edit: please see comments for more informed insights.
I am currently investigating and reverse engineering free VPNs for a master thesis, and just came across something I thought I'd share. VPN in this case is 1clickvpn.net, not .com!
I'm sharing this as a warning as to never use free vpns! They are most often the opposite of what they promise to be. (by free I do not mean the free versions of premium services). But either way; be careful about your VPN choice, as they have access to a lot of sensitive data. I'm sure most peeps here know of this already, but next time you hear someone using a free vpn, let them know...
This first image/code was sitting inside a file called NetworkModule, with some hella weird external links.
- addrDOTcx, seems to have been linked to malware? Comes up flagged as malicious a few times on VirusTotal.
- freevpnDOTzone, seems to be another free possible malicious VPN service, might investigate this one later.
- bigbrolookDOTcom, seems to longer be a registered domain. But wtf? Was this VPN service linked to p*rn??
IMAGE HERE; Don't visit these links unless you know what you're doing.
Furthermore, there is this interesting find; Now I am no expert coder, frankly quite the amateur. But does the below code really mean what I think it does? ~~Seems like it could be creating a fake connection?~~. This is more-less normal behaviour it seems, considering it is a local address it is probably used for testing purposes or making the app not crash if a connection cant be established.
Is used once here;
Stay safe ๐ป
All this really demonstrates is the dangers of drawing conclusions when you don't really have the skills to properly assess the information presented to you.
I have not drawn any conclusions, nor will this be a part of the thesis directly. I am simply looking at the code for extra insights and learning. I wanted to share what I found because I am curious and want to learn. I'm open to constructive feedback, and by all means correct me - im just here to learn.