#Belgium

Minor end of year update. No big SSL exploits have been released since (bar DH, see below).

Once again, this is testing the public websites I can access. There might be other gateways, APIs, etc that are not (as) secure.

It’s worthy to note that some banks are serious about security and fixing their SSL. Most improved their rating and solved all issues (especially getting rid of SHA1 in the chain). However, a couple lowered from B to C (see below). But… No more F’s. :)

Because of the mediastorm it’s time for an update. The previous (1, 2, 3) blog posts are outdated!

I’ll do my usual slashdot-effect post in a couple of days (it’s already at 10k views today).

Banks that changed rank since last post (all for the better):

• 16/02/2015:
  • Keytrade: B to A
  • Hello Bank!: C to A
  • ING: F to A-
  • Record Bank: F to A-
• 17/02/2015:
  • ABK: F to B
  • Bank Van Breda: C to B
• 18/02/2015:
  • MeDirect: F to A
  • Added 6 new (small) banks
• 27/02/2015
  • Ogone: C to A-
• 02/03/2015
  • Fortuneo: C to B
• 03/03/2015
  • Crelan: B to A

I cannot test Europabank using SSL Labs. I can only speculate they requested SSL Labs to not scan them. I have also added a couple new banks (Delta Lloyd, Deutsche Bank, Moneyou, Fortuneo, BKCP, Binck, and Isabel as bank tool).

EDIT: ING is now A- (not reflected in this blog post). EDIT 2: Keytrade & Hello Bank also went to A. I’ll post a new blog post later tonight. EDIT 3: Updated post here.

Part three, or how I single-handedly “fixed” SSL at the Belgian banks. ;)

Part one and two are available here. Not related but useful nonetheless NY Times article about bank hackers.

Argenta promised to fix their SSL, so it’s the time to check everything again.

I previously wrote about Belgian banks & SSL. Updated version (15/02/2015) here.

Going through my Google Analytics I noticed some noteworthy network domains, which Google discribes as “The fully qualified domain names of your visitors’ Internet service providers (ISPs)”.

Tested using SSL Labs on 20/01/2015. Updated version 01/02/2015 here and 15/02/2015 here.

Only providing the weak points. Once there is one SHA1 key in the chain, I will report everything as weak.

Check SSL Labs for a full report, including what they actually did good (if anything).

Grade A

• Rabobank (A+): no known issues. Support for HTTP Strict Transport Security and prevented downgrade attacks.
• Triodos (A): no downgrade attack prevention.
• Belfius (A-): weak signature (SHA1), no Forward Secrecy.

Grade B

odd!

By Miet.