Security researchers have found a number of extreme zero-day vulnerabilities within the cellular bootloaders from at the least 4 standard machine producers that would permit an attacker to achieve persistent root entry on the machine.
A staff of 9 security researchers from the University of California Santa Barbara created a particular static binary device known as BootStomp that routinely detects security vulnerabilities in bootloaders.
Since bootloaders are normally closed and onerous to reverse-engineer, performing evaluation on them is tough, particularly as a result of dependencies hinder dynamic evaluation.
Therefore, the researchers created BootStomp, which “uses a novel combination of static analysis techniques and underconstrained symbolic execution to build a multi-tag taint analysis capable of identifying bootloader vulnerabilities.”
The device helped the researchers uncover six previously-unknown vital security bugs throughout bootloaders from HiSilicon (Huawei), Qualcomm, MediaTek, and NVIDIA, which may very well be exploited by attackers to unlock machine bootloader, set up customized malicious ROM and chronic rootkits.
Five of the vulnerabilities have already been confirmed by their respective by the chipset distributors. Researchers additionally discovered a recognized bug (CVE-2014-9798) in Qualcomm’s bootloaders, which was beforehand reported in 2014, however nonetheless current and usable.
In a analysis paper [PDF], titled “BootStomp: On the Security of Bootloaders in Mobile Devices,” introduced on the USENIX convention in Vancouver, the researchers clarify that a few of the found flaws even permit an attacker with root privileges on the Android working system to execute malicious code as a part of the bootloader or to carry out everlasting denial-of-service assaults.
According to the researchers, the vulnerabilities impression the ARM’s “Trusted Boot” or Android’s “Verified Boot” mechanisms that chip-set distributors have carried out to set up a Chain of Trust (CoT), which verifies the integrity of every part the system hundreds whereas booting the machine.
Overview: Discovered Bootloader Vulnerabilities
The researchers examined 5 totally different bootloader implementations in Huawei P8 ALE-L23 (Huawei / HiSilicon chipset), Nexus 9 (NVIDIA Tegra chipset), Sony Xperia XA (MediaTek chipset) and two variations of the LK-based bootloader, developed by Qualcomm.
The researcher found 5 vital vulnerabilities within the Huawei Android bootloader:
An arbitrary memory write or denial of service (DoS) challenge when parsing Linux Kernel’s DeviceTree (DTB) saved within the boot partition.
A heap buffer overflow challenge when studying the root-writable oem_info partition.
A root person’s capacity to write the nve and oem_info partitions, from which configuration information and memory entry permissions governing the smartphone’s peripherals will be learn.
A memory corruption challenge that would permit an attacker to set up a persistent rootkit.
An arbitrary memory write bug that lets an attacker run arbitrary code because the bootloader itself.
Another flaw was found in NVIDIA’s hboot, which operates at EL1, that means that it has equal privilege on the because the Linux kernel, which as soon as compromised, can lead to an attacker gaining persistence.
The researchers additionally found a recognized, already patched vulnerability (CVE-2014-9798) in previous variations of Qualcomm’s bootloader that may very well be exploited to trigger a denial of service state of affairs.
The researchers reported all of the vulnerabilities to the affected distributors. Huawei confirmed all of the 5 vulnerabilities and NVIDIA is working with the researchers on a repair.
The staff of researchers has additionally proposed a sequence of mitigations to each restrict the floor of the bootloader in addition to implement numerous fascinating properties geared toward safeguarding the security and privacy of customers.
Five years ago, YouTube opened their partner program to everyone. This was a really big deal: it meant anyone could sign up for the service, start uploading videos, and immediately begin making money. This model helped YouTube grow into the web’s biggest video platform, but it has also led to some problems. People were creating accounts that uploaded content owned by other people, sometimes big record labels or movie studios, sometimes other popular YouTube creators.
In an effort to combat these bad actors, YouTube has announced a change to its partner program today. From now on, creators won’t be able to turn on monetization until they hit 10,000-lifetime views on their channel. YouTube believes that this threshold will give them a chance to gather enough information on a channel to know if it’s legit. And it won’t be so high as to discourage new independent creators from signing up for the service.
