Singapore: Computer users may want to hold off e-banking or even checking their e-mail over public Wi-Fi networks until web browser makers fix a newly discovered flaw.
Known as Poodle, which stands for Padding Oracle on Downgraded Legacy Encryption, the bug allows web sessions and transactions to be hijacked without even needing victims’ passwords. It exploits an outdated encryption protocol, Secure Sockets Layer version 3 (SSLv3), which is ironically meant to secure web links.
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