We can all accept that the Internet is a world unto itself, with many things to do and content to consume. Nevertheless, many services and content are restricted to certain regions and are ...

VPNs have become more popular for end-users in recent years, thanks to increased cooperation between ISPs and copyright enforcement agencies, battles between ISPs and content providers, Edward Snowden ...

If you’re a user of the free version of the VPN service Hola, I hope you read the small print. Because while you might use the Hola VPN proxy to cover your tracks while surfing the web, watching ...

Sometimes a free service isn’t really free and you can end up paying for it in unexpected ways. If you’re running the Chrome extension Hola Better Internet or the Firefox add-on Hola Unblocker, well, ...

Free P2P VPN Hola sold users' bandwidth which was then used for botnets; researchers say to uninstall Hola now as it makes users vulnerable to hacking. The Hola free peer-to-peer service claims to ...

While VPNs mostly come as standalone programs for PC or mobile, one of the popular free VPNs called Hola Better Internet comes as a free browser extension and is available for Firefox and Chrome. The ...

One of the most popular Chrome extensions is selling its users' bandwidth, largely without their knowledge — and it can be used by hackers to maliciously attack websites. Hola is a VPN — a "virtual ...

Update: A follow-up to this story can be found here. Hola, an Israeli company that develops a browser plug-in promoted heavily as a means to bypass region locks on Web-based content and anonymous ...

Hola Better Internet is a popular Firefox and Chrome extension that allows you to watch blocked content overseas. However, there’s something more nefarious going on behind the scenes: the company is ...