“In a few weeks, we’ll also be adding a review process for new creators who apply to be in the YouTube Partner Program. After a creator hits 10k lifetime views on their channel, we’ll review their activity against our policies,” wrote Ariel Bardin, YouTube’s VP of product management, in a blog post published today. “If everything looks good, we’ll bring this channel into YPP and begin serving ads against their content. Together these new thresholds will help ensure revenue only flows to creators who are playing by the rules.”
Of course, along with protecting the creators on its service whose videos are being re-uploaded by scam artists, these new rules may help YouTube keep offensive videos away from the brands that spend money marketing on their platform. This has been a big problem for YouTube in recent weeks. “This new threshold gives us enough information to determine the validity of a channel,” wrote Bardin. “It also allows us to confirm if a channel is following our community guidelines and advertiser policies.”
As it moves ever closer to parity with the world of prime-time television, YouTube is sensibly taking steps to police how business is done on its service. Time will tell how a rising generation of creators respond to these new limitations
Xiaomi is rumoured to be working with Google on a new Android One phone. The phone in question — code named the Mi A1 — would likely be a cost-effective handset geared towards emerging markets like India with promised timely OS updates right from Google. A couple of images doing the rounds of the Internet now allegedly show a Mi device — said to be the A1 — tipping some key design elements of Xiaomi’s upcoming Android One phone.
The most prominent design element as per the leaked images is an edge-to-edge bezelless screen much on the lines of Xiaomi’s Mi Mix. That being said, unlike the Mi Mix, the alleged Mi A1 comes with extremely tiny bezels on the top as well as on the bottom. The Mi Mix, for your reference, does not have a forehead, just the chin which also houses the phone’s selfie snapper.
Moving on, based on the leaked images, it seems the fingerprint scanner has been pushed on the rear side since the phone has a clean front with soft keys for navigation, much like it is in the Mi Mix. Although it is being said that this phone could be the Mi A1, we suggest you take this piece of information with a pinch of salt because the A1, because it is an Android One device ought to be light on the pocket as far as pricing is concerned and we already know that this phone would pitch in dual camera. All these factors, when put together, would increase cost significantly. That besides the fact that Xiaomi is already set to launch the Mi Mix 2 in China on September 11.
As for the A1, it would likely be a re-branded Xiaomi Mi 5X with more or less the same innards but updated software. As opposed to its other phones that run MIUI, the Xiaomi’s Android One phone may run a stock version of Android. Although the latest version Android is now Oreo, if Xiaomi indeed launches a new Android One phone that will be all likelihood powered by Android Nougat.
The Mi 5X notably brings the Mi 6’s dual rear cameras to the masses. The Mi 5X, just like the Mi 6, (also) comes with a dual camera setup on the rear — 12-megapixel + 12-megapixel — where one lens is wide-angle while the other is telephoto.
It comes with a full metal uni-body design and a rear mounted fingerprint scanner. The phone, with its all metal body and dual rear cameras looks remarkably like the iPhone 7 Plus from every nook and corner. Everything from the 2.5 D curved glass on the front to the antenna lines placement on the back, screams the iPhone. The only visible difference is seen in the fingerprint scanner placement. As opposed to the iPhone 7 Plus that comes with a front-mounted fingerprint scanner, the Xiaomi Mi 5X sports one on the back. It comes with physical capacitive — soft keys — keys on the front and will be available in three colours: black, gold and rose gold (pink).
On the hardware side, the Mi 5X comes with a 5.5-inch 1080p display and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor clubbed with 4 gigs of RAM under the hood. It comes with 64GB of internal storage and USB Type-C for charging and data syncing. It is further backed by a 3,080mAh battery.
If you’re an engineer and use LabVIEW software to design machines or industrial equipments, you should be very suspicious while opening any VI (virtual instrument) file.
LabVIEW, developed by American company National Instruments, is a visual programming language and powerful system-design tool that is being used worldwide in hundreds of fields and provides engineers with a simple environment to build measurement or control systems
Security researchers from Cisco’s Talos Security Intelligence have discovered a critical vulnerability in LabVIEW software that could allow attackers to execute malicious code on a target computer, giving them full control of the system.
Identified as CVE-2017-2779, the code execution vulnerability could be triggered by opening a specially crafted VI file, a proprietary file format used by LabVIEW.
