PC/Mobile Security - "'FREAK' flaw undermines security for Apple & Google users,

'The Washington Post' -"'FREAK' flaw undermines security for Apple and Google users, researchers discover .. that for more than a decade left users of Apple and Google devices vulnerable to hacking .."
'The The Guardian' - "Apple and Google 'FREAK attack' leaves millions of users vulnerable to hackers." [..) "Apple Inc. and Google Inc. both said Tuesday they have created software updates to fix the “FREAK attack” flaw, which derives its name from an acronym of ‘Factoring att

ack” flaw, which derives its name from an acronym of ‘Factoring attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys’. [The Law of Unintended Consequences -- rfh] [..] But some experts said the problem shows the danger of government policies that require any weakening of encryption code, even to help fight crime or threats to national security. They warned those policies could inadvertently provide access to hackers. “This was a policy decision made 20 years ago and it’s now coming back to bite us,” said Edward Felten, a professor of computer science and public affairs at Princeton, referring to the old restrictions on exporting encryption code."

(quotes source: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/mar/04/freak-attack-leaves-millions-of-apple-and-google-users-vulnerable-to-hackers/)

Apple and Google 'FREAK attack' leaves millions of users vulnerable to hackers

Technology giants hurrying to fix a longstanding security flaw caused by US companies being forced to sell weakened encryption software to overseas...

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