{"id":271830,"date":"2024-01-25T02:11:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T07:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=325292"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:10:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:10:00","slug":"this-vpn-has-problems-attacked-by-hackers-and-issues-for-its-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/this-vpn-has-problems-attacked-by-hackers-and-issues-for-its-users\/","title":{"rendered":"This VPN has problems: attacked by hackers and issues for its users"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A group of hackers that could work for the Chinese Government<\/strong> has exploited two serious vulnerabilities in Ivanti<\/strong> VPN devices to infect networks worldwide. These vulnerabilities would allow attackers to bypass two-factor authentication and execute malicious code on systems using Ivanti Connect Secure<\/strong>, a very popular VPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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According to the security company Censys<\/a><\/strong>, at least 492 Ivanti VPN devices would be infected<\/strong>, out of a total of 26,000 that are connected to the Internet. The company claims that more than a quarter of the compromised devices are located in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Ivanti has not yet released patches to fix these vulnerabilities<\/strong>, known as CVE-2023-46805 and CVE-2024-21887<\/strong>. The company has published a mitigation and recovery guide that affected users are recommended to follow. The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has issued a directive<\/a> that requires all civilian government agencies to take corrective actions<\/strong> to prevent the exploitation of these vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Thanks to these vulnerabilities, hackers could steal data, modify files, download remote files, and create reverse tunnels from VPN devices, as detailed by Censys. They could also capture user credentials<\/strong> who connect to the VPN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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