#covert redirect

[porterdavis]

Heartbleed was just the beginning

Covert Redirect is the latest internet vulnerability that hackers will be using to mine your data. You're going to have to stop logging onto apps or sites using your Facebook or Google credentials. Yep, that means creating an account and logging in individually for all those ticky-tack little places and things you now let FB do for you.

[fileencryption]

Dangerous flaw in OpenID and Oauth found, not fixable

Open-source software packages are taking a lot of hits these days, it seems. Although not as important as the OpenSSL vulnerability named Heartbleed, a new security flaw brings login systems OpenID and Oauth into the spotlights. One reason is that services like Google, Microsoft, Linkedin, or Facebook use these fast authentication systems. The flaw, known […] via SecurEncrypt http://ift.tt/1s4iyKI

[fileencryption]

Dangerous flaw in OpenID and Oauth found, not fixable

Dangerous flaw in OpenID and Oauth found, not fixable

Open-source software packages are taking a lot of hits these days, it seems. Although not as important as the OpenSSL vulnerability named Heartbleed, a new security flaw brings login systems OpenID and Oauth into the spotlights. One reason is that services like Google, Microsoft, Linkedin, or Facebook use these fast authentication systems.

The flaw, known as “Covert Redirect”, allows for private…

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[hitekpals]

Users threatened by new security flaw on Facebook, Google

Users threatened by new security flaw on Facebook, Google

A serious flaw in two widely used security standards could give anyone access to your account information at Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter and many other online services. The flaw, dubbed “Covert Redirect” by its discoverer, exists in two open-source session-authorization protocols, OAuth 2.0 and OpenID.

Both standards are employed across the Internet to let users log into websites using…

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[invortex-technologies]

Covert Redirect Follows The Heartbleed With A Huge Hype.

Huge rumors have been identified in the recent week claiming that now a new threat exists following the same circumstances as of the Heartbleed. Yes it is the Covert Redirect rumor that captured the majority of technology critics but the critical analysis revealed something very different and surprising.