Version 2.2.7.6 is now live for Mac users! This version has some new updates that should further improve stability, especially in certain regions.
You can find the link to download under your account settings or by going here.
As always, GoTrusted support is available if you run into any issues!
Showing posts with label Mac VPN. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mac VPN. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Monday, June 30, 2014
Upgrade Notice for Existing Users
Users connecting to GoTrusted on older software may be presented with a update splash screen when they open their internet browser. If you are receiving this screen you will need to upgrade the GoTrusted client to the latest version found here or by logging in under 'Existing Users' and selecting the download link.
As always our support is available if you have any questions or concerns!
As always our support is available if you have any questions or concerns!
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
GoTrusted is Supporting #ResetTheNet
On June 5th, Reset The Net, an organization that champions net privacy, is launching a campaign to promote security measures to protect Internet privacy from government surveillance. The #ResetTheNet campaign targets websites that you use and also what you can do on your own with privacy tools like GoTrusted VPN. See their video...
Monday, April 7, 2014
New Version and Servers Available Now
We're excited to announce a couple new updates for the GoTrusted service.
We have two new versions available for both PC and Mac which are now live. Mac version 2.2.6.6 and Windows version 2.3.6.5!
Users should see improved performance with the new versions. Due to popular demand we've also added new Canadian servers and an option to access them from the new client's settings menu.
Current users can find the new version by logging in under 'Existing Users' on our website and selecting the 'Download GoTrusted Client' link.
We have two new versions available for both PC and Mac which are now live. Mac version 2.2.6.6 and Windows version 2.3.6.5!
Users should see improved performance with the new versions. Due to popular demand we've also added new Canadian servers and an option to access them from the new client's settings menu.
Current users can find the new version by logging in under 'Existing Users' on our website and selecting the 'Download GoTrusted Client' link.
Monday, February 24, 2014
Massive Security Flaw Found in iOS and OS X 10.9 Mavericks
There is a newly discovered security flaw present in Apple's iOS and OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) that has many people concerned. The flaw is believed to be caused by a single repeated line of code and effectively leaves hundreds of millions iOS and OS X Mavericks devices open to hackers.
The flaw allows for a man-in-the-middle attack to be executed on anyone connected to the same wifi hotspot an attacker might be using. These kinds of attacks occur when an attacker intercepts the
information being sent between two parties - you to your bank's website for example - and then impersonates each party to the other. This allows the attacker to access any and all information
you're sending out. Banking information, credit cards, social media postings, email, and any website login information are all able to be intercepted while connected to the same wifi hotspot.
This effectively makes public wifi hotspots a perfect location to perform the attacks. A stranger can sit in a busy coffee shop, run the attack, and gather information without any of the victims ever knowing anything was amiss. This is the kind of scenario where a VPN service like GoTrusted becomes invaluable. Anyone connected to our service would be protected from such an attack. Our encryption would make it impossible for the attacker to read any of the information coming over the connection. Making sure your your personal information is kept personal.
It's not entirely clear how long the flaw has been present. It could date back to when the iPhone 4 was released in 2010 or may have been introduced with past software updates. All iOS are urged to not use any public Wifi until they update their iOS version with the new patch. Apple has not released a timeline for the OS X Mavericks to be patched so users should make sure their GoTrusted is running if connecting to any public networks. You can read more about the security flaw here and a more detailed rundown on the flaw on Krebs on Security.
The flaw allows for a man-in-the-middle attack to be executed on anyone connected to the same wifi hotspot an attacker might be using. These kinds of attacks occur when an attacker intercepts the
information being sent between two parties - you to your bank's website for example - and then impersonates each party to the other. This allows the attacker to access any and all information
you're sending out. Banking information, credit cards, social media postings, email, and any website login information are all able to be intercepted while connected to the same wifi hotspot.
This effectively makes public wifi hotspots a perfect location to perform the attacks. A stranger can sit in a busy coffee shop, run the attack, and gather information without any of the victims ever knowing anything was amiss. This is the kind of scenario where a VPN service like GoTrusted becomes invaluable. Anyone connected to our service would be protected from such an attack. Our encryption would make it impossible for the attacker to read any of the information coming over the connection. Making sure your your personal information is kept personal.
