High School Students Expelled For Hacking Teachers’ Computer

  • February 10, 2014

Canadian Travelers Being Spied On By CSEC At

  • February 10, 2014

Android VPN Vulnerability Detected At Ben Gurion University

  • February 10, 2014

Less Than 30 Percent Of U.S. Mobile Calls

  • February 10, 2014

Contact Info

  • E-MAIL: contact@vpnpick.com

Blog

News

North Korea accidentally leaks top-level DNS data

North Korea has accidentally “leaked” all 28 of its .kp domains, allowing foreigners an unprecedented insight into the government-run websites of the notoriously secretive country. “On Sept 19 2016, at approximately 10:00PM, one of North Korea’s top level nameservers was accidentally configured to allow global DNS zone transfers. This allows anyone who performs an AXFR […]

  • h-reina
  • September 21, 2016
  • 0 Comments
  • 156 Views
Russian hackers, Fancy Bear, continue with Wada revelations
News

Russian hackers, Fancy Bear, continue with Wada revelations

The Russian hacker group, Fancy Bear, has released more files for Olympic athletes that they believe have been getting unfair advantages. The files include those of British athletes who won gold medals, Mo Farah and Helen Glover. The group hacked into the World Anti Doping Agency back on the 13th of September, and they started […]

  • ali-raza
  • September 20, 2016
  • 0 Comments
  • 138 Views
News

Vulnerability found on China’s WeChat, Gives attackers complete remote control over the app

A vulnerability has been found on WeChat, one of China and the world’s largest instant messaging service, which would give attackers complete access over the mobile application. Through the vulnerability, attackers can remotely control a user’s Moment features, contact list, chat record, and even  WeChat Wallet, a function connected with a user’s debit or credit […]

  • h-reina
  • September 19, 2016
  • 0 Comments
  • 145 Views
News

Cryptocurrency Wallets Attacked Through Subreddit Posts

The use of e-currency schemes such as Bitcoin has seen an elevated number of scams and hacks targeted towards users. Right now, some few scams have been going around which have the potential, when downloaded, to install malware onto users computers. Most of the users have seen their wallets being emptied as an outcome. Of […]

  • ali-raza
  • September 19, 2016
  • 0 Comments
  • 127 Views
Mozilla planning new update for same vulnerability that affected Tor
News

Mozilla planning new update for same vulnerability that affected Tor

Web browser company Mozilla has released a new Firefox update that is able to fix some of the same cross-platform issue, which is a malicious code execution flaw that was also seen in the Tor browser. The news was announced by officials of the company. The flaw allowed cyber attackers to enter a man in […]

  • ali-raza
  • September 17, 2016
  • 0 Comments
  • 121 Views
News

Dutch student discovered a backdoor that could allow attackers to install any app on Xiaomi phones

It’s not surprising if you’re using a Xiaomi phone instead of a iPhone or Samsung, you aren’t the only one. According to International Data Corporation (IDC), in October 2014, Xiaomi, the biggest smartphone manufacturer in China, was also the third largest smartphone maker in the world, following Samsung and Apple Inc., and followed by Lenovo […]

  • h-reina
  • September 16, 2016
  • 0 Comments
  • 153 Views
Alibaba employees hack their way to get free mooncakes
News

Alibaba employees hack their way to get free mooncakes

The China Mid Autumn festival has started and the festival organizers decided to announce the start by runaway inflatable balloon. The festival is celebrated annually on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Han calendar, the date which closely corresponds to the full moon closest to the equinox, which happens on autumn. To […]

  • ali-raza
  • September 16, 2016
  • 0 Comments
  • 131 Views
popular-science-journal-website-eurekalert-hacked
News

Popular science journal website ‘Eurekalert’ hacked

For scientific journalists, the Eurekalert website equals their own Facebook, or Twitter, or any other social media network that you can’t go a day without. The website is the brainchild of the American Association for Advancement of Science, and it is the place to go for press releases about the latest scientific findings that users […]

