A publication released by vpnMentor shows that three popular VPN products have some serious privacy flaws.
All the three solutions have problems which can allow an attacker to:
- Hijack all the traffic from user
- Establish user's real IP address
- Get the DNS used by user
Which VPN products are affected?
Number of vulnerabilities have been found in these three VPN products. However it needs to be noted, the researchers only tested few products and:
- Hotspot Shield
- PureVPN
- Zenmate VPN
It's been also reported that at the time of publication Hotspot Shield already fixed the issues.
We believe that most other VPNs suffer from similar issues, so the fast response of Hotspot Shield is something we think is worth commending.
What does this mean to a VPN user?
VPNs are not as safe as many may think.
The leaks allow governments, hostile organizations, or individuals to identify the actual IP address of a user, even with the use of the VPNs.
The fact that we found leaks in all the VPNs that we tested is worrying.
The full publication can be found here: vpnMentor.com