Technology-Science News -The SSL bug Apple fixed in iOS 7.0.6 remains unpatched on Mac

Apple released an update for iOS 6 and iOS 7 that fixed a critical security flaw that could let an attacker sniff and modify your data on an HTTPS session

Technology-Science News -The SSL bug Apple fixed in iOS 7.0.6 remains unpatched on Mac
The bug emerged out of a rather silly error where the portion of the code that verified the authenticity of the server was never reached. This meant that someone, who was on the same Wi-Fi network as you were, could intercept data being passed through secure channels to Gmail, Facebook etc., and potentially alter it. The consequences of this flaw are quite serious since banking sites, payment gateways depend upon SSL/TLS connections to prevent spoofing, and stealing of credentials.

While iOS devices have re...

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