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83 articles accelerating

VPN has appeared in 83 articles since 2015-01. Coverage peaked in 2024Q2 with 6 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Google, Apple, China, Twitter.

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Acceleration
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Coverage Timeline

2025-01-09
TechCrunch 25 related

Ivanti warns that threat actors exploited a critical-rated zero-day in its widely used Connect Secure VPN tool to compromise its corporate customers' networks

U.S. software giant Ivanti has warned that a zero-day vulnerability in its widely-used enterprise VPN appliance has been exploited …

2024-09-01
Techdirt 11 related

X is right to stand up to Brazil's unjust “hostage laws,” but Musk's fight highlights his cynical free speech stance after he caved to Modi's censorship demands

RE: https://www.threads.net/... Adam Cook / @motorcityadam : Pretty clear that Musk wants Bolsonaro re-installed and Musk wants to leverage Twitter, by design, to encourage Bolsonaristas to overthrow ...

2024-05-07
Ars Technica 12 related

Researchers detail an attack against many VPN apps that force them to send some or all traffic outside of the VPN encrypted tunnel; Android mitigates the flaw

TunnelVision vulnerability has existed since 2002 and may already be known to attackers.  —  Researchers have devised an attack …

2024-05-02
BleepingComputer 12 related

Microsoft confirms the April 2024 Windows security update breaks VPN connections across client and server platforms on Windows 11, 10, and Server 2008 or later

Microsoft has confirmed that the April 2024 Windows security updates break VPN connections across client and server platforms.

2024-04-25
Wired 18 related

Cisco details a hacking campaign that penetrated multiple governments' networks using two zero-day flaws in its VPN and firewall Adaptive Security Appliances

Change Healthcare Finally Admits It Paid Ransomware Hackers—and Still Faces a Patient Data Leak

2023-11-05
TechCrunch

An interview with Mozilla Senior Director of Content Carolyn O'Hara about joining the fediverse, technical hurdles when onboarding users, moderation, and more

I must confess, I have been observing mozilla.social for quite some time. … Johannes Ernst / @J12t@social.coop : If I read this right, #mozilla has identified #news organizations as their initial user...

2021-08-25
Los Angeles Times 16 related

FBI says a man phished thousands of iCloud accounts via an email scam where he impersonated customer support, stealing 620K photos and 9K videos until mid-2018

and he wasn't even using a VPN. And Apple didn't catch on. Matthew Green / @matthew_d_green : Imagine if instead of stealing photos he'd inserted CSAM images into these accounts. 306 lives would now b...

2021-06-26
BleepingComputer 36 related

Western Digital says some My Book Live devices are being compromised by malware leading to a factory reset erasing all data, believes its servers weren't hacked

Mybookliveduo - looks to have formatted itself WD Community : Action Required on My Book Live and My Book Live Duo Ashwin / gHacks Technology News : Western Digital My Book Live drives are getting wip...

2021-06-06
Bloomberg 11 related

Investigator says hackers breached Colonial Pipeline through a VPN account whose password has since been discovered inside a batch of leaks on the dark web

🍿 Gangster Coworking CNN : Ransomware attackers used compromised password to access Colonial Pipeline network Kim Lyons / The Verge : Hackers reportedly used a compromised password in Colonial Pipelin...

2021-06-05
Bloomberg 8 related

Investigator says hackers breached Colonial Pipeline through a VPN account whose password has since been discovered inside a batch of leaks on the dark web

- Investigators suspect hackers got password from dark web leak  — Colonial CEO hopes U.S. goes after criminal hackers abroad

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VPN has appeared in 165 Techmeme articles since December 2014. The biggest stories include Netflix says it will block proxy and VPN access, used to bypass country restrictions, in... and All five Brazilian judges on a Supreme Court panel vote to confirm the X ban in Brazil.... Frequently covered alongside Google, Apple, Android, Facebook, and Google One. Coverage has shifted toward regulation themes and away from consumer, enterprise.

Key Moments

2024Q2developer +14pts; consumer +7pts; research +14pts
2024Q3enterprise -29pts; developer -14pts; consumer +29pts
2025Q1enterprise +50pts; consumer -36pts; regulation +21pts

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