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Google finalizes its DNS-over-HTTPS service inching toward a world where DNS request are sent via HTTPS and not UDP or TCP. Continue reading Google Announces DNS over HTTPS ‘General Availability’
As Google Chrome and other web browsers further embrace HTTPS in a visual way, it’s becoming a requirement that threat actors use it, too. By the end of Q1 2019, more than half of all phishing sites have employed the use of HTTPS, now up to … Continue reading More Than Half of Phishing Sites Now Use HTTPS
Why are phishing emails so enduringly popular with the bad guys? A new approach may suggest that curiosity is at play. Continue reading Phishing attack lures victims with encrypted message alert
Why you shouldn’t trust a website simply because it’s secured using HTTPS and backed by the green padlock symbol. Continue reading FBI warns users to be wary of phishing sites abusing HTTPS
Some of the latest website security threats originate from thriving dark web marketplaces for TLS/SSL certificates, which often come packaged with other cybercrime services.
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The FBI’s crackdown on 15 DDoS-for-hire sites appears to have had an impact on DDoS attacks, the average size for which dropped 85 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018, a new report found. Continue reading ThreatList: DDoS Attack Sizes Drop 85 Percent Post FBI Crackdown
It’s no secret that I rather enjoy connecting things to the Internet for fun and profit. One of the tricks I’ve learned along the way is to spin up simple APIs that can be used when prototyping a project. It’s easy to do, and simple to understand so I’m happy …read more
Continue reading Building A Simple Python API for Internet of Things Gadgets
Google’s Adiantum boosts encryption for low-end devices with processors that do not have hardware support for AES. Continue reading Google Boosts Encryption For Low-End Android Devices
The S in HTTPS is supposed to mean that encrypted traffic is secure. For attackers, it just means that they have a larger attack surface from which to launch assaults on the applications to exploit the security vulnerabilities. How shou… Continue reading HTTPS: The Myth of Secure Encrypted Traffic Exposed
The latest stable release of Google Chrome, version 72, has removed support for the aging 1.0 and 1.1 versions of TLS, as well as for the problematic HTTP-based Public Key Pinning protocol and FTP resources. The Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol… Continue reading Google Chrome Drops Support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1