The majority of android-based VPN applications offer poor security services to their clients, a study has found. According to the findings of the study that was conducted by cyber security researchers from the University of California at Berkeley and the University of New South Wales, a big number of android-based …

LeakedSource, the famous site that aggregated and sold data from breached sites has disappeared, it has been reported. According to a post made on a public forum by an individual who is privy to the goings on, the offices of the site were raided by law-enforcement officials earlier on Friday …

Hackers have managed to hack into the database of the Candid Board, a leading upskirt porn site, and expose the data of more than 180,000 users of the site; it has been reported. The hackers managed to access the database of the site back in September last year and steal …

Authorities in China are embarking on what they describe as a massive cleanup of the internet connection service in the country; it has been reported. The ministry of industry and information technology has announced that it is set on carrying out a massive cleanup exercise in a bid to strengthen …

ProtonMail, the Swedish provider of encrypted email services, is now available on the dark web via the Tor anonymity service. In a statement, the company said that its users will now be able to access it via the Tor network through a special URL address. The co-founder of the company, …

Authorities in China are introducing a set of new regulations that many see as a way of tightening internet censorship practices in the country. The CPC, the ruling party in the country, has published a set of new regulations after what it describes as a long process of public consultations. …

Authorities in the UK are set to send warning letters to people who use peer-to-peer file sharing sites in a bid to fight online piracy; it has been revealed. According to reports, the UK authorities, in association with leading players in the anti-digital piracy campaigns in the country such as …

Experts are increasingly warning that users of the popular instant messaging service, WhatsApp, may be getting exposed to hackers when using the service. It has emerged that WhatsApp, which uses a Signal-based form of encryption to encrypt the messages that people send and receive when using the platform, has largely …

Hackers are using fake emails that appear to have originated from the Australian Post to trick unsuspecting shoppers into clicking on malicious links in a new wave of cyber attacks; it has been reported. By Tuesday, reports started emerging that thousands of people were receiving emails that purported to have …

Hackers are increasingly using Ransomware and DDoS attacks to extort money from businesses and individuals, a recently published report says. In the report by Radware, a cyber security firm, it is pointed out that the motivation to profiteer has now fully replaced the need to make a political statement or …