A new and serious vulnerability has been identified in a popular software library. How do we know it's serious? Because the vulnerability has a clever name, sweet logo, and as much hype as we can generate from a single web page. This vulnerability is known as BACKRONYM and affects Oracle's popular MySQL database software. The BACKRONYM vulnerability allows for an attacker to downgrade and snoop on the SSL/TLS connection that MySQL client libraries use to communicate to a MySQL server. The BACKRONYM vulnerability was discovered by Adam Goodman, a security researcher in the Duo Labs group at Duo Security . (PR note: can we add blinking text in here that says " Buy Duo products "?) Yes. Didn't you see that it has a name, logo, and website? These are all signs of a critical Internet-ending vulnerability that you should start freaking out about. But seriously, it is a real ...