  • ali-raza
  • September 15, 2016
  • 0 Comments
  • 128 Views
News

UK intelligence agency plans to build a nation-wide DNS ‘firewall’

Ciara Martin, the current Director-General Cyber at the UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) the first Chief Executive of the new National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), said that the new organization will adopt a more active posture in defending the UK from a range of cyber threats the UK currently faces, as well as the need […]

  • h-reina
  • September 15, 2016
  • 0 Comments
  • 115 Views
Russian hackers leak medical records of American Olympics athletes
News

Russian hackers leak medical records of American Olympics athletes

A Russian hacking group is believed to be the one responsible for a hack that took place on the World Anti-Doping Agency website and has seen several of American’s confidential medical reports leaked online. The anti-doping agency announced the news on Monday. The hacker group, known in some circles as Fancy Bear, released the records […]

  • ali-raza
  • September 14, 2016
  • 0 Comments
  • 124 Views
Vulnerabilities which gives attackers chance to take over database’s discovered
News

Vulnerabilities which gives attackers chance to take over databases discovered

A Polish security researcher, Dawid Golunski, has discovered two zero day vulnerabilities, the CVE-2016-6662 and CVE-2016-6663, which are said to affect the MySQL versions. The flaws are said to allow hackers to gain full control of the database that they are attacking. Both of the vulnerabilities were reported to the company Oracle and also other […]

  • ali-raza
  • September 13, 2016
  • 0 Comments
  • 121 Views
News

Monero Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Targets Seagate NAS Devices

Mal/Miner-C, also referred to as PhotoMiner, is a malware variant that has been infecting Internet-exposed Seagate Central Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices and using them to infect connected computers to mine for the Monero cryptocurrency. Security company GuardiCore, found that Miner-C was created in early December 2015. At the start of June 2016, researchers found that […]

  • h-reina
  • September 12, 2016
  • 0 Comments
  • 144 Views
News

Two Critical Vulnerabilities Found on Android Devices

Two critical vulnerabilities were disclosed in a large percentage of Android devices. Meanwhile, malicious apps were downloaded nearly 2.5 million times from Google’s Play Marketplace, a primary platform for Android users to download and update mobile apps. While the vulnerabilities have been fixed in updates Google began distributing last week, a large percentage of Android […]

  • h-reina
  • September 12, 2016
  • 0 Comments
  • 124 Views
Snowden debates about encryption and the Government with CNN journalist
News

Snowden against Russia over human rights and hacking

US whistleblower Edward Snowden, the one who stole secrets from the NSA that had worldwide implications, has been hiding in Russia ever since. However, instead of praising the place where he is staying, the whistleblower has done the proverbial, ‘shit on his bed.’ He has come out attacking the Russian government on its human rights […]

  • ali-raza
  • September 12, 2016
  • 0 Comments
  • 146 Views
Leaked video gives insight on hacking tool used by government
News

Leaked video gives insight on hacking tool used by government

A new hacking video demo has shown how government hacking usually works. The new 10 minute video was obtained by news website, Motherboard, which shows an Italian surveillance contractor, going by the name RCS Lab. In the demo, the contractor showed a hacking tool that has been in use, utilized by the police forces and […]

  • ali-raza
  • September 8, 2016
  • 0 Comments
  • 129 Views

Who We Are

At VPNPick, we research, test, and compare VPN services to help readers choose the right solution for their privacy, security, streaming, and browsing needs.

 

We also publish practical guides, tutorials, industry news, and online-safety insights that make complex VPN technology easier to understand and use.

Facebook-f Youtube X-twitter

Quick Links

Top Categories

Recent Posts

VPN Providers Move Toward Post-Quantum Encryption:

  • August 24, 2026
Interest in VPNs is rising again worldwide.

VPN Search Interest Is Rising Again

  • August 9, 2026
Gen Z Cares More About Online Privacy

Why Gen Z Cares More About

  • August 6, 2026
VPNPick  @2026. All Rights Reserved.
Exclusive Offer: Get 75% off¹ + 3 Months Extra on NordVPNGet This Deal
+