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Re: [WEB SECURITY] SSL does not = a secure website

from [Brian Eaton] Network Security [Permanent Link]
Subject: Re: [WEB SECURITY] SSL does not = a secure website
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:56:20 -0500 
On 3/29/06, Ryan Barnett <rcbarnett@gmail.com> wrote:

While these tangents are interesting, my original question is still
unanswered.  Does anyone have any references to news stories, etc...
about attackers sniffing user's web data and then using it?

This is not a questions of whether sniffing is a real threat, it is.
This is a question of having verifiable proof that this is happening
in order to "convert" the unbelievers.  We have verifiable proof that
credit card data is being pilfered in other ways (keyloggers, access
to DB, etc...).  Check out the WASC Web Hacking Incident Database for
news stories -
http://www.webappsec.org/projects/whid/list_class_sql_injection.shtml


Well, there was this incident:

http://isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1118

Regards,
Brian

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