Michael Tegos

News, Security Share July 3rd, 2026 Hi Opera users, Recently, an independent security researcher responsibly disclosed a vulnerability in Opera GX. The vulnerability, which has since been patched, took advantage of our mods functionality. After investigating the researcher’s findings, we took immediate action, and a fix is already in place. If you are running Opera GX version 130.0.5847.89 and later, you have received the fix as well. Browser security is something we take very seriously at Opera.

Hi Opera users, Recently, an independent security researcher responsibly disclosed a vulnerability in Opera’s Pinboards feature, which helped our team to quickly work on a fix. The vulnerability affected Pinboards that users set as public (which means they are visible to anyone who has that particular Pinboard’s URL), and could enable a bad actor to, effectively, “subscribe” to posts that a user would make on their public Pinboard.

A virtual private network (VPN) is a great way to protect yourself online, especially on public hotspots. Opera is the first major browser to have a built-in, no-log, unlimited browser VPN that is completely free. So how can you make sure your browsing is safer with Opera’s VPN? For one thing, you don’t need any extra software, and you don’t need an account.