Chrome 56 Crypto Upgrade Causes Thousands of Computers Using BlueCoat to Fail

Chrome 56 Crypto Upgrade Causes Thousands of Computers Using BlueCoat to Fail

The problem comes from BlueCoat, other proxies in failing to support TLS 1.3, blocking Internet access in the process

Comodo Disables Faulty OCR That Sent Certificates to the Wrong Persons

Comodo Disables Faulty OCR That Sent Certificates to the Wrong Persons

Comodo disabled faulty component back in September

Sharp Increase in Malware Utilizing SSL

Sharp Increase in Malware Utilizing SSL

SSL malware samples, C&C servers, grow manifolds

OpenSSL Project Patches Two Security Bugs, One Labeled Critical

OpenSSL Project Patches Two Security Bugs, One Labeled Critical

OpenSSL team fixes SSLv2 downgrade issue

60 Percent of Banks Operating in the UK Have Weak Crypto

60 Percent of Banks Operating in the UK Have Weak Crypto

Login pages vulnerable to a large number of SSL attacks

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 21st, 2015
Deadline for Better Encryption on Payment Systems Pushed Back Two Years

Deadline for Better Encryption on Payment Systems Pushed Back Two Years

Banking industry needs more time, has too much on its plate

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 7th, 2015
Prevent Certificate Blunders with the Certificate Expiry Monitor

Prevent Certificate Blunders with the Certificate Expiry Monitor

Get notified whenever an SSL/TLS certificate expires, and avoid being ridiculed by your sysadmin friends

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 19th, 2015
Better SSL Error Indicators to Be Added in Firefox 44

Better SSL Error Indicators to Be Added in Firefox 44

Users will be able to skip some certificate error warnings

Zero-Day Exploit Found in Avast Antivirus

Zero-Day Exploit Found in Avast Antivirus

Avast was vulnerable to malicious HTTPS connections

Researchers Compromise Windows Server OS Using Its Update Service

Researchers Compromise Windows Server OS Using Its Update Service

It only happens if sys admins forget to turn on SSL for WSUS

Free-of-Charge SSL/TLS Certificates to Be Available Next Month

Free-of-Charge SSL/TLS Certificates to Be Available Next Month

Let's Encrypt project gets closer to its launch date

MySQL Vulnerability Allows Client to Send Data via Unencrypted Connection

MySQL Vulnerability Allows Client to Send Data via Unencrypted Connection

Flaw is exploitable via man-in-the-middle attacks

Over 25,000 iOS Apps Affected by Bug Breaking HTTPS

Over 25,000 iOS Apps Affected by Bug Breaking HTTPS

Apps from major developers are impacted by the flaw

SSL Certificate Parsing Bug Crashes iOS Devices Connected to Bad Wi-Fi

SSL Certificate Parsing Bug Crashes iOS Devices Connected to Bad Wi-Fi

Apps relying on SSL communication can also be crashed

New Variant of Upatre Malware Downloader Integrates Full SSL Encryption

New Variant of Upatre Malware Downloader Integrates Full SSL Encryption

Upatre evolved from a basic threat to a sophisticated piece

13-Year-Old Weakness in RC4 Encryption Breaks SSL/TLS

13-Year-Old Weakness in RC4 Encryption Breaks SSL/TLS

Bar Mitzvah attack does not require MitM position

Microsoft Missed Warning from Admin Who Got Certificate for Windows Live Domain

Microsoft Missed Warning from Admin Who Got Certificate for Windows Live Domain

Finnish man gets locked out of email, phone and Xbox account

 
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