President Donald Trump has signed the “Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship” executive order on January 20, 2025. This directive aims to curtail federal government involvement in content moderation and promote transparency regarding past censorship practices. The order takes
Ransomware gangs have recently begun posing as tech support to infiltrate networks and carry out malicious activities. These groups have been exploiting Microsoft services and tools, such as Microsoft Teams, for initial access and subsequent attacks. Security experts warn that this evolving
TikTok, one of the most downloaded apps across the globe, was reinstated in the US following a 14-hour blackout. The app was taken down late on January 18 in compliance with a Supreme Court ruling requiring TikTok to separate from its Chinese parent, ByteDance or be banned in the country. As TikTok
After a recent PowerSchool data breach, affected school districts have confirmed that hackers accessed all historical student and teacher records, exposing decades of sensitive data. As reported earlier, PowerSchool first became aware of the breach in late December, publicly disclosing it on 8
A massive security breach has exposed sensitive data from over 15,000 FortiGate firewall devices. Hackers from the newly emerged “Belsen Group” leaked configuration files, IP addresses, and VPN credentials on the dark web, making the information freely available to other
vpnMentor’s Research Team recently conducted extensive research on the increasing demand for VPNs in the US and its effect on Pornhub's traffic — and a nuanced picture emerged. The data shows how age verification laws, geo-blocking, and user behavior are shaping online privacy and content access.
vpnMentor’s Research Team has been following the looming TikTok ban in the United States, as the platform has sparked debates surrounding national security and data privacy concerns. The saga began with ByteDance, the China-based company behind TikTok, facing pressure to sell its U.S. operations or
Threat actors are using deceptive tactics to bypass Apple iMessage’s phishing protection, tricking users into enabling disabled links in fraudulent messages. These smishing attacks target mobile users with fake texts posing as trusted entities, in an effort to manipulate recipients into
A major data breach has compromised Gravy Analytics — a company that collects and sells smartphone location data — potentially exposing millions of users. Hackers claim to have stolen over 17 terabytes of sensitive data, including customer lists, industry insights, and precise location data of
A cybersecurity breach at PowerSchool, a leading education software company, has compromised sensitive student and teacher information across K-12 school districts in the United States and Canada. The breach, first detected on December 28, 2024, resulted from hackers infiltrating PowerSchool’s