'Port Shadow' Flaw Can Exploit Some VPNs to Attack Users The flaw can pave the way for a sophisticated hacker to spy and redirect user traffic over a vulnerable VPN server. However, several major VPN ...

A major spike in activity targeting TCP Port 1025 on Windows systems may be a sign that attackers are gathering intelligence for an upcoming attack against unpatched servers, Symantec warned Monday.

Sharing connection information could be a problem among users of the same VPN server without proper protection, researchers have found. Corporate VPN servers in particular are vulnerable to the flaw.

A major spike in activity targeting TCP Port 1025 on Windows systems may be a sign that attackers are gathering intelligence for an upcoming attack against unpatched servers, Symantec Corp. warned ...