Posted September 13, 2012, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, The Web
Security researchers have discovered a SSL-based compression flaw which allows hackers to hijack HTTPS-encrypted web sessions. HTTPS, or HTTP Secure, is the same protocol used by online stores, banks and other websites to encrypt the sensitive data transmissions across the net.
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Posted February 10, 2012, 3:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
On Friday, Cnet sources confirmed that Iran has begun preemptively blocking websites in anticipation of civil unrest this weekend. Tomorrow is significant because it marks the third anniversary of the Green Revolution, a movement where outraged citizens took to the…
Posted March 16, 2011, 1:01 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web, IT Security
Twitter has announced a new security feature: a user setting that lets you always use HTTPS when accessing Twitter.com. HTTPS is particularly important when using an Internet service over an unsecured Wi-Fi connection.
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