CloudFlare offers free SSL encryption
Web performance and security company CloudFlare today launched Universal SSL, making Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption available to anyone at no cost. “Yesterday …
Critical SSL flaw patched in Firefox, Thunderbird, Chrome
If you are a Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird or Seamonkey user, you should implement the latest patches issued by the company as soon as possible, as they fix a critical bug …
Bulletproof SSL and TLS
Deploying SSL or TLS in a secure way is a great challenge for system administrators. This book aims to simplify that challenge by offering extensive knowledge and good advice …
Coder tries shaming apps and site owners into using HTTPS
How can we force website owners and software developers to start using HTTPS? Coder Tony Webster believes shaming might be the right answer. To that point, he created a …
Mocana offers an alternative to OpenSSL on Apache web servers
At the Black Hat USA 2014 conference, Mocana debuted its enterprise-grade NorthStar secure connectivity solution for Apache web servers, a highly secure, drop-in replacement …
Google: Websites using HTTPS will get better search rankings
Websites that don’t use HTTPS will be ranked lower in Google Search results, the web giant has announced on Wednesday. “At Google I/O a few months ago, we called …
40% of orgs running VMware still susceptible to Heartbleed
More than three months have passed since the discovery of the OpenSSL Heartbleed bug, and many systems are still vulnerable. According to data collected by data analytics …
Interest for SSL and PKI on the rise
The surge in the number of data breaches and recent security bugs such as Heartbleed has generated strong interest in digital certificates and technologies, including SSL and …
Unpatched OpenSSL holes found on Siemens ICSs
A number of Siemens industrial products have been found sporting four vulnerabilities in their OpenSSL implementation, which could lead to man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks or …
Researcher launches SSL Blacklist
Roman Hussy, the Swiss security activist behind Abuse.ch, has started another project: the SSL Blacklist (SSLBL). Known for the trackers that keep tabs on command and control …
“Secure” UK hotel booking site leaking customer data
An infosec consultant looking to book a hotel via HotelHippo.com, owned by HotelStayUK, has ultimately discovered that the website is definitely not to be trusted with private …
(IN)SECURE Magazine issue 42 released
(IN)SECURE Magazine is a free digital security publication discussing some of the hottest information security topics. Issue 42 has been released today. Table of contents: Six …
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