• Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 11th, 2015
Google Has Enough of Symantec's Dodgy SSL Certificates, Bans Them from Chrome, Android <em>UPDATE</em>

Google Has Enough of Symantec's Dodgy SSL Certificates, Bans Them from Chrome, Android UPDATE

Symantec didn't really care in September, doesn't care now

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 9th, 2015
Facebook, Cloudflare Want to Continue Using SHA-1 Certificates in Older Browsers

Facebook, Cloudflare Want to Continue Using SHA-1 Certificates in Older Browsers

Facebook and Cloudflare want an SHA-1 fallback system

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 9th, 2015
Microsoft Takes Countermeasures After Xbox Live SSL Certificate Blunder

Microsoft Takes Countermeasures After Xbox Live SSL Certificate Blunder

Private key for Xbox Live domain leaks online

  • 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
  • December 3rd, 2015
Let's Encrypt Enters Public Beta, Get Your Free Certs Right Now

Let's Encrypt Enters Public Beta, Get Your Free Certs Right Now

Project nears its final goal, enters public availability

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 1st, 2015
Patent Troll Sues Big Companies over HTTPS

Patent Troll Sues Big Companies over HTTPS

Big brands are asked to pay royalties for usage of HTTPS

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • November 26th, 2015
Reuse of Encryption Keys Plagues 9 Percent of All HTTPS Hosts on the Internet

Reuse of Encryption Keys Plagues 9 Percent of All HTTPS Hosts on the Internet

New survey shows industry-wide bad practices when it comes to encryption, firmware design, and IoT security

US Military Still Employing Obsolete SHA-1 Certificates for Its Websites

US Military Still Employing Obsolete SHA-1 Certificates for Its Websites

Besides SHA1, some websites use the archaic TLS 1.0 protocol

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • October 17th, 2015
Encryption Flaw Allows the NSA to Break HTTPS and VPN Traffic

Encryption Flaw Allows the NSA to Break HTTPS and VPN Traffic

A theory that fits all the other clues more than others

Zero-Day Exploit Found in Avast Antivirus

Zero-Day Exploit Found in Avast Antivirus

Avast was vulnerable to malicious HTTPS connections

Google Adds HTTPS Support for Blogger, Here's How to Enable It

Google Adds HTTPS Support for Blogger, Here's How to Enable It

Political bloggers should be the happiest users

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • September 25th, 2015
Browser Vendors Implemented Cookies the Wrong Way, Exposed Users to MitM Attacks

Browser Vendors Implemented Cookies the Wrong Way, Exposed Users to MitM Attacks

Updating to the most recent browser versions is a must

Washington Post Switches to HTTPS

Washington Post Switches to HTTPS

Modern crypto is applied to the connection

Electronic Frontier Foundation Applauds Microsoft’s Decision to Encrypt Bing Traffic

Electronic Frontier Foundation Applauds Microsoft’s Decision to Encrypt Bing Traffic

Bing will switch to HTTPS for search engine results

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

Wikipedia Moves to HTTPS to Deter Government Surveillance

Wikipedia Moves to HTTPS to Deter Government Surveillance

All Wikimedia Foundation sites will use HTTPS from now on

US Federal Websites and Services to Ensure HTTPS Protection by the End of 2016

US Federal Websites and Services to Ensure HTTPS Protection by the End of 2016

Adopting the new standard presents significant challenges

 
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