Why should you care about a vulnerability in SSL? What is SSL anyway? Well…..if you never bank online or buy anything online, you’ve no cause for concern. But if you do, please at least read the takeaway action item, OK?
The whole ecommerce sector relies on the secure sockets layer (SSL) for encryption of transmissions and security certificates for trust. See the earlier Hot Dorkage post Credit Card Security Online for a simple explanation of how encryption and trust are meant to work hand in hand to keep you safe.
Recently, however, with the aid of some power hacking, an exploit has been discovered in SSL. Continue reading SSL Vulnerability alert!