It's not entirely clear how long the flaw has been present. It could date back to when the iPhone 4 was released in 2010 or may have been introduced with past software updates. All iOS are urged to not use any public Wifi until they update their iOS version with the new patch. Apple has not released a timeline for the OS X Mavericks to be patched so users should make sure their GoTrusted is running if connecting to any public networks. You can read more about the security flaw here and a more detailed rundown on the flaw on Krebs on Security.
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Sochi Olympics Visitor's Devices Being Hacked
Visitors visiting Sochi for this year's Winter Olympics are facing a huge privacy concern according to a new report by NBC.
In the report they tested how long it would take their two new devices (a Mac and an Android phone) to be hacked when they accessed public Wifi while in Sochi. The first connection was made at a local coffee shop. Within minutes the phone was being probed by hackers. Intrusion attempts followed and eventually the device was compromised. Once compromised hackers were able to take any data they wanted off of the phone as well as setting up a tap to listen to conversations, follow the internet traffic of the phone, and read emails. When the laptop was hooked up to the hotel's Wifi they had a similar outcome in a similar amount of time.
The U.S. State Department has also rung in on the issue saying Americans visiting Sochi should have "no expectation of privacy." Sochi is expected to receive tens of thousands of visitors with the Olympics. The influx of high traffic and weak law enforcement, in regards to hacking, has privacy advocates on edge.
Anyone hoping to maintain their privacy is urged to use a VPN service like GoTrusted as well as making sure their devices are encrypted and password protected. Storing sensitive information in a non-internet connected device (like an external hard drive or USB stick) is also a good idea.
In the report they tested how long it would take their two new devices (a Mac and an Android phone) to be hacked when they accessed public Wifi while in Sochi. The first connection was made at a local coffee shop. Within minutes the phone was being probed by hackers. Intrusion attempts followed and eventually the device was compromised. Once compromised hackers were able to take any data they wanted off of the phone as well as setting up a tap to listen to conversations, follow the internet traffic of the phone, and read emails. When the laptop was hooked up to the hotel's Wifi they had a similar outcome in a similar amount of time.
The U.S. State Department has also rung in on the issue saying Americans visiting Sochi should have "no expectation of privacy." Sochi is expected to receive tens of thousands of visitors with the Olympics. The influx of high traffic and weak law enforcement, in regards to hacking, has privacy advocates on edge.
Anyone hoping to maintain their privacy is urged to use a VPN service like GoTrusted as well as making sure their devices are encrypted and password protected. Storing sensitive information in a non-internet connected device (like an external hard drive or USB stick) is also a good idea.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Internet Privacy Concerns in the News
Given the recent news about government monitoring of Internet communication, we'd like to address our current and future customers. Stories such as these have concerned millions of Internet users:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21743499
GoTrusted's mission has always been to protect Internet users' privacy and access. We believe it is paramount that our users' communication not be breached by any government, ISP or malicious individuals. Customers of the GoTrusted VPN Service can be assured that their communications are fully encrypted over the GoTrusted network to our secure servers, ensuring their anonymity, privacy, security and access to a free Internet. At GoTrusted, we will continue to work for these principles regardless of the efforts of outside entities to circumvent them.
Thank You,
The GoTrusted Team
Saturday, May 18, 2013
GoTrusted Expands Bandwidth in Europe
Due to increases in ISP speeds provided to customers in the European area, GoTrusted has now expanded its available bandwidth in Europe with the launch of our new high-speed German secure server location. These new servers will ensure that fast performance is maintained for GoTrusted's existing European users, in addition to future users of our VPN service.
As always, support is there to help if you run into any issues so don't hesitate to contact them.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Information Week 2013 LAN Survey
Information Week has published their LAN survey with some interesting results.
There were 419 respondents in the survey composed of mostly businesses with more than 5000 employees (34%) and more than 10000 employees. (21%)
Some of the results show the potential direction we're going to see companies moving toward in regards to wireless technology. A couple interesting data points are:
802.11ac is going to be the new wireless standard and is projected to be common place by 2015. It has roughly three times the speed of current 802.11n technology. It also boasts increased range and stability.
