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Packet Mangling Is Not As Strange As It Sounds
There are probably a few dozen interpretations of what the phrase “packet mangling” may mean to different people. If you haven’t heard of it, it can be difficult to interpret what may sound like a somewhat negative experience — but, rest assured, there is nothing nefarious about this process.
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Introducing Cyber Shield: Built-in Content Filtering for OpenVPN Cloud
PLEASANTON, CALIF. – April 8, 2021 – Robust content filtering is now possible with Cyber Shield, a free add-on of OpenVPN Cloud. The OpenVPN team released Cyber Shield, which provides our OpenVPN-as-a-Service tenants with a powerful way to block access to malicious websites using DNS-based content filtering.
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Here’s What Happens When You DON’T Use Zero Trust Security
If you’re CEO of one of the most influential destinations on the Internet, the last thing in the world you want to do is tweet out an abject apology to your nearly 200 million customers: “Tough day for us at Twitter. We all feel terrible this happened.”
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Women's History Month at OpenVPN
As we close out Women's History Month, we want to celebrate by highlighting three of the incredible women on our team. While every single one of the women here is invaluable to the work we do, today we want to introduce you to Sheryn, Diana, and Nadine, all members of the Customer Success Team. According to the Customer Success Manager, Martin,
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Patching, and the Problem With Legacy Software
For much of 2021, the eyes of the cybersecurity community have been focused on SolarWinds and the astonishing state-backed campaign that is still unfolding in front of us. But arguably just as important is a campaign that targeted little-known US software company Accellion and its customers over December and January.
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Why Nation State Attacks Are Now A Problem For Everyone
In cybersecurity circles, there are a couple of well-worn beliefs about nation state threats. One holds that they are only relevant to a relatively small number of critical infrastructure, defense, and government organizations. The other is that such attackers are so replete with the latest tools, techniques, and resources that it’s pointless for
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OpenVPN Cloud Launches Domain Routing Feature
PLEASANTON, Calif. — March 10, 2021 — OpenVPN Inc. is excited to announce the launch of a new OpenVPN Cloud feature that brings domain name awareness to its sophisticated routing logic. OpenVPN has had many requests to define resources by domain names, and now the company can meet that demand. The new Domain Routing components provide intelligent
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CNI Under Attack: What Can We Learn From the Florida Water Hack?
A shadowy remote hacker using technical cunning to poison a US city sounds like the stuff of a Hollywood thriller. But in reality, security experts have been warning about such an attack for years. So when the worst case scenario nearly played out in Oldsmar, Florida earlier this month, the cybersecurity community was perhaps less surprised than
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An Interview With OpenVPN Developers
Our products here at OpenVPN are developed by small but dedicated teams, all passionate about delivering high-quality solutions. OpenVPN and its products are primarily focused on the client and their information security needs. Our developer’s goal is always to make the software as reliable, secure, and user-friendly as possible — and they
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Three Billion Credentials Circulating Online: Is Your Business At Risk?
Online data dumps are nothing new. Sites selling consumers’ stolen personal and financial information and log-ins help generate more revenue for the cybercrime underground than the GDP of many countries. However, the recent appearance of three billion username and password pairs — known as a “combo list” — may have raised the eyebrows of even the
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