As of April 2020, native iOS and Android Mullvad VPN clients using the WireGuard protocol are available. Mullvad provides VPN client applications for computers running under Windows, macOS and Linux operating systems. At the time of this update, the Swedish Police have not acknowledged the situation or provided an official statement.Ī TechRadar review noted 2019 that "Mullvad's core service is powerful, up-to-date, and absolutely stuffed with high-end technologies." Complementing its use of the open-source OpenVPN and WireGuard protocols, Mullvad includes "industrial strength" encryption (employing AES-256 GCM methodology), 4096-bit RSA certificates with SHA-512 for server authentication, perfect forward secrecy, "multiple layers" of DNS leak protection, IPv6 leak protection, "multiple stealth options" to help bypass government or corporate VPN blocking, and built-in support for port forwarding. Mullvad shared this information in a blog post two days later making the incident public knowledge and mentioning this was the first time their offices had been visited with a search warrant. After consulting with the prosecutor, the officers left without seizing any equipment or obtaining customer information. Mullvad demonstrated that, in accordance with their policies, no such data existed on their systems.
On 18 April 2023, Mullvad's head office in Gothenburg was visited by officers from the National Operations Department of the Swedish Police, who had a search warrant to seize computers containing customer data. In May 2022, Mullvad started officially accepting Monero. In April 2020, Mullvad partnered with Malwarebytes and provided WireGuard servers for their VPN service, Malwarebytes Privacy. Mozilla's VPN service, Mozilla VPN, utilizes Mullvad's WireGuard servers. In October 2019, Mullvad partnered with Mozilla. No assessment was made on the Mullvad server side and back end. Cure53 tested only the applications and supporting functions.
Seven issues were found which were addressed by Mullvad.
In September 2018, the cybersecurity firm Cure53 performed a Penetration test on Mullvad's OSX, Windows and Linux applications. Mullvad was an early adopter and supporter of the WireGuard protocol, announcing the availability of the new VPN protocol in March 2017 and making a "generous donation" supporting WireGuard development between July and December 2017. Mullvad began supporting connections via the OpenVPN protocol in 2009. Mullvad was launched in March 2009 by Amagicom AB. Launched in March 2009, Mullvad operates using the WireGuard and OpenVPN protocols. Mullvad is a commercial VPN service based in Sweden. Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows (official app)
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