Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a critical security vulnerability in RADIUS, a widely used network authentication protocol dating back to the 1990s that’s still in widespread use today.

Overview A vulnerability in the RADIUS protocol allows an attacker allows an attacker to forge an authentication response in cases where a Message-Authenticator attribute is not required or enforced.

OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The BlastRADIUS vulnerability announced July 9 by cybersecurity researchers involves the RADIUS protocol which underlies most network connections worldwide. When the ...