Abstract: A method including configuring a VPN server to determine, based on requesting data of interest from a host device, that the host device has declined to provide the data of interest; configuring the VPN server to verify, based on determining that the host device has declined to provide the data of interest, an identity of a secondary server with which the VPN server is authorized to establish a secure connection; configuring the VPN server to establish, based on verifying the identity of the secondary server, a secure connection with the secondary server to enable communication of encrypted information; and configuring the VPN server to transmit, to the secondary server, an encrypted message identifying the host device and the data of interest to be retrieved from the host device to enable the secondary server to request the data of interest from the host device is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.

Abstract: A method including receiving, by a user device, first validation data based at least in part on transmitting a first service request to receive a first network service; receiving, by the user device, the first network service by providing signed first validation data based at least in part on authenticating first biometric information; transmitting, by the user device while receiving the first service, a second service request to receive a second network service; receiving, by the user device, second validation data based at least in part on transmitting the second service request; and receiving, by the user device, the second network service by providing signed second validation data based at least in part on authenticating second biometric information is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.

Abstract: A method including determining, by a VPN server based on requesting data of interest from a host device, that the host device has declined to provide the data of interest to the VPN server; verifying, by the VPN server, an identity of a secondary server with which the VPN server is authorized to establish a secure connection; establishing, by the VPN server based on verifying the identity of the secondary server, a secure connection with the secondary server to enable communication of encrypted information between the VPN server and the secondary server; and transmitting, by the VPN server to the secondary server over the secure connection, an encrypted message identifying the host device and the data of interest to be retrieved from the host device to enable the secondary server to request the data of interest from the host device is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.

Abstract: A method including configuring a VPN server to utilize a first exit IP address to transmit a query to a host device for requesting data of interest; configuring the VPN server to determine that the host device has blocked the first exit IP address; configuring the VPN server to establish, based on determining that the host device has blocked the first exit IP address, a secure connection with a secondary server to enable communication of encrypted information; and configuring the VPN server to transmit, to the secondary server over the secure connection, an encrypted message identifying the host device and the data of interest to be retrieved from the host device to enable the secondary server to transmit a second query to request the data of interest based on utilizing a second exit IP address, different from the first exit IP address is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.

Abstract: A method including determining, by a virtual private network (VPN) server providing VPN services to one or more user devices, an average threshold level associated with an aggregate amount of VPN data communicated with a host device during a reference period; determining, by the VPN server, an observed average aggregate amount of VPN data communicated with the host device during an operation period; comparing, by the VPN server, the observed average aggregate amount with the average threshold level; and selectively transmitting, by the VPN server, a notification to the one or more devices indicating that the one or more user devices is to manage transmission of data from the one or more user devices based at least in part on a result of comparing the observed average aggregate amount with the average threshold level. Various other aspects are contemplated.

Abstract: An infrastructure device configured to: configure a first device to receive, from a second device, a first network packet to be transmitted by the first device to a first LAN device, the first network packet indicating a first subnet IP address as a destination address; configure the first device to select to transmit the first network packet to the first LAN device; configure the first device to receive, from the second device, a second network packet to be transmitted by the first device to a second LAN device, the second network packet indicating a second subnet IP address as a destination address; and configure the first device to select to refrain from transmitting the second network packet to the second LAN device based at least in part on the second packet indicating the second subnet IP address as the destination address is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses configuring a device to receive, from a transmitting source application, a transmission packet to be transmitted to a destination application; configuring the device to determine connection information included in the transmission packet, the connection information indicating one or more parameters to be utilized by the destination application to connect with the transmitting source application; configuring the device to determine a fingerprint based at least in part on the connection information; configuring the device to compare the determined fingerprint with a trusted fingerprint stored in correlation with an identity of a trusted source application that is known to be unaffected by malware; and configuring the device to process the transmission packet based at least in part on a result of comparing the determined fingerprint with the stored fingerprint is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.

Abstract: Systems and methods for optimal load distribution and data processing of a plurality of files in anti-malware solutions are provided herein. In some embodiments, the system includes: a plurality of node processors; a control processor programmed to: receiving a plurality of files used for malware analysis and training of anti-malware ML models; separating the plurality of files into a plurality of subsets of files based on byte size of each of the files, such that processing of each subset of files produces similar workloads amongst all available node processors; distributing the plurality of subsets of files amongst all available node processors such that each node processor processes its respective subset of files in parallel and within a similar timeframe as the other node processors; and receiving, by the control processor, a report of performance and/or anti-malware processing results of the subset of files performed from each node processor.

Abstract: A method including receiving, by a device in communication with a first endpoint and a second endpoint in a mesh network, a first communication from the first endpoint and a second communication from the second endpoint; selectively comparing, by the device, first observed connection state information associated with the first communication with the stored connection state information associated with outgoing communications transmitted by the device, and second observed connection state information associated with the second communication with the stored connection state information; and selectively processing, by the device, the first communication based at least in part on a result of selectively comparing the first observed connection state information with the stored connection state information, and the second communication based at least in part on a result of selectively comparing the second observed connection state information with the stored connection state information.

Abstract: A method including encrypting, by a user device based at least in part on utilizing a symmetric key, a folder stored on the user device; encrypting, by the user device based at least in part on utilizing an assigned public key specific to the folder, the symmetric key to determine a single-encrypted symmetric key; encrypting, by the user device based at least in part on utilizing a trusted device key specific to the user device, the single-encrypted symmetric key to determine a double-encrypted symmetric key; encrypting, by the user device based at least in part on utilizing a trusted user key specific to the folder, an assigned private key that is associated with the assigned public key; and storing, by user device, the double-encrypted symmetric key and the encrypted assigned private key in an associated memory is disclosed. Various other aspects and techniques are contemplated.

