The best VPN trials of 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

ExpressVPN is a widely used and popular VPN. While expensive, the service is best suited for individuals who want to adopt a reliable VPN that can be used at home and abroad. Advanced features include content streaming and torrenting availability, split tunneling, and a threat manager designed to stop tracking. The VPN is straightforward: Install […]

Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Keeping Modern Slavery Compounds Online

Within the compounds, which often have close links to Chinese organized crime groups and online gambling syndicates, victims are typically forced to work day and night to scam hundreds of people at a time. This includes carrying out long-running investment scams that have netted criminals up to $75 billion over the past few years. If […]

When you should use a VPN – and when you shouldn’t

IncrediVFX/Getty Images I use a VPN. I don’t use a VPN every second of every day. Over the years, I’ve found that using a VPN all the time can cause various issues to pop up. Because of that, I’ve become rather selective about when I make use of the VPN installed on my system. Also: You […]

Elon Musk’s Starlink Is Keeping Modern Slavery Compounds Online

Within the compounds, which often have close links to Chinese organized crime groups and online gambling syndicates, victims are typically forced to work day and night to scam hundreds of people at a time. This includes carrying out long-running investment scams that have netted criminals up to $75 billion over the past few years. If […]

Managing Legacy Medical Device and App Cyber Risks

Legacy apps and medical devices continue to pose persistent and considerable risk to healthcare IT environments, and many organizations are still unaware of their prevalence in their settings, said Keith Fricke, partner and principal consultant at tw-Security. To get a better handle on these products, it’s imperative for healthcare entities to take several critical steps, […]

Chinese cyberespionage group deploys custom backdoors on Juniper routers

Junos OS provides administrators with a custom command-line interface (CLI) that allows issuing Junos specific commands, but also the ability to switch to the underlying FreeBSD shell and use the general FreeBSD command-line tools and programs. The OS also implements a modified variant of the NetBSD Verified Exec (veriexec), a kernel-based file integrity verification subsystem […]

Heimdal and Watsoft Team Up to Strengthen MSP Cybersecurity in France

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, and PARIS, France, January 13, 2025 — Heimdal, a top European cybersecurity company, is teaming up with Watsoft, a French IT distributor focused on Managed Service Providers (MSPs). This partnership will help MSPs in France deal with today’s growing cybersecurity challenges by simplifying how they manage security and offering reliable tools from a […]

How Ghostgpt Is Empowering Cybercrime in The Age Of AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has significantly transformed various sectors, offering tools that enhance efficiency and innovation. However, the emergence of uncensored AI chatbots like GhostGPT has introduced new challenges in cybersecurity. Designed without ethical safeguards, GhostGPT provides cyber criminals with a potent tool for malicious activities. The Rise of GhostGPT: An AI Without Limits GhostGPT is […]

Fraud Funding Terrorism? Uncovering Sanctioned Connections in Global Fraud Networks

Editor’s note: The following blog post originally appeared on Levi Gundert’s Substack page. Introduction A past conversation with an undercover federal agent who specializes in money laundering revealed staggering amounts of currency moving across geographic boundaries, skirting traditional Anti-Money Laundering (AML) processes. From local and transnational crime syndicates to presidential spouses and those looking to […]

Inside the Rise of International Communication Centers (ICCs)

Summary China is rapidly advancing its global propaganda strategies through international communication centers (ICCs), with over 100 centers established since 2018 — most since 2023. These centers aim to amplify the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) voice on the international stage, targeting specific audiences with tailored messaging (a strategy known as “precise communication”). ICCs coordinate local, […]

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