Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose

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Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose
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To execute this you need a DHCP server on the network.... But any admin worth his salt has a config on the switch to limit DHCP traffic to a designated server.

Seems extremely difficult to pull off in any corporate environment

But makes coffee shop wifi inherently more risky

For shits and giggles I used to sit on those wifis and run a mitm...I would replace all images with the troll face meme...then sit back and watch the confusion. So ya

Now you get to do it again but this time to the VPN users that thought they were above your antics