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SSL Labs unveils free open source tool, new APIs

Qualys SSL Labs now includes free assessment APIs, accompanied by a free open source tool that can be used for bulk and automated testing of websites. These new enhancements …

Core Infrastructure Initiative kickstarts OpenSSL audit

Cryptography Services, a team of consultants from several security research firms, have announced that they have been tasked with auditing OpenSSL, the popular and widely used …

Windows vulnerable to FREAK attacks after all

Microsoft has released a security advisory on Thursday, confirming that all supported releases of Microsoft Windows are vulnerable to the recently documented FREAK (Factoring …

FREAK bug breaks SSL encryption for Android and Apple devices

A flaw in OpenSSL and Apple’s Secure Transport implementation of SSL and TLS protocols is putting millions of Android and Apple device users as well as visitors of …

Real MITM attacks enabled by Komodia’s software might have already happened

When the issue of Lenovo’s pre-installed SSL-breaking Superfish adware first gained widespread media recognition, the company’s CTO Peter Hortensius tried to do …

Superfish not the only app using Komodia’s SSL-busting code

As Lenovo backtracked on its initial position that the Superfish adware pre-installed on some of its notebooks is not a security danger, and released a security advisory about …

How to wipe Superfish adware and offending cert from your Lenovo laptop

After the recent revelation that Lenovo has been shipping some of it laptops with pre-installed adware that’s also breaking the security of secure connections by using …

Lenovo computers come with pre-installed adware and MITM proxy

If you have recently bought a new Lenovo computer, you’re in for a nasty surprise: the company has been shipping them with pre-installed adware. And, what’s even …

OpenSSL release patches 8 vulnerabilities

The OpenSSL Project has released updates for the popular eponymous open-source library that implements the SSL and TLS protocols. The new releases – 1.0.1k, 1.0.0p and …

POODLE attack now targeting TLS

There’s a new SSL/TLS problem being announced today and it’s likely to affect some of the most popular web sites in the world, owning largely to the popularity of …

New OpenSSL updates fix POODLE, DoS bugs

The OpenSSL Project has pushed out new releases of the popular eponymous open-source cryptographic library, which fix four serious vulnerabilities, including the POODLE …

POODLE vulnerability: The end of life of SSL 3.0

There is a critical security vulnerability in SSL 3.0 which allows attackers to calculate the plaintext of encrypted connections, and it will likely spell the end of the use …

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