Websites vulnerable to TLS certificate man-in-the-middle attacks

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Banks, in particular, warned to ensure that sites verify transport-layer security certificates correctly

Popular web development languages remain vulnerable to transport layer security (TLS) spoofing and exploitation from revoked certificates, putting users at risk of man-in-the-middle attacks. Tha...

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