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Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have entered the 1 Tbps DDoS attack era. However, Radware research shows that DDoS attacks are not just getting bigger; they’re also getting more sophisticated. Hackers are constantly coming up with n… Continue reading 5 Must-Have DDoS Protection Technologies
Cheap hosting deals offering free certificates have made the green padlock a less convincing sign of security. Here’s what to look for to ensure a website is safe to visit.
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Protection of your business’s confidential information and prevention of data breaches are crucial to supporting successful business operations. This necessarily involves taking that extra step to safeguard all forms of communication, including … Continue reading High-Performance Visibility into SSL/TLS Traffic
With the growing online availability of attack tools and services, the pool of possible attacks is larger than ever. Let’s face it, getting ready for the next cyber-attack is the new normal! This ‘readiness’ is a new organizational t… Continue reading New Threat Landscape Gives Birth to New Way of Handling Cyber Security
Throughout the past four blogs in this series we have harkened back to some of the same key points. Today, we will recap. 1) Not everything that glitters is gold, so use your common sense. If you can’t find a physical world comparison, don’… Continue reading Marrying the Business Need With Technology Drive: Recapping It All
You’re going to need SSL, but does the shared hosting offered by 1&1, Bluehost, DreamHost, GoDaddy and Hostgator offer it? Continue reading With 4 months to switch on HTTPS, are web hosting companies ready?
The campaign to make HTTPS universal scored a huge win this week. Continue reading Facebook says “let me get that for you”, secures your links
How would you react if the company that sold you your web certificate leaked it by email to force the certificate issuer to revoke it? Continue reading 20,000 web certificate private keys outed in “business tiff”
Strap in for this one: A bizarre mess in the world of security certificates has resulted in over 23,000 SSL certificates revoked in one fell swoop, accusations of malpractice and legal threats. As to why the conflict started in the first place, we don’t exactly know. Early Wednesday, thousands of customers began receiving emails from the security firm DigiCert saying their SSL certificates were being revoked because of a security compromise at Trustico. Trustico, a SSL reseller, quickly and emphatically denied that any compromise took place. In response, DigiCert began posting numerous private keys — after the impacted certificates were changed — as proof of compromise. Here’s the Wednesday morning email that started everything: @digicert can you please explain the email I received from rapidssl/digicert blaming @MrTrustico for the revocation of my certs in 24hrs due to them reporting a compromise of the private keys? Where’s the proof of the report/breach? Why are […]
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Starting in July, Google Chrome will mark all HTTP sites as ‘not secure’. Continue reading You have five months to switch your website to HTTPS