The “FREAK” vulnerability that downgrades and weakens secure web connections doesn’t just affect Google and Apple users — according to a security advisory from Microsoft, all supported versions of Windows are… Read more »
Last week Lenovo found itself in deep trouble over the Superfish spyware that it installed on many recent consumer laptops. Designed to insert ads into customers’ browsing experiences, the software has… Read more »
“Let’s Encrypt” is an initiative backed by Mozilla, Cisco, Akamai, the EFF and others. The aim is to get more websites offering secure connections for their customers, with minimal hassle associated… Read more »
The “WinShock” vulnerability has been around and exploitable for the better part of two decades. While there’s no evidence that it has been exploited, it can let attackers take over the… Read more »
The firm is rolling out what it said it would roll out a couple months back, in a move that should provide better protection even for websites using CloudFlare’s free services. Read more »
If true, this would make the Community Health Systems hack, which saw attackers steal 4.5 million people’s records, the first of its scale to exploit the OpenSSL bug. Read more »
While not as severe as April’s heart-stopping Heartbleed vulnerability, this flaw could for example allow people operating fake Wi-Fi hotspots to intercept, decrypt and manipulate supposedly secure traffic being passed between… Read more »
You may be familiar with the “https” prefix that tells you your connection is secure. Well, get ready to see a lot more of it — standards-makers have decided that HTTP… Read more »
The Snowden scoops have caused a great deal of excitement in the security community, of both the good and bad kinds. But mostly bad — when your job is to help… Read more »
There’s no guarantee of online privacy and security, but here’s a list of tools you can use to at least cover the basics. Ultimately, though, they will require a serious revamp… Read more »