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FortiBleed: 73,000+ Fortinet VPN Credentials Leaked, Now Linked to Lynx Ransomware
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FortiBleed: 73,000+ Fortinet VPN Credentials Leaked, Now Linked to Lynx Ransomware

A leaked database of Fortinet FortiGate VPN credentials, built with a 45-GPU cracking cluster, has been tied to the INC …

7 min· Jul 8, 2026
The State of VPNs in Mid-2026: Censorship, Leaky Apps, and an Uneven Security Race
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The State of VPNs in Mid-2026: Censorship, Leaky Apps, and an Uneven Security Race

Four stories from the past few months, Russian site-level blocking, a mobile VPN leak study, uneven post-quantum …

8 min· Jul 6, 2026
281 Android VPN Apps Tested. 29 Leaked Everything They Promised to Hide.
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281 Android VPN Apps Tested. 29 Leaked Everything They Promised to Hide.

A University of Michigan study built the first large-scale mobile VPN auditing tool. It found DNS leaks, unencrypted …

7 min· Jul 5, 2026
Russia's VPN Crackdown Just Changed Tactics: Now the Sites Themselves Are Blocking You
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Russia's VPN Crackdown Just Changed Tactics: Now the Sites Themselves Are Blocking You

Ozon, Kinopoisk, and other major Russian platforms began blocking VPN users on April 15, shifting enforcement from the …

7 min· Jul 5, 2026
Apple Pulled VPN Apps From Russia's App Store: What It Means for Access to Circumvention Tools
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Apple Pulled VPN Apps From Russia's App Store: What It Means for Access to Circumvention Tools

Apple removed VPN and proxy apps including Streisand, V2Box, v2RayTun, and Happ Proxy Utility from the Russian App …

6 min· Jul 4, 2026
ExpressVPN Launches the First Meta Quest VPN and a Hybrid Browser Extension
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ExpressVPN Launches the First Meta Quest VPN and a Hybrid Browser Extension

ExpressVPN launched a standalone VPN app for Meta Quest headsets and a hybrid browser extension that switches between …

7 min· Jul 4, 2026
India Plans a New Law for VPN Providers: What Users Should Know
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India Plans a New Law for VPN Providers: What Users Should Know

A July 2026 report says India is drafting a new VPN law after its 2022 rules failed. Local offices, compliance officers, …

6 min· Jul 3, 2026
PIA Passes Its Third No-Logs Audit, This Time by Deloitte Romania
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PIA Passes Its Third No-Logs Audit, This Time by Deloitte Romania

Private Internet Access just passed its third independent no-logs audit, conducted by Deloitte Audit Romania under the …

6 min· Jul 2, 2026
EU Parliament Vote Fails to Block Chat Control Extension: What It Means for VPN Users
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EU Parliament Vote Fails to Block Chat Control Extension: What It Means for VPN Users

MEPs voted 314 to 276 to block the Chat Control 1.0 extension on July 9, 2026, but fell short of the 360 votes needed. …

6 min· Jul 1, 2026
SonicWall VPN Flaw Exposed 70+ Banks: What Happened and What to Do
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SonicWall VPN Flaw Exposed 70+ Banks: What Happened and What to Do

A SonicWall SSL-VPN vulnerability let ransomware group Akira breach Marquis Software and expose data at 70+ banks and …

6 min· Jun 30, 2026
Android 16 Bug Can Silently Expose VPN Traffic: What We Know
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Android 16 Bug Can Silently Expose VPN Traffic: What We Know

Researchers found a bug in Android 16 that can leak VPN traffic outside the tunnel without warning. Here is what that …

6 min· Jun 26, 2026
UK VPN Downloads Keep Surging as Ofcom Enforcement Lags Behind
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UK VPN Downloads Keep Surging as Ofcom Enforcement Lags Behind

VPN downloads in the UK have jumped as much as 1,800% since age-verification rules under the Online Safety Act took …

7 min· Jun 26, 2026
NordVPN's Q2 2026 Update Pushes It Further Into Antivirus Territory
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NordVPN's Q2 2026 Update Pushes It Further Into Antivirus Territory

NordVPN's Q2 2026 roundup rebrands Threat Protection Pro as an antivirus platform, adds worldwide scam call protection, …

8 min· Jun 24, 2026
Nebraska's Age-Verification Law Just Took Effect. Here's What It Means for VPN Users.
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Nebraska's Age-Verification Law Just Took Effect. Here's What It Means for VPN Users.

Nebraska's social media age-verification law took effect July 1, 2026. Here is what it actually does, how it compares to …

6 min· Jun 22, 2026
Canada's Bill C-34 Wants Every Adult to Verify Their Age Too
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Canada's Bill C-34 Wants Every Adult to Verify Their Age Too

Canada's Safe Social Media Act would bar under-16s from social media and make every Canadian, adults included, verify …

6 min· Jun 20, 2026
China Blocks VLESS: The Great Firewall Just Took Out One of the Last Working Protocols
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China Blocks VLESS: The Great Firewall Just Took Out One of the Last Working Protocols

China has moved to block VLESS, one of the last circumvention protocols still working after April's mass server …

7 min· Jun 20, 2026
Proton VPN Launches Proton Protocols: Faster, Harder to Block
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Proton VPN Launches Proton Protocols: Faster, Harder to Block

Proton VPN's June 2026 update introduces Proton Protocols, a new architecture built for stability and censorship …

5 min· Jun 15, 2026
US House Passes the KIDS Act: What It Means for VPN Users
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US House Passes the KIDS Act: What It Means for VPN Users

The House passed the KIDS Act 267-117 on June 29, 2026. Here is what the age-verification push means for your privacy, …

6 min· Jun 15, 2026
Norton's Mimic Protocol Passes an Audit: Why Obfuscation Is Going Mainstream
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Norton's Mimic Protocol Passes an Audit: Why Obfuscation Is Going Mainstream

Norton's proprietary Mimic protocol passed an independent audit in 2026. What traffic obfuscation does, why it matters …

5 min· Jun 14, 2026
The Best VPN Summer Deals of 2026 (and How to Judge Them)
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The Best VPN Summer Deals of 2026 (and How to Judge Them)

Proton VPN's summer sale hit 70% off, undercutting NordVPN. Here are the best VPN deals of summer 2026 and how to tell a …

6 min· Jun 14, 2026
Wisconsin Drops Its VPN Ban Clause: Why These Keep Failing
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Wisconsin Drops Its VPN Ban Clause: Why These Keep Failing

Wisconsin quietly removed a VPN ban from its age-verification bill in 2026. It fits a clear pattern: lawmakers add VPN …

5 min· Jun 14, 2026
French Courts Are Forcing VPNs to Block Football Streams: What It Means for You
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French Courts Are Forcing VPNs to Block Football Streams: What It Means for You

Paris courts have ordered NordVPN, Proton, Surfshark, ExpressVPN and CyberGhost to block hundreds of pirate sports …

5 min· Jun 13, 2026
Utah Pauses Its VPN Law Until September After Aylo's Court Challenge
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Utah Pauses Its VPN Law Until September After Aylo's Court Challenge

Utah agreed not to enforce its age-verification law until September 3, 2026, after Aylo challenged it in court. What the …

5 min· Jun 13, 2026
World Cup 2026 Scams Are Already Live: Fake Wi-Fi, Fake Streams, and 73% of Fans Walking Right Into Them
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World Cup 2026 Scams Are Already Live: Fake Wi-Fi, Fake Streams, and 73% of Fans Walking Right Into Them

An ExpressVPN survey of 6,000 football fans found 73% would connect to any Wi-Fi network named after the venue they're …

7 min· Jun 9, 2026