SSH communications threatened by emerging ‘Terrapin Attack’ method

Researchers have published details about a new attack method that exploits a vulnerability in the Secure Socket Shell or SSH networking protocol that raises concerns about the security of data transmissions across networks. Dubbed a “Terrapin Attack” by researchers Fabian Bäumer, Marcus Brinkmann and Jörg Schwenk, the vulnerability allows attackers to manipulate sequence numbers in SSH […]