Once in a while hackers report about different security flaws in iOS 8. This firmware is not perfect, but recently researchers from computer science lab INRIA [France] have found a new flaw they called ‘Freak’ and Apple promises that the fix should come soon [remember that NSA can hack your iPhone SIM card]. The report states that Apple software security flaw has a big potential for risk and it also exists in software created by the likes of Google. As researchers believe [they came across the problem while testing encryption systems], a big number of gadgets can be open to hacking through security issues in browser. The danger can come from outside source. Its name ‘Freak’ stands for Factoring Attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys. It could have been built into American software. The story goes back in past. There were times when companies followed the archaic rules and didn’t use strong encryption when developing and manufacturing their goods. All the devices that are ‘export-grade’ used to be weaker than the gadgets protected by strong encryption protocols. Shipping them to different countries was ok as long as inside U.S. you could purchase a better protected model. The problem can surface inside the United States, too. But it wasn’t noticed until 2015 when researchers discovered that they were able to hack browsers using lower-grade 512-bit encryption. It took them seven hours to hack the export-grade encryption key. In other words, security flaws in browsers can be possibly used by hackers but the weakened-encryption browsers can cause danger to big websites and entities in the future. Not all websites that are encrypted are vulnerable, only those they are still using the old encryption systems that are ‘zombies from the ‘90s.’