Tag Archives: virtual private networks

Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose

Getty Images reader comments 123 Researchers have devised an attack against nearly all virtual private network applications that forces them to send and receive some or all traffic outside of the encrypted tunnel designed to protect it from snooping or tampering. TunnelVision, as the researchers have named their attack, largely negates the entire purpose and… Read More »

VPN servers seized by Ukrainian authorities weren’t encrypted

reader comments 62 with 41 posters participating Share this story Privacy tools-seller Windscribe said it failed to encrypt company VPN servers that were recently confiscated by authorities in Ukraine, a lapse that made it possible for the authorities to impersonate Windscribe servers and capture and decrypt traffic passing through them. The Ontario, Canada-based company said… Read More »

More US agencies potentially hacked, this time with Pulse Secure exploits

Getty Images reader comments 23 with 19 posters participating Share this story At least five US federal agencies may have experienced cyberattacks that targeted recently discovered security flaws that give hackers free rein over vulnerable networks, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said on Friday. The vulnerabilities in Pulse Connect Secure, a VPN that… Read More »