The vulnerability originates because of memory corruption issue in the RSRC segment parsing functionality of LabVIEW.
Modulating the values within the RSRC segment of a VI file causes a controlled looping condition, which results in an arbitrary null write.
“A specially crafted LabVIEW virtual instrument file (with the *.vi extension) can cause an attacker controlled looping condition resulting in an arbitrary null write,” Talos researchers explain.
“An attacker controlled VI file can be used to trigger this vulnerability and can potentially result in code execution.”
Talos researchers have successfully tested the vulnerability on LabVIEW 2016 version 16.0, but National Instruments has refused to consider this issue as a vulnerability in their product and had no plans to release any patch to address the flaw.
However, the issue should not be ignored, because the threat vector is almost similar to many previously disclosed Microsoft Office vulnerabilities, in which victims got compromised after opening malicious MS Word file received via an email or downloaded from the Internet.
“The consequences of a successful compromise of a system that interacts with the physical world, such as a data acquisition and control systems, may be critical to safety,” the researchers write.
“Organisations that deploy such systems, even as pilot projects, should be aware of the risk posed by vulnerabilities such as these and adequately protect systems.”
Since there is no patch available, the LabVIEW users are left with only one option—be very careful while opening any VI file you receive via an email.
For more technical details about the vulnerability, you can head on to Cisco Talos’ advisory.
Why buy expensive MacBook Pro when you can get it for $1? But then you will be the bad guy.
The IT security researchers at ERPScan discovered a bunch of critical vulnerabilities in SAP Point-of-Sales systems (SAP POS), a client/server point-of-sale (POS) solution allowing them to buy an expensive MacBook for just $1.
According to researchers, the vulnerabilities exist in the SAP POS Xpress Server that can be exploited to modify the price while purchasing a specific product. An attacker can also use the vulnerabilities to steal banking data including credit card details used for purchasing.
The attack is only successful if an attacker is connected from the same network that is used by the payment system. The security firm says in order to conduct the attack, a hacker needs to physically connect Raspberry Pi or similar tools (which won’t cost more than $25) to electronic scales inside a shop or carry a remote attack if the network is exposed to the Internet.
In a blog post, ERPScan researchers wrote that “Once you are in, you have unlimited control over the backend and frontend of the POS system, as the tool can upload a malicious configuration file on the SAP POS Xpress Server without any authentication procedure. New parameters are limited by hackers’ imagination: they can set special price or discount, the time the discount is valid, the conditions under which it works – for example when purchasing a specific product.”
The vulnerabilities were discovered in April this year and reported to the respective manufacture the same month.
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Gaming is an addiction but for cyber criminals, it is a lucrative business.
The attackers behind Joao have developed the malware in such a way that when a victim executes the game launcher, it silently launches itself in the background and sends device information to the attackers including its operating system, name and what privileges a user has on that device. At the same time, the game runs for the user without any disruption or sign of malicious activity.
The malware works in such a way that once executed it can install other malicious codes on a targeted device. Furthermore, Joao takes advantage of “Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs),” a platform for role-playing video games and massively multiplayer online games where a large number of gamers get together to interact.
IT security researchers at ESET have discovered a new malware targeting gamers around the world. Dubbed “Joao” by researchers; the malware exists in third party websites offering malicious setups for Aeria games.
Based on the device’s analysis Joao decides which component should be installed on the system. According to ESET researchers, they found components with the ability to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, backdoor, and spying on a targeted user.
Currently, Joao is targeting users in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines. However, It is a matter of time before it starts spreading to other countries since Aeria games are published in North America and Europe as well.
To check if your computer is infected with Joao malware, ESET researchers have suggested searching for “mskdbe.dll” file. In case the search result shows a file with this name it means you are a victim. However, attackers can also rename the file to something else. Therefore, make sure not to download unnecessary apps or games on your computers. Check out reverse engineering tutorial for hacking games.
Beware; dangerous new malware hits gamers worldwide
Also, make sure to keep your operating system and anti-virus software updated. As for the targeted users, do not download Aeria games from third-party websites. Aeria has a social media presence on Twitter and Facebook; it is highly advised to report the malicious game files to the developers.
At the time of publishing this article, third-party sites were still operational however ESET has informed the developers about the issue, and it is expected that the company will take some actions soon.
