Research Unveils 4.2 Million Hosts Exposed to Cyberattacks by Unsecured Tunneling Protocols

Security experts discovered a new set of tunnel protocol vulnerabilities that could expose millions of devices to a broad range of cyberattacks.

Tunneling packets used to hijack internet hosts

According to the research, the issue revolves around internet hosts that fail to verify the sender’s identity when handling tunneling packets.

This paves the way for host takeovers, which could allow attackers to breach vulnerable networks and weaponize the hosts for anonymized attacks.

The study, by