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Why Your VPN May Not Be As Secure As It Claims

Krebs on Security

Virtual private networking (VPN) companies market their services as a way to prevent anyone from snooping on your Internet usage. VPNs work by creating a virtual network interface that serves as an encrypted tunnel for communications. “This is intended functionality that isn’t clearly stated in the RFC [standard]. .

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How Does a VPN Work? A Comprehensive Beginner’s Overview

eSecurity Planet

A virtual private network (VPN) does more than just mask your identity—it fundamentally changes how your data moves across the internet. But what’s really going on under the hood when you browse the web using a VPN? This encrypted data is nearly impossible to intercept and read without the appropriate decryption key.

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Fog and Akira ransomware attacks exploit SonicWall VPN flaw CVE-2024-40766

Security Affairs

Fog and Akira ransomware operators are exploiting SonicWall VPN flaw CVE-2024-40766 to breach enterprise networks. Fog and Akira ransomware operators are exploiting the critical SonicWall VPN vulnerability CVE-2024-40766 (CVSS v3 score: 9.3) to breach corporate networks via SSL VPN access. ” reads the advisory.

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What Is a VPN? Definition, How It Works, and More

Tech Republic Security

A VPN (virtual private network) encrypts your internet traffic and protects your online privacy. Find out how it works and why you should use it.

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New Attack on VPNs

Schneier on Security

This attack has been feasible for over two decades: 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.

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What is encryption? And why it matters in a VPN

Malwarebytes

Encryption is a term used to describe the methods that hide the true meaning of messages using code, especially to prevent unauthorized access to the information in the messages. Not all users of virtual private networks (VPN) care about encryption, but many are interested and benefit from strong end-to-end encryption.

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New attack leaks VPN traffic using rogue DHCP servers

Bleeping Computer

A new attack dubbed "TunnelVision" can route traffic outside a VPN's encryption tunnel, allowing attackers to snoop on unencrypted traffic while maintaining the appearance of a secure VPN connection. [.]

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