Security researcher Maxim Goncharov explains how a bad proxy could potentially enable a man-in-the-middle attack. But there is a fix, he said.

The operators of at least one Tor proxy service was recently caught replacing Bitcoin addresses on ransomware ransom payment sites, diverting funds meant to pay for ransomware decrypters to the ...

Web security and performance are tightly linked aspects of any web application: It’s impossible to achieve strong security on an underperforming infrastructure.

Security researchers have recently highlighted serious risks introduced by the Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD), which is enabled by default on Windows and is supported by other operating ...

The Best Practices for Network Security Placement with a Caching Proxy Server. A caching proxy server is a computer system or application that accepts requests for Web objects-such as Hypertext ...

When do you need a proxy, and when would a VPN be a better option? We describe both systems and provide real-world use cases to help you decide which is best for your home or office.

How to Unlock the Proxy Server Blocked Sites. IT professionals sometimes use filters to block content that may compromise the security of the company network. While as a business owner you can get ...

Web Proxy Auto-Discovery protocol is not safe anymore and can easily be hijacked. Learn how to disable WPAD in Windows 11/10 safely.

A podcast creator and security researcher discovered that Apple's search bot, namely Applebot, crawling his podcast series had been leaking internal IPs due to a misconfigured proxy server. And ...