Dan Kaminsky advocates fixing today’s internet before it breaks the same way it did in the 1990s.
Tag Archives: Cryptography
Google Domain Enables HSTS Protection
Google ensures HTTPS connections to its domains with support for HTTP Strict Transport Security, or HSTS.
WPAD Flaws Leak HTTPS URLs
Sniffing HTTPS URLs with malicious PAC files gets easier with a new technique that exploits flaws in the Web Proxy AutoDiscovery protocol.
Public, Private Sector Team to Fight Ransomware
Security firms and law enforcement launch No More Ransom, a web-based effort dedicated to ransomware awareness and decryption tools.
SoakSoak Botnet Pushing Neutrino Exploit Kit and CryptXXX Ransomware
Research spot SoakSoak botnets spreading the Neutrino Exploit Kit that in turn infect the unsuspecting with the CryptXXX ransomware.
Juniper Crypto Bug Let Attackers Eavesdrop on Router, Switch Traffic
Juniper patched a crypto security bug that could allow hackers to access the company’s routers, switches and security devices and eavesdrop on sensitive communications.
IoT Medical Devices: A Prescription for Disaster
Hospitals are on the IoT device vanguard revolutionizing patient care, but they are also huge targets for hackers targeting unsecure IoT medical devices.
How to Crack Android Full Disk Encryption on Qualcomm Devices
The heated battle between Apple and the FBI provoked a lot of talk about Encryption – the technology that has been used to keep all your bits and bytes as safe as possible.
We can not say a lot about Apple’s users, but Android users are at severe risk when it comes to encryption of their personal and sensitive data.
Android’s full-disk encryption can be cracked much more easily than expected
Necurs Botnet is Back, Updated With Smarter Locky Variant
After a mysterious three weeks off the grid, Necurs has returned to spewing massive volumes of email containing improved versions of the potent Locky ransomware and Dridex banking Trojan.
Let’s Encrypt Celebrates Big HTTPS Milestone
Certificate authority Let’s Encrypt is celebrating a major milestone in the young nonprofit’s existence issuing its 5 millionth certificate this month.