Re: Critical OpenVPN Zero-Day Flaws Affecting Millions of Endpoints Across the Globe

Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming via Openvpn-users <[email protected]> Mon, 17 Jun 2024 15:10:49 +0000

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On Thursday, May 16th, 2024 at 10:17 PM, Gert Doering <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 05:05:37PM +0300, M Mikky wrote:
> 
> > > Article: Critical OpenVPN Zero-Day Flaws Affecting Millions of Endpoints
> > > Across the Globe
> > > Link: https://cybersecuritynews.com/openvpn-zero-day-flaws/
> > 
> > What the journalist refers to in this URL (to
> > https://www.blackhat.com/us-24/briefings/schedule/#ovpnx--zero-days-leading-to-rce-lpe-and-kce-via-
> > byovd-affecting-millions-of-openvpn-endpoints-across-the-globe-38900) is an
> > indication of a future Microsoft's vulnerability report for OpenVPN. It
> > looks primarily like another attempt to combat the globally used OpenVPN,
> > since Microsoft has its own relatively little-used VPN product.
> 
> 
> Given that a Microsoft employee has worked with us to actually fix
> the bugs, before disclosure, this is not a conspiracy by Microsoft to
> make OpenVPN "look bad". It's just BlackHat marketing.
> 
> gert

What is BlackHat marketing?

Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
Targeted Individual in Singapore