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Microsoft warns hundreds of millions of Windows PCs vulnerable to FREAK attacks!

Microsoft has warned that hundreds of millions of Windows PCs are actually vulnerable to the recently discovered 'Freak' security vulnerability!
Posted by: admin , March 7, 2015
  • Microsoft has warned that hundreds of millions of Windows PCs are also vulnerable to the recently discovered ‘Freak’ security vulnerability, originally thought to affect only mobile devices and Mac computers.
  • It’s reported that the security vulnerability could allow attacks on PCs that connect to intentionally-weakened encryption technology (US government regulations ban exports of the strongest encryption) which, if successful, would allow hackers to infect PCs with malicious software and spy on communications.
  • Security experts advise that hackers would need to invest significant time, as they would first need to locate a vulnerable server, break the key, then locate and gain access to a vulnerable PC or mobile device.
  • ‘Freak’ stands for Factoring RSA-EXPORT Keys.

Read more:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/06/us-cybersecurity-freak-microsoft-idUSKBN0M220920150306

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/microsoft-warns-freak-attacks-put-hundreds-of-millions-of-pcs-at-risk-20150306-13xr0s.html

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2015/03/06/microsoft_reacted_to_the_freak_vulnerability_later_than_apple_and_google.html

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