The idea of wireless replacing wired infrastructure, while it seems an eventuality, will take time and will likely cause some stir in the security community. Wired connections can be completely closed, only allowing someone physically connected to access systems. Wireless, while still able to be secured, is always going to need to allow at least some level of connectivity from the outside world. Adding a potential gateway for attacks on systems.
VPN services and increased, more innovative wireless security will become more and more necessary as we move toward a wireless future. It's going to become even more important that we protect ourselves from potential threats in an age where information is becoming increasingly valuable and available.
There were 419 respondents in the survey composed of mostly businesses with more than 5000 employees (34%) and more than 10000 employees. (21%)
Some of the results show the potential direction we're going to see companies moving toward in regards to wireless technology. A couple interesting data points are:
- 45% have plans to deploy 802.11ac gear on production networks, half of those will go to it as soon as it is available.
- 37% see wireless replacing wired infrastructure within five years.
802.11ac is going to be the new wireless standard and is projected to be common place by 2015. It has roughly three times the speed of current 802.11n technology. It also boasts increased range and stability.
The idea of wireless replacing wired infrastructure, while it seems an eventuality, will take time and will likely cause some stir in the security community. Wired connections can be completely closed, only allowing someone physically connected to access systems. Wireless, while still able to be secured, is always going to need to allow at least some level of connectivity from the outside world. Adding a potential gateway for attacks on systems.
VPN services and increased, more innovative wireless security will become more and more necessary as we move toward a wireless future. It's going to become even more important that we protect ourselves from potential threats in an age where information is becoming increasingly valuable and available.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Online Tracking and Ways to Prevent it.
A recent article on http://www.abine.com about current online tracking practices highlights just how much information we may be giving out without our knowledge.
They have a nice infographic showing who may be tracking you, as well as some of the most common and simplest ways these companies track consumers.
Reasons for tracking are generally for advertisers to try and target people specifically and to build consumer ‘profiles’, but most people worry that these reasons are not always on the up and up.
In a questionnaire to Wall Street Journal readers, 60% said they worry ‘Tremendously’ about the loss of online privacy.
There are, of course, some simple steps you can sue to combat unwanted tracking and profiling. These include: Making sure your social networking sites privacy settings are set correctly, delete your information from companies that publicly sell it, running a free browser add-ons like DoNotTrackMe, and running a VPN like GoTrusted.
Running a VPN service will make you anonymous and prevent sites from targeting you by your geographic location as well as keeping you safe from sites that may try to view your browsing or buying habits online.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Tips For Protecting Data While Traveling
A recent article posted by Information Week from Eset has outlined a few strong tips for keeping your data secure while traveling.
The article was made in response to the FBI/IC3 warning to travelers regarding use of hotel Internet systems.
This is an excerpt from the IC3 warning.
"Recent analysis from the FBI and other government agencies demonstrates that malicious actors are targeting travelers abroad through pop-up windows while establishing an Internet connection in their hotel rooms."
The FBI recommends that all government, private industry, and academic personnel who travel abroad take extra caution before updating software products on their hotel Internet connection. Checking the author or digital certificate of any prompted update to see if it corresponds to the software vendor may reveal an attempted attack. The FBI also recommends that travelers perform software updates on laptops immediately before traveling, and that they download software updates directly from the software vendor’s Web site if updates are necessary while abroad.
Tips include: making sure your software is up to date prior to travel, backing up sensitive data on a encrypted external drive, and making sure you have password protection and inactivity timeouts engaged on all devices.
One of the tips mentioned is to use a VPN service when connecting to the hotel's Internet, something GoTrusted has always emphasized to its customers traveling abroad or simply to the local coffee shop. Using our secure tunnel while going through a connection that may or may not have your best interests in mind or simply lacks up-to-date security, ensures that your data remains private and secure.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
GoTrusted Support Expanding, Live Chat Now Available.
Good news for our valued GoTrusted customers! In an effort to further expand our support options we have added live chat support functionality to our website.
Now we can work to resolve issues in real time with you to get you up and running and protected with GoTrusted or answer any questions you might have!
You'll find the live chat support button under the support page of our website.
We look forward to hearing from you and thank you for choosing GoTrusted for your privacy and security needs.
