Security News > 2017 > December > Security Flaw Leaves Major Banking Apps Vulnerable to MiTM Attacks Over SSL
2017-12-07 17:03
A team of security researchers has discovered a critical implementation flaw in major mobile banking applications that could leave banking credentials of millions of users vulnerable to hackers. The vulnerability was discovered by researchers of the Security and Privacy Group at the University of Birmingham, who tested hundreds of different banking apps—both iOS and Android—and found that
News URL
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheHackersNews/~3/ptk2uo3y0v8/mitm-ssl-pinning-hostname.html
Related news
- Google Adds New Pixel Security Features to Block 2G Exploits and Baseband Attacks (source)
- WordPress LiteSpeed Cache Plugin Security Flaw Exposes Sites to XSS Attacks (source)
- EDRSilencer red team tool used in attacks to bypass security (source)
- Astaroth Banking Malware Resurfaces in Brazil via Spear-Phishing Attack (source)
- ISC2 Security Congress 2024: The Landscape of Nation-State Cyber Attacks (source)
- qBittorrent fixes flaw exposing users to MitM attacks for 14 years (source)
- Stop LUCR-3 Attacks: Learn Key Identity Security Tactics in This Expert Webinar (source)
- T-Mobile US 'monitoring' China's 'industry-wide attack' amid fresh security breach fears (source)