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The latest Mullvad VPN stable release (2020.5) for Windows, macOS, and Linux addresses findings from our latest external security audit and includes a number of other new items. Mehr lesen

Our Android app is now available through yet another distribution channel: F-Droid. Mehr lesen

It’s not exactly news that our servers with 10GbE network cards are now up and running in both Paris and Zürich. For months you’ve been able to test them out. Meanwhile, we've been testing and improving network connectivity to the point that they’re so optimized that we can announce their existence. Mehr lesen

A while back we were notified by an external person about a potential privilege escalation attack towards the Windows version of our app. The attack works against 2020.3 and older versions of the app. By the time this blog post is published, the majority of our users have already upgraded to 2020.4 and are thereby already protected. Furthermore, the threat is only relevant if you have a Windows user account named build and you do not want the people that are controlling said account from being able to become administrators on the machine. In summary: This is very likely not an issue for you! Mehr lesen

Among the improvements in the latest beta version of the Mullvad VPN app for Android are two suggestions for improvement from a recent external audit. Mehr lesen

An independent security audit of the Mullvad VPN app was recently completed. Based on the auditors' findings, we’ve prioritized our improvements accordingly and released a new beta version for desktop and Android. Mehr lesen

iOS users of the Mullvad VPN app now have automatic WireGuard® key rotation in the latest release. Mehr lesen

The problems that prevented many of our users from connecting to the OpenVPN servers over the past weeks have largely been fixed. If you’ve taken a break from Mullvad VPN, give it a try now! Mehr lesen

Using Mullvad VPN for Android? Update to the latest beta version for a more stable experience. Mehr lesen

Linux and macOS now use WireGuard automatically in the app. This makes WireGuard the default protocol on four of the five platforms that Mullvad VPN is available for. Mehr lesen