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Hackers use SSL security tool to attack servers

Stuart Sumner

25 October 2011 • 2 min read

Group claims that an average server can be taken offline using only a single laptop and a broadband connection

Researchers have released details of a tool that they claim enables denial-of-service (DoS) attacks by using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), a cryptographic protocol designed to improve internet securi...

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