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Security & Privacy
Check your IP address and geoblocking, compare security tools, and learn from the vulnerabilities that crack the net.
Security and privacy you can check
What is my IP address?See the IP address, country, and connection details every website sees, and check whether your VPN works. Runs in your browser; nothing is stored.
Geoblocking checkChecks how a website responds from twelve countries at once and shows where the answers differ. Runs in your browser through public measurement probes.
Security tools
- VPNServices that encrypt your connection and hide your IP address from websites.7 providers, 1,193 locations
- Password managersApps that create a strong password for every account and store them encrypted.4 apps
- Private emailProviders that put privacy first, and how far their encryption goes.4 providers
- Hardware walletsDevices that keep the keys to your cryptocurrency apart from your computer.2 makers
- Web securityPlugins, backups, and firewalls for people who run a website.5 tools
The vulnerabilities that crack the net
2026PHP2Shell: the flaws in PHP that put most websites at riskTwo flaws in PHP itself let attackers take over web servers without a password. The fixed PHP versions, the applications affected, and what to do now.
2023MOVEit: the file transfer flaw that Cl0p used to steal dataA flaw in the file transfer server MOVEit Transfer let the Cl0p gang steal data from 2,773 organizations. How it worked, who was hit, and what to do now.
2021Log4Shell: when a line in a log runs the attacker's codeA flaw in Log4j, a logging library for Java, let attackers take over servers with one line of text. How it worked, how far it reached, what to do now.
2021ProxyLogon: the Exchange flaws that opened mail serversFour flaws in Microsoft Exchange let attackers read mailboxes and take over mail servers without a password. How it worked, who was hit, what to do now.The biggest attacks
2026Binance hackBinance says the intruders got in partly through a compromised staff laptop and drained its hot wallets within about four hours. Binance is covering the loss from company funds, and the FBI blames North Korea.
2025Bybit hackDuring a routine transfer from Bybit's ether cold wallet, the signers saw a manipulated interface. They approved a transaction that handed the wallet to the attackers. It was the largest crypto theft on record until the Binance hack.
2024FrostyGoop / BUSTLEBERMMalware that made a Ukrainian city's heating controllers misreport and cut heat to over 600 buildings in winter, for nearly two days.
2024Snowflake customer breachesCriminals logged into customers' Snowflake accounts with passwords stolen by infostealer malware. The accounts had no multi-factor sign-in, and the criminals copied the data and demanded ransom.