New TunnelCrack Attack Diverts VPN Traffic Outside the Protected Tunnel

Researchers from New York University and KU Leuven have developed two new attacks collectively named ‘TunnelCrack’ that can cause a broad range of VPN clients to leak user traffic outside the protected encryption tunnels. The two attacks, ‘LocalNet’ and ‘ServerIP,’ stem from how VPN clients configure the underlying OS to route traffic through VPN tunnels …

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