The cryptographic underpinnings of the Internet are beginning to show some serious wear. In just the last week there has been news of major new attacks on perhaps the two most widely used encryption technologies: SSL and AES. Bruce Schneier called the new technique a huge result and said it was proof that attacks always get better, not worse. Experts are working on a fix for the SSL problem, and certificates sold by some of the larger vendors, including VeriSign, apparently aren t vulnerable to the attack.
Source: https://threatpost.com/serious-cracks-showing-ssl-aes-080309/73008/