Security researchers Thai Duong and Juliano Rizzo claim to have cracked TSL 1.0 encryption using just a traffic sniffer and a simple bit of JavaScript code. BEAST exploits a known vulnerability in SSL 3.0/TLS encryption. Microsoft has already promised to patch Windows to protect users against BEAST, and Kaspersky Lab expert Kurt Baumgartner believes Chrome users have little to worry about as the Chromium source code was patched to protect against this exploit three months ago.”]