Shining a Light on the Risks of HolaVPN and Luminati

guest · Dec 18, 2018

Shining a Light on the Risks of HolaVPN and Luminati
December 18, 2018
https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us...-a-light-on-the-risks-of-holavpn-and-luminati

After all, VPN services promise data encryption and anonymity. Through a VPN, a user can cloak his or her IP address and even sensitive financial data.

But what if it is actually this shield that is hiding something from users? This is what we sought to uncover in our research on an unsafe VPN.
Shedding Light on HolaVPN and Luminati
To gain a better understanding of how Luminati works, we wanted to get a detailed analysis of Luminati’s web traffic. The research data included 100 million URLs that were anonymously scanned through Trend Micro software.

The study revealed that more than 85 percent of the traffic in the dataset was directed to mobile advertisements and other mobile-related domains and programs — an indication that cybercriminals could use the service for large-scale click fraud schemes. We have also found a link to the former KlikVip actors and websites with traffic routed through Luminati.
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In our research paper titled “Illuminating HolaVPN and the Dangers It Poses,” we demonstrate how HolaVPN and Luminati are being abused by cybercriminals for a variety of schemes and provide an in-depth look at how unsafe VPNs can put internet users and enterprise systems at risk.
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Research paper (PDF): https://documents.trendmicro.com/assets/white_papers/wp-illuminating-holaVPN-and-the-danger-it-poses.pdf

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