RADIUS network protocol under attack due to MD5-based vulnerability

Cybersecurity experts from universities and major technology companies have discovered a vulnerability in a widely used client-server network protocol that could allow hackers to bypass user authentication via man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks. If the vulnerability, rated 7.5 out of 10 on the CVSS severity scale and tracked as CVE-2024-3596, were exploited—and that’s not easy—attackers could theoretically … Read more