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Cyber Monday is here and great deals are available for computer security, software, online courses, system admin services, antivirus, and VPN software. Kaspersky is offering a site-wide Cyber Monday sale where their Anti-Virus, Internet Security, and Total Security products are up to 50% off.

A hacker has now leaked the credentials for almost 50,000 vulnerable Fortinet VPNs. Over the weekend a hacker had posted a list of one-line exploits for CVE-2018-13379 to steal VPN credentials from these devices, as reported by BleepingComputer. The exploitation of critical FortiOS vulnerability CVE-2018-13379 lets an attacker access the sensitive "Sslvpn websession" files from Fortinet VPNs. These files contain session-related information, but most importantly, may reveal plain text usernames and passwords of Fortinet VPN users.

Did you know that Google has a VPN for Android? It's called Google One VPN, and it's secure, fast, and incredibly easy to use. The Google VPN hides your IP address to prevent third-parties from tracking you and doesn't use the VPN connection to track or log your activity.

A hacker has posted a list of one-line exploits to steal VPN credentials from almost 50,000 Fortinet VPN devices. The vulnerability being referred to here is CVE-2018-13379, a path traversal flaw impacting a large number of unpatched Fortinet FortiOS SSL VPN devices.

Mozilla now offers a VPN service that protects Windows and mobile devices, and soon your Linux and macOS desktops. Jack Wallen shows you how to use the new offering.

Microsoft has delivered a managed VPN for mobile devices - using a Linux container. Microsoft is currently previewing an alternative to the Windows VPN, Microsoft Tunnel, aimed at iOS, iPadOS, and Android Enterprise devices.

Apple is facing the heat for a new feature in macOS Big Sur that allows many of its own apps to bypass firewalls and VPNs, thereby potentially allowing malware to exploit the same shortcoming to access sensitive data stored on users' systems and transmit them to remote servers. "Some Apple apps bypass some network extensions and VPN Apps," Maxwell tweeted.

Security researchers are blasting Apple for a feature in the latest Big Sur release of macOS that allows some Apple apps to bypass content filters and VPNs. They say it is a liability that can be exploited by threat actors to bypass firewalls and give them access to people's systems and expose their sensitive data. Despite concerns and questions among security professionals, Apple released Big Sur to the public on Nov. 12.