While the moon was eclipsing the sun, Google announced the launch of its new mobile operating system called Android 8.0 Oreo in an Eclipse-themed launch event in New York City.
Yes, the next version of sugary snack-themed Android and the successor to Android Nougat will now be known as Android Oreo, the company revealed on Monday.
Google has maintained the tradition of naming its Android operating system by the names of alphabetically-ordered sugary delights beginning with Android Cupcake and followed by Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean, KitKat, Lollipop, Marshmallow and Nougat.
The good news is that the Android team has brought several significant features to your smartphone and tablet with the release of Android Oreo to make its mobile platform more secure, fast, power efficient and offer better multitasking.
The new updated mobile operating system, which has been available for the last few months in developer beta, will arrive on your Android devices by the end of this year.
Here’s the list of features what I like in the new Android Oreo so far:
Android Instant Apps
With Android 8.0 Oreo, you can now access a range of Instant Apps without downloading them.
First unveiled in May 2016, a new feature called Android Instant Apps is now available for more than 500 million devices globally, allowing users to launch certain apps within Google Play without having to download them.
Users can access Android Instant apps with a single click on a URL, just like a web page.
This feature could be more useful for those who are running out of storage space on their phone, wants to use an app for just once or intends to take a demo before installing the full version.
Picture-in-Picture (multitasking)
How many times does it happen to you when you want to watch a video on YouTube while chatting on WhatsApp?
It happens with me a lot of times, and I really get annoyed that if I’m watching a video, I can only watch that video and can’t do anything on other apps simultaneously. But this would not be a problem in Android 8.0 Oreo.
With Android Oreo, you can view a YouTube video while reading through a report in Word or be chatting on WhatsApp on your Android device—thanks to Picture-in-Picture (PIP) feature.
PIP is one of the biggest features in the latest version of Android. If you open an app and start playing a video, just press the home button, which will shrink the video down to the bottom-right corner of your screen while the rest of the app disappears.
Now you can open any app and do other activities, while the video continues in the background. You can even move the video along the border of your screen, just like the Facebook Messenger icons, and tapping on the video will expand the video back into full-view.
Autofill API Framework
It has already been advised to make use of complex and different passwords for online accounts and change them frequently, but this makes it difficult for users to remember them at the same time.
To follow the best password policy in order to keep their accounts safe, most users rely on notepad/excel files to save their passwords insecurely, while some use password managers.
Some password manager apps for Android allow their users to Autofill saved information into forms on other apps for which they require access to device’s accessibility permission and features.
However, with Android Oreo, password managers will no longer require Android’s accessibility features to fill in forms.
Android 8.0 Oreo brings a built-in secure AutoFill API that allows users-chosen password manager to store different types of sensitive data, such as passwords, credit card numbers, phone numbers, and addresses—and works throughout the entire system.
Android Oreo has been developed keeping ‘Security’ in mind, with Google cracking down on the fastest-growing problem of Android malware with a new anti-malware tool called Google Play Protect.
“Play Protect is built into every device with Google Play, is always updating, and automatically takes action to keep your data and device safe, so you don’t have to lift a finger,” Dave Burke, Vice President of engineering at Google said.
Play Protect helps in detecting and removing harmful applications with more than 50 billion apps scanned every day.
Wi-Fi Aware (Neighborhood Aware Networking — NAN)
Android Oreo has added support for a new connectivity feature called Wi-Fi Aware, also known as Neighborhood Aware Networking (NAN), which allows apps and devices to automatically find, connect to, and share data with each other directly without any internet access point or cellular data.
Wi-Fi Aware is basically a combination of WiFi Direct and Nearby features to offer more reliable connection compared to Wi-Fi P2P, allowing users to share data at high speed with a longer distance communication compared to Bluetooth.
Wi-Fi Aware API gives app developers a great opportunity to create awesome apps based on the communication between nearby devices.
No More ‘Unknown Sources’ Setting (Install other apps)
Not all applications installed from third-party sources are malicious, but most of the apps installed from outside of the official Play Store could land you in trouble.
Prior to Android Oreo, third-party app installation requires users to enable just one setting by turning on “Install from unknown sources”—doesn’t matter from where the user has downloaded an APK file, i.e. from a browser, Bluetooth, transferred from a computer via USB or downloaded using another app.
