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7 stories taggedVPN.
Free Android VPNs Are Leaking Your Traffic, Study of 281 Apps Finds
Researchers tested the most popular free VPN apps on Google Play. Many fail at the one job they promise: keeping your internet activity private.
Palo Alto Confirms In-the-Wild Abuse of GlobalProtect Auth Bypass (CVE-2026-0257)
An unknown actor is exploiting a 7.8-rated authentication bypass in PAN-OS portals and gateways to slip past GlobalProtect logins.
Check Point Issues Emergency Patches After IKEv1 Auth Bypass Draws Qilin Affiliate
Two certificate-validation flaws in Check Point's VPN stack — one already exploited, one caught during the ensuing review — have prompted hotfixes across nine Quantum software versions.
Check Point Confirms Active Exploitation of IKEv1 Cert-Bypass Flaw in Remote Access VPN
CVE-2026-50751 lets unauthenticated attackers slip past authentication on gateways still running the deprecated IKEv1 key exchange. Patch is out. Exploitation is not theoretical.
CVE-2026-0257: Palo Alto GlobalProtect Authentication Bypass Hit in the Wild Within Days of Disclosure
A credential-less VPN session forgery flaw in PAN-OS moved from 'medium severity, no known exploitation' to CISA's KEV catalog in sixteen days. Federal agencies had 72 hours to patch.
Palo Alto GlobalProtect Auth Bypass Hits Live Exploitation
CVE-2026-0257 lets attackers stand up unauthorized VPN sessions against PAN-OS and Prisma Access. Patches are out. So are the exploits.
Authorities Shut Down First VPN Over Criminal Ties
A European crackdown takes out a VPN aiding crime, but raises wider privacy concerns.