Hackers Can Now Hack HTTPS Sites

November 12, 2013 in USA Today a story was released notifying all Internet users that hackers now have the ability to probe https weaknesses. For those of you who aren’t sure how serious this is, you may be wondering what exactly https is. Https is the URL Heading, so every “secure” (the word represented by the letter “S” in “https”) website you visit begins with https://. If hackers are able to infiltrate this “secure” URL, then that means they will be able to hack into nearly all websites. 

Usually SSL certificates provide the security and create the secure “https” site. But the problem is that the sites getting hacked into aren’t scanning their own sites from vulnerabilities that hackers use to infiltrate website coding. This leaves Internet users completely vulnerable to their hacking – regardless of their “secure” status.

RohitSethi, Special Author for CyberTruth in USA TODAY said, “This doesn't mean that HTTPS is broken - it still provides strong protection against many online threats.” But for individuals and corporations, the lesson here is that SSL certificates shouldn't be the only source of online protection.

“…While so much is riding on the Internet's ability to function securely and protect its users, not enough is being done to keep pace with a growing number of threats that could diminish the reliability of the cryptographic systems that make a secure Internet possible.”

With this information, it makes it even more crucial for people to use Secure URLS and IP Addresses and to scan their site to search for loop holes used by hackers to access websites.

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