We look forward to hearing from you and thank you for choosing GoTrusted for your privacy and security needs.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
theVPNreviewer.com Gives GoTrusted's VPN High Marks
GoTrusted gets a great score on theVPNreviwer.com - with the industry website giving our service four-and-a-half out of five stars.
The review is chock full of information about using the GoTrusted VPN Service. The article has lots of speed tests and other details that add up to a good experience with the review concluding that GoTrusted was "a reliable and fast VPN provider at a good price."
Check out the review, then, if you haven't already, check out our free trial.
The review is chock full of information about using the GoTrusted VPN Service. The article has lots of speed tests and other details that add up to a good experience with the review concluding that GoTrusted was "a reliable and fast VPN provider at a good price."
Check out the review, then, if you haven't already, check out our free trial.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Mountain Lion Now Supported in GoTrusted VPN v2242
GoTrusted has released GoTrusted Secure Tunnel version 2.2.4.2 with VPN support for the new Apple Macintosh Mountain Lion operating system (OSX 10.8).
The new Mac VPN Service software is available for Download on the GoTrusted website by new and existing users. As in previous versions, the new GoTrusted VPN software provides one-button operation for data encryption, network security, and identity protection.... just click and your Mac is secure on any Internet connection!
GoTrusted VPN Hong Kong Servers Are Live
GoTrusted has made live our new high-speed Hong Kong secure server location to better serve the Asia VPN Service market.
As is usual when using the GoTrusted VPN service, we take care of the hard work. When connecting, the GoTrusted Macintosh and Windows VPN software will automatically select the Hong Kong servers if they will provide the best speed from your connecting country. So there's nothing to do to use the new servers if 'Asia Region' is selected in Settings.
As is usual when using the GoTrusted VPN service, we take care of the hard work. When connecting, the GoTrusted Macintosh and Windows VPN software will automatically select the Hong Kong servers if they will provide the best speed from your connecting country. So there's nothing to do to use the new servers if 'Asia Region' is selected in Settings.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
GoTrusted Released New Mac VPN Software
We're pleased to announce a new
Macintosh version of GoTrusted Secure Tunnel v2.2.3.0 was released
today. The new software fixes issues in recent OSX updates by Apple
that caused errors on some systems when accessing the GoTrusted VPN
service network. It also fixes an Airport reset issue upon
disconnect on the latest Lion OSX versions.
Try it by downloading the new Mac version on our Download Page... and let us know how you like it on our Support page. Mac VPN has never been easier!
Try it by downloading the new Mac version on our Download Page... and let us know how you like it on our Support page. Mac VPN has never been easier!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
GoTrusted Releases New Macintosh v2228 Software
Doing our best to make Apple Macintosh users happy and safe, GoTrusted is pleased to announce the release of our new Macintosh VPN Service software version 2228. The new software fixes an issue with a recent OSX update that may cause a nagging disconnect issue on certain WiFi connections (please give us a heads-up on that one next time, Apple!). It also increases performance a bit.
Existing Mac VPN users can indulge themselves on the shiny newness of v2228 by first "Quitting" the current version (no red 'G' visible in the menubar) - then downloading the latest version from our website by clicking on 'Existing Users' on the top of our website. If you have any issues with the new software, feel free to use our Support page form to tell us.
Monday, November 28, 2011
GoTrusted Adds Servers in France
GoTrusted extended its European VPN service network to France with several servers that are now live. This increases bandwidth and availability to Southern Europe and the Middle East for Internet privacy and identity protection.
Existing customers can take advantage of the new server locations by just selecting the "EU" region from the GoTrusted software settings. The new servers will automatically be selected if they provide a bandwidth advantage for your current location and network load. Android, iPhone, and iPad users: Please log into your account on the GoTrusted website by clicking on 'Existing Users' for for the mobile instructions.
Enjoy!
Existing customers can take advantage of the new server locations by just selecting the "EU" region from the GoTrusted software settings. The new servers will automatically be selected if they provide a bandwidth advantage for your current location and network load. Android, iPhone, and iPad users: Please log into your account on the GoTrusted website by clicking on 'Existing Users' for for the mobile instructions.
Enjoy!
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