Google researchers have found a severe flaw in an obsolete but still used encryption software, which could be exploited to steal sensitive data—and the fix could break the Web for users of older web ...

Google researchers have found a severe flaw in an obsolete but still used encryption software, which could be exploited to steal sensitive data. The flaw in SSL 3.0 is more than 15 years old but is ...

Disable SSL 3.0 in browsers and servers: That's the recommendation of security experts in the wake of the discovery of a serious flaw in the nearly 15-year-old version of the encryption protocol. The ...

Using a vulnerability in the SSL 3.0, attackers can inject malicious code into your computer and compromise it. They can also compromise web hosting servers using the same SSL 3.0. Most browsers still ...

Google has released the details on a new SSL 3.0 bug, codenamed Poodle, that threatens all modern browsers with a man-in-the-middle attack -- and the only solution is to disable the old handshake ...

Mozilla, Microsoft and other browser makers are turning off support for a decades-old encryption protocol following an advisory from Google warning that the protocol is vulnerable to a dangerous ...

In an announcement eerily reminiscent of the early phases of the Heartbleed flaw that took internet security by storm earlier in the year, Google has uncovered an exploit that could allow attackers to ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Google has published details of a vulnerability in the design of SSL version 3.0. The attack, ...

Microsoft has given Windows admins the option to remove the SSL 3.0 fallback from Internet Explorer. By disabling SSL 3.0, IE is no longer vulnerable to POODLE attacks. Yesterday’s Internet Explorer ...