AnchorFree, the company behind popular VPN Hotspot Shield, recently raised $295 million in funding despite VC investors’ aversion to companies associated with virtual private networks. The money raises the company’s total funding to $358 million, which reportedly outpaces any of its rivals. It is said that...
VPNMentor revealed in a post this week that a number of virtual peer network services had vulnerabilities which leaked private user information. According to the researchers, they found flaws which can leak real-world IP addresses in three VPNs, namely Hotspot Shield, Zenmate, and PureVPN. The tests showed...
Last Monday, privacy advocate Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) issued formal charges to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against VPN provider Hotspot Shield for allegedly intercepting and redirecting user data to partner websites including advertising firms. Hotspot Shield is a well-know free VPN service, which...