Consistent with our commitment to regular independent security audits, we have scheduled our seventh annual security audit with Cure53, to be conducted over the course of two weeks in May. As in previous years, audits will target systems and services undergoing significant updates.
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In summary: We identified a potential DNS leak issue affecting our iOS app in brief intervals during WireGuard key regeneration. Details of the issue When IVPN iOS app rotates WireGuard keys while VPN is connected, the app calls the asynchronous method setTunnelNetworkSettings to update VPN tunnel with new configuration.
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Last year our team laid down the groundwork for multiple major projects that align with our mission to help people resist online surveillance. Besides major infrastructure upgrades and app improvements, we are preparing to launch new services this year.
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The key points IVPN has acquired Safing ICS Technologies GmbH*, the company behind the consumer firewall application Portmaster and the SPN network Over the coming months, the IVPN team will take over the operation of the Portmaster and SPN services IVPN is committed to continuing the improvement of the VPN service, Portmaster, and the SPN network with a focus on better integration across our services The why and how We believe a trustworthy VPN service is just one part of the essential toolkit for resisting online surveillance.
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Recently we were made aware of a potential DNS traffic leak outside the VPN tunnel on Android. Even with Android OS “Always-on VPN” and “Block connections without VPN” options enabled, as per the report the plaintext DNS traffic can be observed outside the VPN tunnel.
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We’re pleased to announce that a sixth annual independent security audit has concluded. The assessment focused on Web UI, backend components, API endpoints, underlying web servers, and web infrastructure. We’d like to share two key excerpts from the report:
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Consistent with our pledge to conduct a yearly review of our systems, we have commissioned the independent security auditing organisation Cure53 to perform a security audit in March 2024. As we remarked last year, audits we arrange focus on parts of our systems that received significant updates.
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We are introducing IVPN device management, an opt-in (disabled by default) feature that helps you review and log out from devices currently logged in to IVPN apps. This step is a direct response to frequent customer requests for better device controls.
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