Security News

Let's Encrypt Disables TLS-SNI-01 Validation
2018-01-10 21:22

Free and open Certificate Authority (CA) Let’s Encrypt on Tuesday disabled TLS-SNI-01 validation after learning that users could abuse it to obtain certificates for domains they do not own. read more

Android DoubleLocker ransomware encrypts data, changes device PIN
2017-10-16 15:51

A new piece of ransomware is targeting Android users. Dubbed DoubleLocker, it both encrypts users’ files and changes the device’s PIN. About DoubleLocker Lukáš Štefanko, the ESET researcher who...

New Ransomware Not Just Encrypts Your Android But Also Changes PIN Lock
2017-10-13 09:29

DoubleLocker—as the name suggests, it locks device twice. Security researchers from cybersecurity firm ESET have discovered a new Android ransomware that not just encrypts users’ data, but also...

New IBM Z Mainframe Designed to "Pervasively Encrypt" Enterprise Data (Security Week)
2017-07-17 16:51

New IBM Z14 Mainframe Introduces Encryption Engine Capable of Running More Than 12 Billion Encrypted Transactions Per Day read more

IBM reboots iconic mainframe: Encrypt data all the time, at any scale (Help Net Security)
2017-07-17 12:55

IBM today unveiled IBM Z, the next generation of a transaction system capable of running more than 12 billion encrypted transactions per day. The new system also introduces an encryption engine...

Let's Encrypt Wildcard Certificates a 'Boon' for Cybercriminals, Expert Says (Security Week)
2017-07-12 16:27

To speed up the adoption of HTTPS, free and open Certificate Authority (CA) Let’s Encrypt will start issuing wildcard certificates as of January 2018. read more

Let’s Encrypt to Offer Wildcard Certificates in 2018 (Threatpost)
2017-07-06 20:04

Certificate authority Let's Encrypt said this week it will begin offering wildcard certificates in 2018.