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Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose

VPN BUSTER — TunnelVision vulnerability has existed since 2002 and may already be known to attackers. Getty Images 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 selling point of VPNs, which is to encapsulate incomin...

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