01-03-2016 22:40 via

OpenSSL update fixes Drown vulnerability

An international team of researchers has uncovered an attack that can compromise encrypted network traffic in a matter of hours.
The Drown (Decrypting RSA with Obsolete and Weakened Encryption) attack successfully decrypts TLS (transport layer security) sessions by exploiting a vulnerability in the older SSL v2 protocol that exposes private RSA keys. Once again, old cryptography is breaking the security of all online communications.[ Safeguard your data! The tools you need to encrypt your 
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