Tag Archives: Secure communication

Apple and Google Announce FREAK SLL Vulnerabilty Fixes

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A new SSL vulnerability has been discovered yesterday that allows man-in-the-middle attacks of traffic between Android, iOS and OS X devices and secure HTTP sites including banks and credit card...

Google ranks HTTPS Sites Higher

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Google announced in a blog post that they rank https sites higher in search results. The search monopoly says that they are already do this since the past few months. They include https into the set...

Target: A Moment Of Truth Is Just Days Away

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On June 11, when Target holds its annual meeting, shareholders will make a decision that could have far-reaching impact beyond this particular company or, for that matter, the entire retail sector....

The Really Scary Aspect About Heartbleed

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Another day, another Internet security crisis. This time it’s a problem with the encryption protocol that many Internet sites use to protect their data. Yet again, users for whom the basics of...

Heartbeat Heartbleed Bug Breaks Internet Security Again

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Most of the time most people are blissfully unaware it is even happening. Whether you are a consumer accessing your Internet bank site, using a mobile application to log in and share data or trading...

Security Statistics Show That We Need To Reinvent Enterprise IT

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Often the conversation about the security of technology systems is parsed in terms that suggest the biggest risk vector comes from small organizations without the IT budget to ensure good security....

Evaluating the dangers behind those Ominous Browser Warnings

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From time to time when searching the Internet, your browser will stop you with an ominous warning: “This connection is untrusted.” I encountered this issue most recently when going to getcocoon.com,...

Secure Your POS and Avoid a Target-Style Disaster

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An estimated 70 million consumers were affected by a data breach impacting Target’s POS systems over the holidays. For Target, this signals the beginning of a gradual rebuilding of trust between...