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Title: Hundreds of Android and iOS apps are still vulnerable to FREAK attacks Post by: HCK on March 19, 2015, 09:00:11 pm Hundreds of Android and iOS apps are still vulnerable to FREAK attacks
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Hundreds of Android and iOS apps are still vulnerable to a dangerous attack revealed two weeks ago that can compromise encrypted data, a security vendor said Tuesday.</p><p>The apps have not yet been patched against the FREAK attack, short for Factoring attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys, which was revealed by researchers on March 3.</p><p>The unpatched apps, which were not identified, are in categories including finance, communication, shopping, business and medicine, computer security company FireEye said in a blog post (https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/03/freak_out_on_mobile.html) Tuesday.</p><p>The findings highlight how even some of the most publicized and severe flaws can take quite a bit of time to get fixed. That poses risks for people using apps whose developers are not quick to patch them.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2898592/hundreds-of-android-and-ios-apps-are-still-vulnerable-to-freak-attacks.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Hundreds of Android and iOS apps are still vulnerable to FREAK attacks (http://www.macworld.com/article/2898592/hundreds-of-android-and-ios-apps-are-still-vulnerable-to-freak-attacks.html#tk.rss_all) |