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Virtually All VPNs Are Vulnerable to Novel TunnelVision Attack

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LinuxSecurity.com - Hybrid RSS; By Brittany Day
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A novel attack called TunnelVision has been discovered. It compromises the security of virtually all VPN apps, rendering their purpose useless. The attack manipulates the DHCP server to divert VPN traffic to the attacker, allowing them to read, drop, or modify the traffic. This critical analysis aims to explore the implications of this attack for Linux admins, infosec professionals, internet security enthusiasts, and sysadmins.

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