Security News

From July on, Chrome will brand plain old HTTP as “Not secure”
2018-02-09 19:50

The "Not secure" label will go where the padlock would go for an encrypted connection.

Chrome will mark HTTP pages as “not secure”
2018-02-09 18:10

Starting with Chrome 68, which is scheduled to be released in July 2018, Google will explicitly mark all HTTP sites as “not secure”: According to Google’s numbers, 68% of Chrome traffic on both...

Google Set to Name and Shame Sites Lacking HTTPS
2018-02-09 17:48

Chrome Browser Will Flag Sites Lacking Security Communication ProtocolGoogle is prepping its Chrome browser to brand as "not secure" every site a user tries to visit that does not use HTTPS...

Week in review: Ransomware’s next stop, NiceHash hack, and why phishers love HTTPS
2017-12-10 23:27

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Bitcoin traders beware: Fake trading bot offer delivers RAT The malicious offer comes via email: a free trial of...

Why phishers love HTTPS
2017-12-06 19:12

As more and more sites switch to HTTPS, the number of phishing sites hosted on HTTPS domains is also increasing. “In the third quarter of 2017, we observed nearly a quarter of all phishing sites...

Taking HTTPS Denial to an Absurd Level
2017-11-02 18:01

Researcher Troy Hunt discovers as far as the internet has come in adopting HTTPS, it still has a ways to go.

Websites Increasingly Use HTTPS: Google
2017-10-23 11:28

Over 60% of Sites Loaded via Chrome Use HTTPS, Says Google The number of websites that protect traffic using HTTPS has increased considerably in the past months, according to data shared by Google...

DHS Orders Federal Agencies to Use DMARC, HTTPS
2017-10-17 08:13

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a binding operational directive requiring all federal agencies to start using web and email security technologies such as HTTPS, DMARC and...

Google to enforce HTTPS on TLDs it controls
2017-10-04 19:21

In its sustained quest to bring encryption to all existing Web sites, Google has announced that it will start enforcing HTTPS for the 45 Top-Level Domains it operates. How will it do that? You may...