The Germans have wreaked all kinds of mass destruction on the security forefront. The hacking group "The Hacker's Choice" released a new THC-SSL-DOS tool that allows a single laptop's DSL connection to take down a server. Other German researchers found a flaw and broke the W3C standard with a serious attack against XML Encryption that works in all cases, including against Microsoft, IBM, Red Hat, Apache and other XLM framework providers. . The Germans have wreaked all kinds of mass destruction, a double security and privacy whammy. A hacking group released a new SSL DDoS tool that can be successfully launched from a single laptop, a single DSL connection, to take down a server. Other researchers in Germany found and exploited a flaw that breaks the W3C XML Encryption standard with a serious attack that works in all cases. The researchers said that Microsoft, IBM, Red Hat, Apache and other major XML framework providers will need to adopt a new standard.. A dual threat to cybersecurity arises with the discovery of a novel SSL DDoS weapon and a vulnerability in XML encryption, jeopardizing significant infrastructure.. SSL DDoS Tool, XML Encryption Flaw, Cybersecurity Threats. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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