Brute-force attacks on VPNs can now be automated thanks to a tool created by hackers – here's how to stay safe.

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-53704, is a flaw in the SSL VPN authentication mechanism in SonicOS, the operating system that SonicWall firewalls use. If exploited, it allows remote ...

But given how extensively SSL-VPN connections have been used ... at affected customers with an IPsec tunnel using SonicWall’s Global VPN Client (GVC) so that they can work remotely, Harrison ...