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Microsoft finally kills off RC4 encryption cipher blamed for multiple cyberattacks

RC4 has been exploited in high-profile attacks across enterprise Windows networks Kerberoasting exploits weaknesses in Active Directory, allowing attackers to perform offline password cracking ...
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Microsoft is cutting off a legacy cipher that caused decades of damage

Microsoft is finally ripping out one of the weakest links in its identity stack, cutting off a legacy cipher that attackers have abused for years to walk straight into corporate networks. The move ...
Threat Post

Google, Mozilla, Microsoft to Sever RC4 Support in Early 2016

Google and Mozilla today announced they’ve settled on a timeframe to permanently deprecate the shaky RC4 encryption algorithm. Google, Microsoft and Mozilla today announced they’ve settled on a ...
PC World

Encrypted Web and Wi-Fi in danger as RC4 attacks become more practical

There’s an old saying in the security community: Attacks always get better. The latest case where that holds true is for the aging RC4 cipher that’s still widely used to encrypt communications on the ...
ZDNet

RC4 NOMORE crypto exploit used to decrypt user cookies in mere hours

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