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HTTPS DROWN attack vulnerability
March 2, 2016
12:39 pm
SlowPoke
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Hi All

Just a quick FYI on this issue

"DROWN is a serious vulnerability that affects HTTPS and other services that rely on SSL and TLS,"

"What can the attackers gain?
Any communication between users and the server. This typically includes, but is not limited to, usernames and passwords"

You may want to check sites using this tool pcf mobile app sites showed the vulnerability

https://drownattack.com/#check

March 4, 2016
8:44 am
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Very interesting and informative. I think we can't do anything about it as there is no more secured form of communication to be used these days. It sounds the server owners should take necessary measurements to protect information.

March 5, 2016
6:23 am
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It affects OpenSSL. Most banks do not use Opensource OpenSSL for there secure webbanking. However it appears PCF was vulnerable for its mobile app services, which have since been fixed

Several online shopping sites I checked are still using SSL v2 and vulnerable

Cheers

March 9, 2016
7:45 am
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Thanks for the update.

March 9, 2016
3:29 pm
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The real ugliness is that *any* server using the certificate that supports SSLv2 creates the vulnerability on *all* other servers using that same certificate, even if they don't support SSLv2.

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