General news about IVPN - changes to our service and infrastructure, yearly audit results and announcements about business and ethical choices.
Summary: on 7 August a critical vulnerability was disclosed in BTCPay Server, the open-source software we self-host to accept Bitcoin payments. It was being exploited before disclosure, and we were among the merchants hit: an attacker extracted our Lightning node credentials and transferred out our operating funds.
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Consistent with our commitment to regular independent security audits, we have scheduled our eighth annual security audit with Cure53, to be conducted over the course of two weeks in July. As in previous years, audits target systems and services that have undergone significant updates and where review provides the most value to customers in terms of security and auditability.
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In short IVPN plans are available in three tiers: Standard ($60/year), Plus ($80/year), and Pro Suite ($100/year) Standard VPN plan now includes Multi-hop and a 5-device limit IVPN Plus includes all features from Standard, plus access to the new services Mailx and modDNS IVPN Pro Suite offers a 10-device limit, and access to all additional services, including Portmaster Pro (Windows/Linux) No price changes on existing Standard and Pro plans, Pro is now Pro Suite New plans overview IVPN now offers three distinct plans:
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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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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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