Abstract: A method including configuring, by an infrastructure device, a virtual private network (VPN) server to install an initial operating system on a volatile memory associated with the VPN server; configuring, by the infrastructure device, the VPN server to execute the initial operating system from the volatile memory to receive a VPN operating system; configuring, by the infrastructure device, the VPN server to install the VPN operating system on the volatile memory; and configuring, by the infrastructure device, the VPN server to execute the VPN operating system from the volatile memory to provide VPN services. Various other aspects are contemplated.

Abstract: A method including receiving, by an infrastructure device from a manager device configured to manage network services provided by the infrastructure device, a manager request for requesting performance of an action associated with managing the network services, the manager request including a signature header signed by utilizing a manager private key associated with the manager device and a timestamp header identifying a point in time when the signature header was signed; determining, by the infrastructure device, a time difference between the point in time when the signature header was signed and a current time; authorizing, by the infrastructure device, the manager request based on determining that the determined time difference satisfies a predetermined duration of time; and enabling, by the infrastructure device, performance of the action associated with managing the network services based on authorizing the manager request is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.

Abstract: The disclosure describes transmitting, by a user device to an infrastructure device, access information to enable authentication of the user device; calculating, by the user device, a hash of private data, the hash of the private data to be utilized for comparison with a hash of breached data that is compromised due to a data breach, the private data being different from the access information; verifying, by the user device based at least in part on communicating verification information with the infrastructure device, that the user device is authorized to have access to a plaintext version of the private data; transmitting, by the user device to the infrastructure device, the hash of the private data; and receiving, by the user device from the infrastructure device, a notification indicating a result of a comparison of the hash of the private data with the hash of the breached data.

Abstract: A method including determining, by a manager device configured to manage network services provided by an infrastructure device, a manager request including a signature header signed by utilizing a manager private key associated with the manager device and a timestamp header identifying a point in time when the signature header was signed; transmitting, by the manager device to the infrastructure device, the manager request to request performance of an action associated with managing the network services; and receiving, by the manager device from the infrastructure device based at least in part on transmitting the manager request, an authorization message indicating successful authorization of the manager request, the successful authorization being based at least in part on a verification that a time difference between the point in time when the signature header was signed and a current time satisfies a predetermined duration of time is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.

Abstract: A method for controlling access to process data includes encrypting process data of a process; receiving a request to access the process data; requesting a security code to access the encrypted process data; receiving the security code; authenticating the received security code; and granting access to the encrypted process data if the received security code is successfully authenticated and denying access to the encrypted process data if the received security code is not successfully authenticated.

Abstract: Systems and methods for blurring connection information in virtual private networks are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method of blurring VPN connection metadata may comprise: receiving, by a VPN service provider infrastructure, a request from a user device to establish a VPN connection with one or more VPN servers, wherein the VPN service provider infrastructure includes a logic engine configured to perform statistical blurring of VPN connection metadata; establishing a connection between the user device and one or more target sites during a VPN session; receiving, from the one or more VPN servers, VPN connection metadata associated with the user's VPN connections and a user identifier associated with the user; performing statistical blurring of VPN connection metadata by modifying the VPN connection metadata using an unknown random value to create blurred connection metadata; and storing the blurred connection metadata in association with the user identifier received.

Abstract: A method including transmitting, by a transmitting device, verification information including a current fingerprint associated with a first instance of a source application stored on the transmitting device; determining, by a responding device based at least in part on the verification information, a verification fingerprint associated with a second instance of the source application stored on the responding device; comparing, by the responding device, the verification fingerprint with the current fingerprint; and selectively transmitting, by the transmitting device, transmission data utilizing the first instance of the source application based at least in part on a result of the comparing. Various other aspects are contemplated.

Abstract: A method including receiving, by a responding device, verification information including a current fingerprint associated with a first instance of a source application stored on a transmitting device; determining, by the responding device based at least in part on the verification information, a verification fingerprint associated with a second instance of the source application stored on the responding device; comparing, by the responding device, the verification fingerprint with the current fingerprint; and transmitting, by the responding device based at least in part on the comparing, a result indicating whether a transmission packet to be transmitted utilizing the first instance of the source application potentially includes malicious content. Various other aspects are contemplated.

Abstract: A method including receiving, by a VPN server from a user device during an established VPN connection, a first data request for the VPN server to retrieve first information from a first host device; transmitting, by the VPN server during the established VPN connection, the first information to the user device based on utilizing a first exit IP address to retrieve the first information from the first host device; receiving, by the VPN server from the user device during the established VPN connection, a second data request for the VPN server to retrieve second information from a second host device; and transmitting, by the VPN server during the established VPN connection, the second information to the user device based on utilizing a second exit IP address, associated with a secondary server, to retrieve the second information from the second host device is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.

Abstract: A method including configuring a VPN server to assign, based on establishing a VPN connection, a first exit IP address to be utilized for retrieving information during the VPN connection; configuring the VPN server to determine, during the established VPN connection, a host device that is likely to block communication from the first exit IP address; configuring the VPN server to modify associated DNS settings to return communication information associated with the VPN server itself when the information is to be retrieved from the host device; configuring the VPN server to receive, during the established VPN connection, the information retrieved from the host device based on utilizing a second exit IP address associated with a secondary server; and configuring the VPN server to transmit, during the established VPN connection, the information to a user device in accordance with the modified DNS settings is disclosed. Various other aspects are contemplated.