May 28, 2023

Another security flaw gets the Heartbleed treatment, but don’t believe the hype

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By Christina Warren From Mashable Breathless reports of a new security flaw affecting OpenID and OAuth — the technology that powers the identity logins for services such as Facebook, Microsoft, Google and LinkedIn — hit the news Friday. Dubbed “Covert Redirect,” the flaw could enable malicious sites or links to grab a user’s login information. […]