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TCP Flaw Opens Linux Systems to Hijackers

2016-08-12 01:09:50| TechNewsWorld

A flaw in the RCP 2159 specification the Internet Engineering Task Force developed to protect TCP against blind in-window attacks could threaten Android smartphones, as well as every Linux computer on the planet. The flaw is described in a paper a team of researchers presented at the 25th Usenix Security Symposium, ongoing in Austin, Texas, through Friday.

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