VPNRanks Blog 2021 Archives

Cybersecurity – 10 Ways to Protect Yourself from Insider Threats

October 22, 2021
Minnie J. Hamilton
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month – Prevent Insider Threats Insider threats are more dangerous as compared to outsider threats, whether via the spread of malware, viruses, or spyware. Companies face great danger from those inside the organization

Cybercrime Gang Forms a Fake Company to Recruit Security Experts for Cyberattacks

October 22, 2021
Rachelle J. Alley
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FIN7, a Russian hacking group, set up a fake security organization named Bastion Secure in early 2021 and used it to lure cybersecurity workers, hire them, and then trick them into aiding in ransomware attacks.

Chinese VPN app Quickfox Caught Exposing Data of One Million Users

October 20, 2021
Rachelle J. Alley
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A team of Wizcase’s security researchers (being led by Ata Hakcil), revealed a crucial leak in Quickfox, that was exposing the personal data of at least a million users, including their names, cell phone numbers,

Cybersecurity – Explore, Experience, and Spread it

October 18, 2021
Minnie J. Hamilton
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month – Explore. Experience. Share From an ever-growing scope and increasing growth potential, cybersecurity could be the right career choice for you. Cybersecurity has become the core fabric of any modern business in

Sinclair TV Stations Faces Ransomware Attack Across The US

October 18, 2021
Gerald Hunt
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Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (SBG) is an American telecommunications multi-industry company. It was founded by Julian Sinclair Smith in 1971 and is now operated by his descendants. The Fortune 500 company and the second-biggest TV network

Phishing – How to recognize and protect against it?

October 15, 2021
Gerald Hunt
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month – Fight the Phish Phishing is a cybercrime where scammers try to extract sensitive and valuable information from you by disguising themselves as trustworthy sources. While scammers use multiple phishing scams, the

1M Stolen Credit Cards Hit Dark Web for Free

October 14, 2021
Rachelle J. Alley
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A Russian cybercriminal group called AllWorld.Cards released 1 million stolen credit cards on the Dark Web to sell payment credentials online. Cyble, a threat intelligence organization, took notice of this act during their “routine monitoring

Visible confirms account breaches & hacking – Blames ‘outside sources’

October 14, 2021
Minnie J. Hamilton
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Hackers accessed Visible users’ accounts by stealing credentials from outside sources. Verizon-owned cell service provider Visible confirms customer reports of account breaches and hacks. The company says the breaches were carried out using credentials from

Microsoft Warns About Password Attacks Against 250 Office 365 Users

October 13, 2021
Rachelle J. Alley
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According to Microsoft, various password spraying attacks have been targeted against the 250 Office 365 users in the Israeli and US defence technology sector. Cyber attackers try to get into multiple accounts by using common

Are free VPNs secure for iPhone? [Updated October 2021]

October 8, 2021
Gerald Hunt
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Are free VPNs secure for iPhone No, free VPNs for iPhone can never be completely secure. However, using a free VPN can sometimes be smart privacy, only if you use the right one. But for