden Tells NSA: Update Your VPN Guidance to Warn About Foreign Spying

Sen. Ron Wyden sent NSA Director Gen. Joshua Rudd a letter on September 2, 2026, calling for clearer federal guidance on …

6 min· Sep 3, 2026
Russia's VPN Crackdown Escalates: How Roskomnadzor Is Actually Finding You Now
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Russia's VPN Crackdown Escalates: How Roskomnadzor Is Actually Finding You Now

New reporting shows Russia is combining data from apps like Yandex and VK to identify VPN users, not just blocking IP …

7 min· Aug 26, 2026
NordVPN Exposes 65-Brand Fake Airline App Scam That's Draining Bank Accounts
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NordVPN Exposes 65-Brand Fake Airline App Scam That's Draining Bank Accounts

NordVPN researchers spent 12 months tracking a malware campaign impersonating Ryanair, Emirates, Qatar Airways and 62 …

6 min· Aug 24, 2026
EU Study Wants 30-Minute Piracy Takedowns, and VPNs Are in the Blast Radius
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EU Study Wants 30-Minute Piracy Takedowns, and VPNs Are in the Blast Radius

A European Parliament study published August 12, 2026 calls for binding rules forcing ISPs, CDNs, and VPNs to block …

7 min· Aug 12, 2026
Cisco ASA/FTD VPN Flaw Under Active Attack: What You Need to Know
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Cisco ASA/FTD VPN Flaw Under Active Attack: What You Need to Know

CVE-2026-20349 lets an unauthenticated attacker crash Cisco firewalls through their Remote Access SSL VPN service. CISA …

6 min· Aug 11, 2026
Turbo VPN's Emergency Patch After IPv6 Leaks: What Windows Users Need to Know
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Turbo VPN's Emergency Patch After IPv6 Leaks: What Windows Users Need to Know

Turbo VPN shipped a second emergency Windows update after TechRadar found its apps were still leaking IPv6 traffic …

6 min· Aug 8, 2026
Apple and Google Are Hosting Hundreds of Dangerous VPN Links: How to Spot a Fake
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Apple and Google Are Hosting Hundreds of Dangerous VPN Links: How to Spot a Fake

A TechRadar investigation of over 4,000 VPN app listings found hundreds using unencrypted links, hidden redirects and …

7 min· Aug 7, 2026
Fake VPN Installer Delivered a Backdoor for a Year: The QuickFox Supply Chain Attack
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Fake VPN Installer Delivered a Backdoor for a Year: The QuickFox Supply Chain Attack

QuickFox, a Windows VPN and proxy tool popular in China, had its installer secretly trojanized for over a year, …

6 min· Aug 6, 2026
Russia's VPN Crackdown Just Got Bigger: 20+ Services Blocked in Its Largest Operation Yet
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Russia's VPN Crackdown Just Got Bigger: 20+ Services Blocked in Its Largest Operation Yet

Roskomnadzor triggered widespread VPN outages across Russia on August 4, targeting more than 20 services at once by …

6 min· Aug 5, 2026
Switzerland's Surveillance Law Could Force VPNs to Log You: Where Things Stand in Mid-2026
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Switzerland's Surveillance Law Could Force VPNs to Log You: Where Things Stand in Mid-2026

A proposed revision to Swiss surveillance law could force VPNs and messaging apps to identify users and retain data. …

7 min· Aug 1, 2026
Mullvad VPN's Exit-IP Fingerprinting Flaw: What Happened and Is It Fixed?
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Mullvad VPN's Exit-IP Fingerprinting Flaw: What Happened and Is It Fixed?

An independent researcher found that Mullvad's exit IP assignment could let websites link a user's activity across …

6 min· Jul 31, 2026
Sen. Wyden Wants Legacy VPNs Purged From the US Government Within Two Years
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Sen. Wyden Wants Legacy VPNs Purged From the US Government Within Two Years

Ron Wyden sent a letter to OMB, CISA, and NIST calling for a two-year deadline to eliminate legacy public-facing VPN …

7 min· Jul 31, 2026
'No-Logs' VPN SplitVPN (NotVPN) Breach Exposes 58 Million Connection Records
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'No-Logs' VPN SplitVPN (NotVPN) Breach Exposes 58 Million Connection Records

A leaked 17GB database from SplitVPN, formerly NotVPN, shows the 'zero logs' provider actually recorded 58 million …

6 min· Jul 29, 2026
Windscribe on Canada's Bill C-22: What the Surveillance Bill Means for VPN Users
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Windscribe on Canada's Bill C-22: What the Surveillance Bill Means for VPN Users

Windscribe told users its logging and privacy policies won't change under Canada's Bill C-22, even as the surveillance …

7 min· Jul 27, 2026
VPN Providers Are Building MCP Servers So Your AI Agent Can Control Your Connection
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VPN Providers Are Building MCP Servers So Your AI Agent Can Control Your Connection

PrivadoVPN has followed ExpressVPN in launching an MCP server that lets AI coding assistants like Claude Code, Cursor …

6 min· Jul 25, 2026