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Newly discovered flaw undermines HTTPS connections for almost 1,000 sites

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Dan Goodin

“Ticketbleed” bug in F5 firewalls is no Heartbleed, but it still poses a threat. Continue reading Newly discovered flaw undermines HTTPS connections for almost 1,000 sites→

Wi-Fi Security 101

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Malwarebytes Labs

For anyone that travels, uses their phone in public, or stays constantly connected to the internet anywhere they go—which probably means you, Wi-Fi security should be a top priority.

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Threatpost News Wrap, February 3, 2017

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Chris Brook

Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook recap the news of the week, including a Microsoft SMB zero day, the latest Netgear router vulnerability, and a new HTTPS milestone. Continue reading Threatpost News Wrap, February 3, 2017→

Threatpost News Wrap, February 3, 2017

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Chris Brook

HTTPS Hits 50 Percent Traffic Milestone

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Tom Spring

This week HTTPS hit a huge milestone. According to a two-week survey of telemetry data from the Mozilla Firefox browser, 50 percent of page loads used HTTPS. Continue reading HTTPS Hits 50 Percent Traffic Milestone→

Google becomes its own Root Certificate Authority

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Swati Khandelwal

In an effort to expand its certificate authority capabilities and build the “foundation of a more secure web,” Google has finally launched its root certificate authority.

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Google to Operate its Own Root CA

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Michael Mimoso

Google announced that it will operate its own root Certificate Authority, stood up by the acquisition of two root CAs from GlobalSign. Continue reading Google to Operate its Own Root CA→

Google to Operate its Own Root CA

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Michael Mimoso

Google announced that it will operate its own root Certificate Authority, stood up by the acquisition of two root CAs from GlobalSign. Continue reading Google to Operate its Own Root CA→

Heartbleed Persists on 200,000 Servers, Devices

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Tom Spring

Almost 200,000 servers are still vulnerable to Heartbleed, the OpenSSL vulnerability patched nearly three years ago. Continue reading Heartbleed Persists on 200,000 Servers, Devices→

Facebook, Researcher at Odds Over Messenger Issue

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Tom Spring

Facebook dismisses a researcher who says multimedia content sent via Facebook Messenger can be intercepted by a third party under certain conditions. Continue reading Facebook, Researcher at Odds Over Messenger Issue→