I am a big advocate of using VPN services – I think they are an important part of everyone’s online privacy – I have listed some of the ways they benefit your security and what to look for in a secure VPN in this article: More about VPNs – CyberAwake …
Malicious Android smartphone apps
Here are a couple of the current examples of Android malware that could compromise your organisation, reported in the technical press this week. New SandStrike spyware infects Android devices via malicious VPN app (bleepingcomputer.com) Malicious Android apps with 1M+ installs found on Google Play (bleepingcomputer.com) They have different malicious intent …
Do you use Cisco AnyConnect? If so make sure you have ALL the clients patched.
Threat actors are carrying out massive attacks, looking for unpatched Cisco AnyConnect Windows clients: Cisco AnyConnect Windows client under active attack • The Register
VPNs are an important part of any cyber security plan
The moment you step outside your secure office and want to work – or you need anonymity on the internet – a VPN is your go to solution for privacy and security. I have written an article for the blog on our cyber awareness and online training site CyberAwake looking …
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Here is the fallout for Indian privacy…
I have reported previously on India’s new laws that will weaken the privacy offered to users of VPN technology: The new laws require the VPN vendors to record identifiable information about the users, and then make that information available to organisations authorised by the government, so effectively removing privacy from …
