“FREAK” flaw in Android and Apple devices cripples HTTPS crypto protection

Ars Technica
By Dan GoodinMar 3, 2015, 4:07 pm568 pts
Security experts have discovered a potentially catastrophic flaw that for more than a decade has made it possible for attackers to decrypt HTTPS-protected traffic passing between Android or Apple devices and hundreds or thousands or millions of websites, including AmericanExpress.com, Bloomberg.com, NSA.gov,…

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