Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including the latest on ShadowBrokers and Cisco, Sweet32, decryptors for the Wildfire ransomware, and some gaming forum breaches.
Tag Archives: RC4
Google To Deprecate SSLv3, RC4 in Gmail IMAP/POP Clients
Google will next week begin a gradual deprecation of unsafe crypto protocol SSLv3 and cipher RC4 in Gmail IMAP/POP clients.
Google Set to Kill SSLv3 and RC4 in SMTP, Gmail in June
Google announced this week that it will begin to disable SSLv3 and RC4 a month from now, on June 16.
Microsoft Releases Six Bulletins, Continues RC4 Deprecation
Microsoft released six security bulletins today, and continued its deprecation of the weak RC4 encryption algorithm across Windows systems.
Google Details Plans to Disable SSLv3 and RC4
As expected, Google formally announced its intent to move away from the stream cipher RC4 and the protocol SSLv3 this week, citing a long history of weaknesses in both.
Threatpost News Wrap, September 4, 2015
Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso talk about the potential US sanctions against China over cyberespionage, the browser vendors dumping RC4, the trouble at Mobile Pwn2Own and more security news of the week.
Google, Mozilla, Microsoft to Sever RC4 Support in Early 2016
Google and Mozilla today announced they’ve settled on a timeframe to permanently deprecate the shaky RC4 encryption algorithm.