- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- August 22nd, 2014
Popular Android Apps Vulnerable to Man-in-the-Middle Attacks
Issues related to trust managers, certificate verification and ignored SSL errors
- Google News
- By Gabriela Vatu
- August 7th, 2014
Google Gives HTTPS Sites a Boost in Search Ranking, Tries to Push Encryption to the Whole Web
Google is trying to make HTTPS a wide-spread accepted security feature
- Security
- By Ionut Ilascu
- July 16th, 2014
SSL Blacklist Reveals Certificates Used by Cybercriminals
SHA1 fingerprints for bad certificates amassed in a single database
- Windows
- By Bogdan Popa
- July 11th, 2014
Microsoft Issues Emergency Security Update for Windows 8.1
All modern OS versions developed by Microsoft are affected
- Incidents
- By Ionut Ilascu
- July 10th, 2014
National Informatics Centre in India Compromised
Investigation does not reveal full extent of the breach
- Incidents
- By Ionut Ilascu
- July 9th, 2014
Fake Google Digital Certificates Issued by National Informatics Centre in India
Authorities are investigating the cause that led to the incident
- Security Blog
- By Ionut Ilascu
- June 21st, 2014
BoringSSL, an OpenSSL Fork for Google Products
Change prompted by large set of patches for Chrome and Android
- Internet Life
- By Gabriela Vatu
- June 6th, 2014
WordPress Makes SSL Default
By the end of the year, all WordPress subdomains will run on SSL
- Apple
- By Filip Truta
- May 26th, 2014
Outcry Bursts As Apple Breaks Software Update Mechanism with SSL Omission
Bad server connection “could put your confidential information at risk,” says error dialog
- Internet Life
- By Gabriela Vatu
- May 9th, 2014
Heartbleed: Plenty of Sites Reuse Compromised Security Keys
There's no real protection on these sites if their certificates aren't safe
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 12th, 2014
Experts Show Heartbleed Bug Can Be Exploited to Extract Private SSL Keys
Also, the NSA denies having known about Heartbleed for two years
- Apple
- By Filip Truta
- April 11th, 2014
Apple Says Heartbleed Doesn’t Affect iOS, OS X, and Its Web Services Updated
“Apple takes security very seriously,” a spokesperson commented
- Security Fixes and Improvements
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 8th, 2014
OpenSSL 1.0.1g Released to Prevent Hackers from Eavesdropping on Communications
Vendors must update their installations as soon as possible
- Internet Life
- By Gabriela Vatu
- March 18th, 2014
Australian AG Wants to Make Refusing to Hand Over Encryption Keys a Criminal Offense
If anyone refuses to hand over encryption keys, they could be criminally charged
- Advisories
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 28th, 2014
10 Things to Consider Before Buying SSL Certificates
Symantec expert provides advice and the tools you need to get started
- Apple & Mac Blog
- By Filip Truta
- February 24th, 2014
OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 Should Be Released Today
All signs point to Apple rolling out its SSL patch in the coming hours
- Security
- By Eduard Kovacs
- February 22nd, 2014
Experts Find WhatsApp Vulnerabilities That “the NSA Would Love”
Fortunately, the company rushed to address most of the issues