Hola's founder has confirmed the popular VPN Chrome extension sells its users' bandwidth in order to cover the cost of offering its free service -- resulting in a vast botnet-for-sale network.
Botnet backdoor could leave subscribers vulnerable to hackers. VPN service Hola, which can unblock region-locked websites and streaming channels, has been accused of selling its subscribers Hola is a popular virtual private network (VPN) provider that is available for various web browsers including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer, as well as desktop and mobile operating systems.. It is free to use and if you check ratings and users on Chrome's Web Store alone, you will notice that it is used by more than 7.1 million Chrome users currently. Virtual private network Hola has downplayed concerns that its 47 million users could become part of a botnet. A botnet is a network of hijacked computers that can be used for criminal activity "Hola is a 'peer-to-peer' VPN," the group writes on its 'Adios, Hola!' website. "This may sound nice, but what it actually means is that other people browse the web through your internet connection. The Hola botnet: Not so Free or Safe. admin; In Hola's case, the company sells bandwidth to customers via Luminati, and this bandwidth is sourced directly from Hola VPN users. In simple terms, if you use Hola VPN you're handing over your internet to Hola's and Luminati's customers to do whatever they want with it.
Cloudwards.net takes a close look at Hola VPN, a free service not only undeserving of the label "VPN," but also likely a botnet in disguise.
Essentially, Hola's users have been unwitting mercenaries in a botnet-for-hire. "Hola realized they basically have a 9 million strong botnet." Hola, however, operates as a peer-to-peer VPN
Hola is a popular virtual private network (VPN) provider that is available for various web browsers including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer, as well as desktop and mobile operating systems.. It is free to use and if you check ratings and users on Chrome's Web Store alone, you will notice that it is used by more than 7.1 million Chrome users currently.
Essentially, Hola's users have been unwitting mercenaries in a botnet-for-hire. "Hola realized they basically have a 9 million strong botnet." Hola, however, operates as a peer-to-peer VPN Users of free VPN Hola vulnerable to hacking, researchers warn Free P2P VPN Hola sold users' bandwidth which was then used for botnets; researchers say to uninstall Hola now as it makes users Reason 4: Hola VPN has history of misconduct and hacking. Reason #5 is actually a follow-up from Reason#4- As Hola VPN sells its user's traffic and bandwidth and access to its paid commercial users, history of misconduct has actually happened before. In 2015, Hola VPN was used for a Botnet Attack on website 8Chan. Unlike Hola, Luminati is a VPN network offering bandwidth to anyone who needs to move large amounts of traffic across the Internet. It's that service which was used to create a botnet to Stop using the Hola VPN right now. The company behind Hola is turning your computer into a node on a botnet, and selling your network to anyone who is willing to pay. Networking. Close. 27.9k. Posted by 5 years ago. Archived. Stop using the Hola VPN right now. The company behind Hola is turning your computer into a node on a botnet, and selling