10 years later...

A security flaw has been discovered that is 10 years old that can leave users vulnerable to attack via Apple's Safari or Androids browsers. Apple is working on a fix and Android is as well but the fix has to be sent out to users via their wireless providers so who know if/when they will ever receive it.

Researchers said there was no evidence hackers had exploited the vulnerability, which they blamed on a former US policy that banned US companies from exporting the strongest encryption standards available, according to the newspaper. The restrictions were lifted in the late 1990s, but the weaker standards were already part of software used widely around the world, including the web browsers.

One would think that if this was known about 10 years ago, it would have been in the queue to fix as soon as they could...not in 2015.

 Researchers have been alerting affected government and commercial websites for a few weeks in hopes of taking corrected measures before the vulnerability was publicized, the newspaper reported. Whitehouse.gov and FBI.gov have been repaired, but NSA.gov remains vulnerable, researchers told the newspaper.

Just wanted to make sure y'all saw the last part...the NSA website remains vulnerable...LOL! How's that for a backdoor you turds.