News By Ali Ghanavati Oct 10, 2026 DNS Tunneling Surge in Iran Hits 40 Billion Records: What Privacy Users Need to Know A massive spike in Iranian VPN-over-DNS activity generated 40 billion passive DNS observations within days in early October 2026. The surge signals both a breakthrough in circumvention and an escalation in detection pressure. Here's why this matters for privacy users and what viable alternatives exist. Read More
News By Ali Ghanavati Oct 10, 2026 How Iran's Deep Packet Inspection Defeats Standard VPNs: Technical Reality and What Still Works Iran's internet filtering infrastructure increasingly uses machine-learning-assisted deep packet inspection to identify and block commercial VPN protocols within seconds. This analysis explains how modern DPI detection works, why traditional VPN brands no longer offer reliable protection, and which obfuscation techniques remain viable—along with the genuine legal risks of VPN use in Iran. Read More
News By Ali Ghanavati Oct 10, 2026 Check Point VPN Flaws Actively Exploited: Why CISA Now Demands Forensic Triage Two critical Check Point VPN vulnerabilities with perfect 9.8 CVSS scores are being actively exploited. CISA has escalated its response beyond patching, ordering forensic checks on every exposed device. Here's what happened and what it means for VPN security. Read More
News By Ali Ghanavati Oct 09, 2026 FortiBleed VPN Gateway Lockouts: What the New Federal Warning Means A new FBI and Secret Service advisory says the FortiBleed campaign is still targeting exposed FortiGate devices with stolen or weak credentials. Here is what organizations and VPN users should do now. Read More
News By Ali Ghanavati Oct 09, 2026 Two U.S. Site-Blocking Bills Disagree on VPNs: What Users Need to Know Two proposed U.S. copyright laws take sharply different approaches to VPN providers. Neither is law, but their differences could shape whether privacy services become website-blocking intermediaries. Read More
News By Ali Ghanavati Oct 09, 2026 VPN Over DNS: Why a Working Tunnel May Not Be a Private One New research into an Iran-linked surge in VPN-over-DNS traffic shows why bypassing a network block and protecting the data inside a connection are separate security questions. Read More