In a research project carried at Microsoft, developers broke numerous secure HTTPS connections using a man-in-the-middle attack with the aid of a specially configured proxy. Based on the results of this research, security experts from SecurityFocus revealed several vulnerabilities found in all major modern browsers.T... |
11 August 2009
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Thirty seven security researchers, professionals, privacy advocates and academics have sent a letter to Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt, asking him to consider encrypting all connections to Gmail, Google Docs and Google Calendar by default. Google has openly replied that it is considering such an implementation and w... |
17 June 2009
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With the advent of Internet Explorer 8 RTW, Microsoft has changed the way that the browser informs users that mixed content is available to be displayed. Essentially, the Redmond company has re-focused the dialog box from nonsecure content to secure content, and is making it abundantly clear that selecting the first ... |
15 May 2009
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Gmail offered users, from the very beginning, the possibility to use https (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer) in order to prevent their data being intercepted by third persons. The idea behind the protocol is that users' data is encrypted before being launched to the Internet. The team from G... |
25 July 2008
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