Security News

Google Chrome update to label HTTP-only sites insecure within WEEKS
2018-07-03 15:24

Winter HTTPS is coming A looming deadline – now less than three weeks away – means that Google Chrome users who visit unencrypted websites will be confronted with warnings.…

PayPal reminds users: TLS 1.2 and HTTP/1.1 are longer optional
2018-06-20 03:52

Insecure connections will break after June 30th. And it's acquired Hyperwallet, too PayPal has reminded merchants that they must support TLS 1.2 and HTTP/1.1 by June 30.…

HTTP Parameter Pollution Leads to reCAPTCHA Bypass
2018-05-30 19:02

Earlier this year, a security researcher discovered that it was possible to bypass Google’s reCAPTCHA via HTTP parameter pollution. read more

Chrome to dynamically point out “Not secure” HTTP sites
2018-05-21 15:38

Google expects HTTPS to become the default, and is preparing users for it by slowly moving Chrome towards showing only negative security indicators. Google’s own numbers showed back in February...

Chrome drops ‘secure’ label for HTTPS websites
2018-05-21 11:24

When it comes to browser security, how important are the address bar icons and labels that tell users about a site’s security status? For Google at least, they matter a lot.

Chrome to Issue Red "Not Secure" Warning for HTTP
2018-05-18 11:20

Google is putting yet another nail in the HTTP coffin: starting with Chrome 70, pages that are not served over a secure connection will be marked with a red warning. read more

As the Web moves toward HTTPS by default, Chrome will remove “secure” indicator
2018-05-17 18:46

The browser is changing to flag the things that are dangerous, not the ones that are safe.

Cloudflare Launches Publicly DNS-Over-HTTPS Service
2018-04-02 17:28

Clouldflare launches DNS-over-HTTPS service called 1.1.1.1 that it says will be a “privacy-first” DNS service for consumers.

Mozilla Tests DNS over HTTPS: Meets Some Privacy Pushback
2018-03-26 13:15

Mozilla is testing a method of securing DNS traffic via HTTPS, but is faced with some privacy resistance.

E-Mailing Private HTTPS Keys
2018-03-13 11:31

I don't know what to make of this story: The email was sent on Tuesday by the CEO of Trustico, a UK-based reseller of TLS certificates issued by the browser-trusted certificate authorities Comodo...