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E-payment & Security

Apple and Microsoft release patches to fix FREAK vulnerability

March 11, 2015

Via: itCurated

Apple and Microsoft have released patches to fix the FREAK security vulnerability found last week in Mac OS X, iOS and Windows operating systems. FREAK — short for Factoring attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys — allows hackers to decrypt HTTPS-protected Web […]


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Update: Serious FREAK flaw could undermine the Web’s encryption

March 4, 2015

Via: itCurated

Experts are warning of a serious security flaw that has apparently gone undetected for years and can weaken encrypted connections between computers and websites, potentially undermining security across the Internet. The flaw, which has been dubbed FREAK, affects the widely […]