© Pedro Adão Important security holes in modern Internet technology have been discovered by TU Wien (Vienna). Now the international IT community is working to close them. The Internet has undergone major technical changes in recent years, which has also led to new security problems. The IT security team at TU Wien (Vienna) analyzed security vulnerabilities that arise from the interaction of cookies and web frameworks - software packages that are often used today by web programmers to create websites. It was discovered that bugs in the way browsers and servers process cookies can, in some cases, allow attackers to access personal accounts and execute unauthorized actions. The international IT security community is now working to close these loopholes. The findings have now been presented for the first time at two of the most prestigious security conferences Black Hat USA in Las Vegas and USENIX Security in Anaheim, California.
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