Android 8.0 Oreo has completely changed the way this feature works, bringing a much smarter and safer system called “Install Unknown apps,” in which user has to manually permit 3rd-party app installation from different sources.
Battery-Saving Background Limits
Prior to Android 8.0 Oreo, developers can develop apps that could listen for a broad range of system broadcasts or changes on an Android device such as Wi-Fi turning on or a picture being taken, which negatively impact system performance and battery life.
Now, with Android Oreo, Google has blocked apps from reacting to “implicit broadcasts” and carrying out certain tasks when they are running in the background in an effort to enhance the battery life of Android device.
Besides this, Android Oreo will also limit some background services and location updates when an app is not in use.
For example, if music app is playing music in the background, it will not be affected, but it will limit Instagram that doesn’t need to be refreshing your feed from running in the background, allowing apps to use less power and wake up occasionally to start its services.
AI-based Smart Text Selection
Android Oreo brings the ‘Smart Text Selection‘ feature, which uses Google’s machine learning to detect when something like physical addresses, email addresses, names or phone numbers is selected, then automatically suggests the relevant information on other apps.
For example, if double tap text and select an address of a restaurant your friend sends you, Google’s AI-based machine learning will figure out what you want and automatically launch directions with maps.
The Assistant feature can perform the same, but it’s always good to have multiple options to solve the same problem.
Notification Dots (Limit notifications)
This feature is something I needed badly, as I really get annoyed by so many notifications I receive on a daily basis.
With Android Oreo, this won’t be an issue. Oreo introduces Notification Dots that offers you to manage each app individually with “fine-grained control,” allowing you to control how many notifications you see and how they come through.
For example, in case of any news app, you will be able to select what areas you are interested in hearing about.
So, to check your notifications, you simply need to tap the three notification dots.
Find my Device
Google has introduced a new feature, called Find my Device, which is a similar feature to Apple’s Find my iPhone and allows people to locate, lock and wipe their Android devices in the event when they go missing or get stolen.
New Emoji and Downloadable Fonts and Emoji
Android Oreo introduces 60 new emoji and a redesign of the current “blob” characters. The update also offers new colour support to app developers and the ability to change or animate the shape of icons in their apps.
The “Downloadable Fonts” feature in Android Oreo is not for the end user, and instead, this feature is meant for app developers, allowing them to release their apps without packaging fonts inside. The fonts can then be downloaded by the app from a shared provider and support library.
This same implementation also supports “Downloadable Emoji,” so users can get updated emoji without just being limited to the emoji built into the device.
An unknown hacker has to date stolen greater than $471,000 value of Ethereum—probably the most standard and more and more useful cryptocurrencies—in one more Ethereum hack that hit the favored cryptocurrency funding platform, Enigma.
According to an announcement made on their official web site an hour in the past, an “unknown entity” has managed to hack their web site, slack account and email e-newsletter accounts, and uploaded a faux pre-sale web page with a faux ETH handle to ship cash.
The hackers additionally spammed their faux handle in Enigma’s e-newsletter and slack accounts for pre-sale cash, tricking victims to ship their cryptocurrencies to hacker’s handle.
Etherscan, a well-liked search engine for the Ethereum Blockchain that permits customers to search for, verify and validate transactions simply, has already flagged the handle as compromised, however individuals are nonetheless sending ETH to the faux handle (given beneath).
0X29D7D1DD5B6F9C864D9DB560D72A247C178AE86B
At the time of writing, the hackers have remodeled 1,487.90 Ether and are nonetheless receiving funds.
The hack comes just a few days after Enigma posted an article, educating customers on easy methods to keep away from phishers, scammers, spammers, and keep secure throughout a token sale.
“As we work exhausting to construct the way forward for knowledge and crypto buying and selling and investing, we wish to take just a few moments to speak about security,” Enigma Project wrote in the weblog publish. “Due to our strong growth, our community has become a target. The worst elements of the crypto scene—scammers and phishers—are attracted to good projects and good communities.”
This incident marks because the fifth Ethereum hack inside two months, following a theft of:
$8.4 Million value of Ethereum throughout Veritaseum’s Initial Coin Offering (ICO).
