The security world is an interesting one to live in. It’s fraught with ever-growing connectivity constantly being plagued by “digital pathogens” or “digital diseases” that our industry must regularly grapple with to prevent everything from melting down into a hot mess. It is not at all unlike the way things were around a century or […]
The explosive growth of Internet of Things (IoT)-based devices has been a boon for manufacturers and consumers. There seems to be no end to the variety of products we can bring online. You probably never thought egg cartons and waste bins would be connected to the Internet – but they are. However, what starts off […]
One study showed that 93% of phishing emails contained ransomware.
Here is our latest news roundup of articles about network and SSL security. (Click here to see the whole series.) SSL & Encryption Google recently released a list of Certificate Authorities that are not trusted by browsers. Data Breaches A cybercriminal attempted to sell sensitive information for 1.5 million Verizon customers on the black market […]
Malicious ads can reach a thousands of users in a short time. Even when malicious ads are taken down within 24 to 48 hours after they’re discovered, they can infect up to hundreds of thousands of users.
Cyber warnings have been issued and news has been reported, but Ransomware is still a thriving business. Prevention may just be the greatest key to safety.
Here is our latest news roundup of articles about network and SSL security. (Click here to see the whole series.) SSL & Encryption News Microsoft is reconsidering when they will deprecate support for SHA-1 Certificates due to research about increasing risks associated with using this hash. This blog post discusses deprecating the algorithm as early […]
Here is our latest news roundup of articles about network and SSL security. (Click here to see the whole series.) SSL & Encryption News Because of recent attacks on SHA-1, Mozilla explained in a recent blog post they are considering deprecating SHA-1 earlier than scheduled by six months. The cost of resources necessary to break SHA-1 […]
Here is our latest news roundup of articles about network and SSL security. (Click here to see the whole series.) SSL & Encryption News Certificate Transparency saves the day by detecting and alerting Google of unauthorized certificates. This month Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla officially announced that they will deprecate RC4 support in early 2016. Google and […]
