Five Key IT Security Best Practices to Safeguard Your Expanding Business
Owners of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) should follow these IT security best practices to protect their data and gain a competitive advantage.
HTTPS in the TLD? Google’s HSTS Goes Live
With the introduction of Google's HTTPS Strict Transport Security (HSTS) preload program, TLDs owned by the search giant will now enforce HTTPS by default.
Poor Management of Security Certificates and Keys Leads to Preventable Outages
Despite significant progress in the area of security certificates, many organizations still suffer preventable outages, according to a recent study.
Fireball Malware Explodes Around the World
The Fireball malware can change a user's search engine and default home page, and run any code on victims' computers.
Fraudsters Increase Use of HTTPS in Phishing Sites to Keep Pace With Browser Security Enhancements
Since January, cybercriminals have responded to browser security enhancements by increasing their use of HTTPS in phishing sites.
Nowhere to Hide: The Tor Browser Profiles Itself
Security researcher Dr. Neal Krawetz reported that the Tor browser discloses details that could enable fraudsters to deduce individual use patterns.
Digital Privacy: The Value of Lies?
Is digital privacy a right or a privilege? That's the most recent raging debate among consumers, and it could spur a new era of digital misinformation.
SSL Certificates Now Need Mandatory Authorization Checks
According to new guidelines, as of September 2017 SSL certificates will have to be checked against a dataset before they can be issued.
Symantec’s SSL Certificate May Get Cut Off by Chrome
In response to alleged violations, Google announced that its Chrome web browser will not trust an SSL certificate from Symantec for more than 279 days.
Collision Attack Sounds the Death Knell for SHA-1 Cryptographic Function
Google's announcement of the first-ever collision attack means the Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA-1) is officially no longer secure.