Researchers Claim Attack Tool Can Crack Encrypted Web Traffic

SSL is under attack once again, as this time two researchers claim to have come up with an attack tool, dubbed BEAST, that can crack SSL traffic used to secure Websites – Security researchers are set to unveil the attack tool
capable of breaking the encryption algorithm that protects Websites. Hours
before the presentation, cryptography experts provided recommendations on how
to defend Websites from the exploit.
Researchers Thai Duong and Juliano Rizzo are schedu…