$32 Million value of Ethereum from Parity’s Ethereum Wallet accounts.
$7 Million value of Ether in the course of the hack of Israeli startup CoinSprint’s ICO.
$1 Million value of Ether and Bitcoins heist in cryptocurrency alternate Bithumb.
At the second, it’s unclear how the attackers broke into the Enigmas network and hacked their web site, slack account and email e-newsletter accounts.
Since cryptocurrency fans and traders are nonetheless sending their Ethereum to the faux handle, you must share this story to warn your pals and followers.
There are lots and lots of VPN software to mask your original IP address but not all are great. So we have curated the list of the top 10 VPN software.
Sometimes it may be necessary for you to be anonymous on the web to protect your identity. Or sometimes you may be rejected access to a particular website because of your blocked location. You can overcome all these issues by masking your identity. It can be done with the help or virtual private networks aka VPNs. The way how it works is by changing your IP address. So here is the top 10 VPN software.
What is a VPN?
The answer to the question is explained well by Cyber Ghost in the video below
Why Should I Use VPN?
There are several reasons to start using a virtual private network aka VPN today. These include
Stay safe. Be anonymous. A VPN masks your current IP address (Find your existing IP address).
Access blocked content such as videos, websites, etc.
Cyber Ghost VPN is the best in this list because you don’t need to upgrade to a paid version! The free version of Cyber Ghost VPN has everything a user needs. It encrypts all online traffic and ensures data remains hidden from hackers when on an open wireless network.
There is no bandwidth limit in the free version, but it disconnects the user after every three hours and it is also limited to one Windows device.
The premium and premium plus version offers better connection speed, multi-device support, and the option to use OpenVPN, IPSec or PPTP.
You can use the service without even creating an account.
Easy-Hide-IP is a paid IP hide software that has 60+ high-speed servers to protect it’s users’ real identity from third parties. It has servers in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Brazil, Luxembourg, Japan, Russia, India and France.
Real Hide IP is a very good program that you can use to hide your IP address and access blocked websites. You can try the tool for free, but the trial version cannot be used forever.
It has over 70 dedicated servers to conceal your real IP address from the hackers.
Real Hide IP is not really a perfect software for ultimate privacy protection. But you can use it to bypass internet censorship.
It has the same qualities of basic IP Hider software, but if you are looking for a powerful privacy software, Real Hide IP is not the kind of software you need.
Hide My IP is a program that you can use to prevent hackers from acquiring your real IP address. It offers IP rotation service to make the users “anonymous” on the web. You can configure the proxy service as much as you want. It also allows you to select certain applications to use the Hide My IP proxy.
It also has a simple and powerful user interface which I found more attractive.
OpenVPN is a free VPN service that is available for Windows, Mac, ios as well as Android. You will need an Open VPN account to use this software. The free version has a limited bandwidth of 100 MB which is really low. You can get 200 MB by referring a friend to OpenVPN. You can choose from different servers to customize your location. The main drawback that I felt is the need to sign in to your account each time you need to connect to the VPN server. The software performs well. Surprisingly, there are no ads!
SumRando VPN is a clever service that helps you to browse faster and secure without revealing your original IP address to others. Once it is installed you can either create an account using your mail id or you can start using the service anonymously.
The free plan offers 2GB data. While testing the service, I didn’t feel any lag in the connection. It is obviously a pretty good VPN service that everyone should try.
If you are a frequent visitor of EH, you may already know about Hotspot Shield. In the “3 best ways to unblock blocked websites,” I had mentioned HotSpot Shield as a great tool to bypass internet censorship.
It encrypts all the connections and protects the device from malware, phishing and spam sites.
Hide My Ass Pro VPN is the most expensive service on this list. It has almost every features that a great VPN service must have. There is no free/trial version available for this service. You must need an account to use HMA Pro VPN.
It has 650+ servers in various locations in the world.
The most popular free and open source software that can help you to defend against privacy intrusion. Tor has distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world to protect it’s users from traffic analysis.
The users of Tor include, journalists, NGOs, whisleblowers, hackers and law enforcement.
UltraSurf is a free tool developed by Ultrareach Internet Corp. It was originally developed for internet users in Mainland China, where the internet is heavily censored and monitored. Now, it has millions of users from over 180 countries.
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