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Best VPNs for Australian iPhones – Forbes Advisor Australia

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An iPhone VPN can protect your privacy on the go and at home. Here’s what you need to know about choosing the best one.

Essential Mobile VPN Features

  • Strong Encryption: Get a VPN with industry-standard encryption protocols such as OpenVPN and WireGuard for better security and privacy.
  • Strict No-Logs Policy: No-logs policy assures that the VPN provider doesn’t store any info on your internet usage, making it impossible for them to share your data with other people.
  • Kill Switch: This feature automatically severs your device from the internet if the VPN connection disconnects, ensuring there are no data leaks.
  • DNS Leak Protection: DNS leak protection safeguards your DNS queries, keeping your browsing activity private and secure.
  • IPv6 Leak Protection: This feature prevents IPv6 leaks, which can expose your real IP address and compromise your privacy.

iOS Compatibility and Multi-Device Use

Most iPhone VPNs also work on other iOS devices such as iPads and iPod Touch. Additionally, many VPN providers offer apps for non-Apple products, including Android and Windows devices, allowing you to secure multiple devices under a single subscription. However, some providers have protocols built for specific devices (for example, hide.me has Bolt for Windows).

Pricing

Users should expect to pay for VPNs on a subscription basis, typically monthly or annually. Standard iPhone VPN rates are around $5 AUD to $15 AUD per month if paid month to month, but users can save significantly by opting for longer-term plans. Annual and multi-year subscriptions often come with considerable discounts, lowering the average monthly cost.

There’s usually no difference in pricing for mobile VPNs compared to desktop computers, as most VPN providers offer multi-platform support within the same subscription plan. However, additional features such as a dedicated IP address, which provides you with a unique IP for enhanced privacy and access to certain services, may come at an extra cost.

To reduce VPN costs, you can:

  • Look for promotional offers or seasonal discounts provided by the VPN provider.
  • Choose a longer-term subscription plan, which often comes with a lower average monthly cost.
  • Compare various VPN…

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Russia blames US and Apple for hacking diplomat iPhones

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Russia has accused Apple and US intelligence agencies of collaborating to spy on its diplomats by hacking their iPhones.

The Federal Security Service (FSB) issued a statement to say that thousands of Apple devices belonging to Russian diplomats were infected with an unknown malware.

Separately, prominent antivirus firm Kaspersky reported another attack on iOS devices, which Russia’s computer security agency said was linked to the first.

Kaspersky report

A spokesperson for Kaspersky told The Record that “due to the absence of technical details reported,” the security company couldn’t confirm all the findings from the FSB.

Company CEO Eugene Kaspersky did say, though, that the attack it reported was “extremely complex” and “professionally targeted,” adding that, “several dozen iPhones of the company’s employees — both top and middle-management — were impacted.”

The FSB said that the malware also targeted devices outside of Russia and wireless subscribers who use SIM cards registered with diplomatic missions and embassies in Russia. This include those belonging to users located in some NATO bloc countries, as well as Israel, Syria and China.

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The NSA declined to comment on the accusation from Russia that it colluded with Apple to spy on Russia. An Apple spokesperson said that “We have never worked with any government to insert a backdoor into any Apple product and never will.”

The Russian Ministry for Foreign Affairs also stated that the US was conducting global surveillance, adding that it has “placed itself above the law. No state has a right to abuse its technological capabilities.”

In March this year, Russian officials were told to get rid of their iPhones by Sergei Kiriyenko, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration, due to the perceived risk of being hacked by western intelligence.

In Kaspersky’s report, the attack can be traced all the way back to 2019, with iOS 15.7 being the most version that the malware can successfully…

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iOS 17 Is Coming. Here’s What iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches Are Missing.

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New devices are fun, but among Apple’s glitzy product launches, its software-focused June event is my favorite. We get a glimpse of the new features coming to existing iPhones, iPads and other Apple devices—at no additional charge!

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Kaspersky says attackers hacked staff iPhones with unknown malware

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The Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky said that hackers working for a government targeted its employees’ iPhones with unknown malware.

On Monday, Kaspersky announced the alleged cyberattack, and published a technical report analyzing it, where the company admitted its analysis is not yet complete. The company said that the hackers, whom at this point are unknown, delivered the malware with a zero-click exploit via an iMessage attachment, and that all the events happened within a one to three minute timeframe. At this point, it’s unclear if the hackers exploited new vulnerabilities that were unpatched at the time, meaning they were so-called zero-days.

Kaspersky researchers said that they discovered the attack when they noticed “suspicious activity that originated from several iOS-based phones,” while monitoring their own corporate Wi-Fi network.

The company called this alleged hack against its own employees “Operation Triangulation,” and created a logo for it. Neither Kaspersky nor Apple immediately responded to requests for comment.

Kaspersky researchers said they created offline backups of the targeted iPhones and inspected them with a tool developed by Amnesty International called the Mobile Verification Toolkit, or MVT, which allowed them to discover “traces of compromise.” The researchers did not say when they discovered the attack, and said that they found traces of it going as far back as 2019, and that “attack is ongoing, and the most recent version of the devices successfully targeted is iOS 15.7.”

While the malware was designed to clean up the infected devices and remove traces of itself, “it is possible to reliably identify if the device was compromised,” the researchers wrote.

In the report, the researchers explained step by step how they analyzed the compromised devices, outlining how others can do the same. They did not, however, include many details of what they found using this process.

The researchers said that the presence of “data usage lines mentioning the process named ‘BackupAgent’,” was the most reliable sign that an iPhone was hacked, and that another one of…

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