The closure of a shady telemarketing company came just days after an IDG report revealed new insights into online antivirus-related pressure sells that are netting big bucks from those “Your PC may be infected” advertisements.
David Braue | 15 Jun | Read more
Google researchers revealed a major flaw in the SSL encryption protocol--SSLv3 to be precise--which has been affectionately named "POODLE." The vulnerability is more serious than the silly name might suggest, and the news has garnered a lot of attention because of the potentially broad implications. But security experts assure us the sky is not falling.
Tony Bradley | 18 Oct | Read more
Spies and hackers will find it harder to unseal encrypted communications if they’ve already captured packets sent across Amazon’s content distribution network, CloudFront.
Microsoft’s next major release of Internet Explorer (IE) will support an internet standard that allows web servers to force browsers to make a secured connection when the site supports encryption.
The so-called Comodo Hacker has claimed credit for the breach of Dutch SSL (secure sockets layer) certificate authority DigiNotar, now known to be behind 531 forged certificates.