Cybersecurity lessons: Safer private keys with Shamir’s Secret Sharing
Learn how digital certificates work and why Shamir’s Secret Sharing is a secure method for storing private keys.
Cybersecurity lessons: Risk of email takeover via a 4th-party provider
ExpressVPN's Security Team investigated a bug that could have been exploited by signing up on Mailgun and hijacking an email subdomain.
Cybersecurity lessons: Privilege escalation via file read/write
How a highly privileged process interacting with a lower-privilege user space can lead to attackers elevating their access or a DoS attack.
7 breaches, hacks, and leaks you might have missed this year
Hundreds of millions of people, including nearly the entire country of Brazil, have had their data stolen by hackers this year.
Cybersecurity lessons: A PATH vulnerability in Windows
Our cybersecurity experts discuss the PATH environment variable and the security implications of having it misconfigured.
4 common VPN questions—answered in emojis
In the spirit of World Emoji Day 📅, we’ve attempted to answer some of your most frequently asked questions regarding VPNs ... using only emojis.
Love photo-editing apps? Don’t give away your face too easily
Photo filters are fun, but using them is also giving away your biometrics and more.
App Store’s privacy labels: Fact or fiction?
Privacy claims mean little if no one’s verifying them. Stay vigilant and don’t take Apple’s privacy labels at face value.
ExpressVPN jointly launches industry principles to boost consumer trust
NOTE: This post was originally published on September 29, 2020 As more of our daily lives go digital, a VPN is now an indispensable tool...
The history of the internet, when it was invented, and how it got to...
How the internet developed out of a Cold War technology to the ubiquitous phenomenon it is today.
