CyberGhost review

In this review, we will talk about a VPN service called CyberGhost.

CyberGhost was founded in 2011 in Bucharest, Romania, and since 2017 it belongs to Kape Technologies (formerly called Crossrider), a cybersecurity company.

The foundation of great organizations is built first and foremost on trust and CyberGhost and the fact that the service provides anonymity to 36 million users around the world makes it clear that people trust the service.

Let's find out what has caused this trust among VPN service users, let's test the speed when using VPN, what will be the performance at famous streaming sites, understand the many security features, such as killswitch, hiding your IP address, no logging policy, reliable 256-bit encryption using OpenVPN (TCP or UDP), IKEv2, WireGuard, L2TP / IPSec. They also offer split tunneling for convenience and a SOCKS5 proxy server for torrent enthusiasts. All these features are a guarantee of your privacy in the virtual world. It is worth mentioning that CyberGhost since 2011 keeps the transparency report - the report with the information about the requests from the police, private persons, and other organizations to disclose the volume of the user's personal data, taking into account the loyal jurisdiction of the company and the main principle about protecting the rights and ensuring privacy, CyberGhost cannot provide the user data, but even if the police or other persons make a search with the seizure of user data, they simply will not find anything, as the service does not keep any records about its users, this report is publicly available and the company has nothing to hide, the report publishes the name of the country number of DMCAs, number of police requests, number of malicious activity, the report has been conducted since 2011 to date every 3 months.

General highlights

First, let's look at how the service handles the security and privacy of your digital identity. CyberGhost uses one of the most secure algorithms, AES encryption with a key length of 256 bit, the strongest encryption to date, used by banks, the U.S. government, and other entities marked "top secret.

The connection between the client and the service is also via RSA4096 with SHA384 hash authentication and ECDH key negotiation protocol which is the strongest protection for your traffic and serves as a strong digital safe for your data that will take forever to decrypt.

CyberGhost uses protocols such as OpenVPN (TCP or UDP), IKEv2, WireGuard, L2TP / IPSec to establish a secure connection.

Protection against publicly available Wi-Fi networks, through which cybercriminals can easily steal your data.

There is also a dedicated IP address, which is assigned exclusively to your account, with which you continue your online activities with the same security, but plus you exercise control over your online reputation, to use it or not, it already depends on your needs, the fact is that it's available.

CyberGhost since 2017 belongs to Kape Technologies (a company engaged in cybersecurity), which raises many questions among users because the company used to be called Crossridder and was associated with the distribution of adware through infected software packages. The headquarters of Kape Technologies is in London. As we know the UK is part of the Five Eyes alliance that has an agreement on cooperation in the exchange of intelligence including, but CyberGhost is registered in Romania and operates following Romanian legislation, and this country is known for its strict jurisdiction regarding the protection of users' privacy rights.

CyberGhost has a zero-logging policy, this means that your online activity, downloads, movie views, visited websites are not saved on the servers of the service, your activities are not recorded and not given to third parties, even if the interested parties will manage to take over the servers, they will not find any information about you. The service must have built-in protection from leakage IPv4/IPv6 DNS, as well as WebRTC, which guarantees you anonymous surfing and activity on the Internet, they have their DNS servers for this, and if the requests will come on IPv6, they immediately blocked and make invisible your IP address. It is worth mentioning that CyberGhost will need your name, email address, and payment information to administer your account, but this information does not in any way compromise your anonymity.

CyberGhost VPN currently has over 113 VPN server locations and is available almost all over the world (number of countries 91), this is a huge coverage compared to other VPN services, given this fact, we are more likely to find a non-crowded server nearby to transmit a good streaming speed.

List of countries:

Algeria, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Sierra Leone, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macao, North Macedonia, Malta, Mexico, Estonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Isle of Man, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Greenland, Hong Kong, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Norway, Luxemburg, Pakistan, Panama, Malaysia, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, New Zealand, Singapore, Nicaragua, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Albania, South Africa, Andorra, South Korea, Argentina, Armenia, Philippines, Poland, Great Britain, Spain, Romania, Bahamas, Taiwan, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Iceland, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Portugal, Croatia, Denmark, Ukraine, UAE, USA, Vietnam, Venezuela, Monaco.

CyberGhost offers an around-the-clock chat room, where you can ask a question to a specialist on the subject you are interested in, or if you have problems with the service to your friend. It should be noted that the support service answers quickly enough, tactfully and on the topic, this is undoubtedly a plus. You can also contact the support service through the mail by filling out a form and asking the question you need.

Very pleased with navigation in the frequently asked questions, it's easy and convenient, you can find the guide to configuring your device to CyberGhost, in the Help Center is a lot of useful information, but if the newcomers can not figure it out, you can always ask for help from the service and you quickly offered a solution to your interest you the problem or question.

24-hour chat available in English, German, French and Romanian.

Pros

✓ 7 simultaneous connections
✓ Zero logs
✓ Security and reliability at the highest level
✓ WireGuard protocol
✓ NoSpy servers
✓ Streaming-optimized servers
✓ 24/7 Live Chat support

Cons

✘ Kape Technologies used to have a bad reputation
✘ Doesn't work in countries with strict censorship (China, Turkey, UAE, Saudi Arabia)
✘ No built-in firewall (NAT firewall)