Category Archives: https

IoT Device Attacks, FCC Fines Mobile Carriers, Let’s Encrypt Certificate Bug

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In episode 111 for March 9th 2020: A new report shows that attacks on Internet of Things devices are on the rise, the FCC fines major mobile carriers for selling users’ location data, and details on what happens when 3 million HTTPS certificates … Continue reading IoT Device Attacks, FCC Fines Mobile Carriers, Let’s Encrypt Certificate Bug→

APWG Year-End Report: 2019 A Roller Coaster Ride for Phishing

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The latest Phishing Activity Trends Report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), which compiles insights from member companies, announced that the year-end number of reported phishing websites for 2019 reached a record high. Most menacing; … Continue reading APWG Year-End Report: 2019 A Roller Coaster Ride for Phishing→

Let’s Encrypt issues one billionth free certificate

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Thanks to this flood of free certificates, the web is a lot more encrypted than it was a few years ago. Continue reading Let’s Encrypt issues one billionth free certificate→

Firefox Enables DNS over HTTPS by Default in the United States

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Mozilla is turning on DNS over HTTPS by default for users in the United States and is making it available for users throughout the rest of the world if they choose it. The goal is to make it more difficult for Internet service providers (ISP) and other… Continue reading Firefox Enables DNS over HTTPS by Default in the United States→

Let’s Encrypt Issued A Billion Free SSL Certificates in the Last 4 Years

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Let’s Encrypt, a free, automated, and open certificate signing authority (CA) from the nonprofit Internet Security Research Group (ISRG), has said it’s issued a billion certificates since its launch in 2015.

The CA issued its first certificate in Sept… Continue reading Let’s Encrypt Issued A Billion Free SSL Certificates in the Last 4 Years→

Firefox Enables DNS over HTTPS

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This is good news: Whenever you visit a website — even if it’s HTTPS enabled — the DNS query that converts the web address into an IP address that computers can read is usually unencrypted. DNS-over-HTTPS, or DoH, encrypts the request so that it can’t be intercepted or hijacked in order to send a user to a malicious site. […]… Continue reading Firefox Enables DNS over HTTPS→