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Assured AB
Company blog · assured.se/posts · on HN as JoachimSsecurity
Assured AB is the company blog at assured.se, writing about security. Since 2019, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “Mullvad VPN relay audit [pdf]”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-23, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link Assured AB's third-party audit reports on Mullvad services, such as its relays and the Leta search proxy, as evidence about how far those services can be trusted.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Assured Security Consultants is a boutique security consultancy specializing in technical cybersecurity. We provide a wide range of services to secure your business.
Most-linked posts?
- Mullvad VPN relay audit [pdf]3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2022-06-27
- Aftonbladet Is Monetizing Your Privacy2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-04-02
What Hacker News says?
It's true we can't know for 100% certain, but things like third party audits can give one sufficient confidence (depending on your risk tolerance, of course) https://www.assured.se/publications/Assured_Mullvad_relay_se...
Comment linking /publications/Assured_Mullvad_relay_server_audit_report_2022.pdf
on “Mullvad becomes highest level of Tor Member (Shallot)”Submitted Google Cloud Platform Security Best Practices as a story · 184 points
HN discussionThe whole site, including homepage, FAQ, and TOS, are returning a 502 for me. According to their audit (1), it’s a Google Search proxy? I’m honestly surprised Google still allows these kind of services, and that Mullvad is trying to launch one. (1) https://www.assured.se/publications/Assured_Mullvad_Leta_pen...
Comment linking /publications/Assured_Mullvad_Leta_pentest_report_2023.pdf
on “Mullvad Leta (Search Engine)”Submitted Mullvad VPN relay audit [pdf] as a story · 26 points
HN discussionhttps://www.assured.se/publications/Assured_Mullvad_relay_se... Honestly I don’t think audits are worth anything. But it’d be a huge conspiracy to mess with so many parties.
Comment linking /publications/Assured_Mullvad_relay_server_audit_report_2022.pdf
on “We have successfully completed our migration to RAM-only VPN infrastructure”Submitted Exploiting Insecure GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine) Defaults as a story · 7 points
HN discussionSubmitted Aftonbladet Is Monetizing Your Privacy as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The new block cipher tau256 is here as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Aftonbladet Is Monetizing Your Privacy as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted About Zabbix Agent Security as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Getting started with the Tillitis TKey security token as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Mullvad API pentest report [pdf] as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Pulling the plug during a cyber security incident as a story · 1 points
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