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Researchers Find More Widespread SSL Vulnerabilities

What is a critical security feature in an application worth if it doesn’t provide any security? Not much, according to researchers who uncovered widespread and very exploitable vulnerabilities in Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) implementations during their examination of a selection of non-browser software offerings available in the marketplace. A new report from Stanford University researchers working with a team from … Read more

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App security is the ultimate uphill battle, but CERT’s SCALe
secure development initiative is a promising weapon

Cyber criminals live off vulnerable software. That’s not exactly a revelation, but we need to bear in mind that if there were no software vulnerabilities, criminals earning a good living off the internet might have to find work elsewhere. Securing software is somewhat like Sisyphus, the Greek king punished by the gods by being compelled to roll a huge bolder … Read more

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