Security News

Using Symantec's TLS/SSL Certs? Start Replacing Them. Now.
2017-09-12 13:33

Google Will Slowly Start Pulling the Rug From Under Symantec's Digital CertificatesA major operation to cleanse websites of digital certificates created under questionable circumstances is...

Malicious content delivered over SSL/TLS has more than doubled in six months (Help Net Security)
2017-08-03 16:17

Threats using SSL encryption are on the rise. An average of 60 percent of the transactions in the Zscaler cloud have been delivered over SSL/TLS. Researchers also found that the Zscaler cloud saw...

Manage SSL/TLS certificates across IT environments with Qualys CertView (Help Net Security)
2017-07-25 12:30

Qualys announced CertView, a new app framework in the Qualys Cloud Platform that enables customers to discover, assess and manage SSL/TLS certificates on a global scale, helping them prevent...

TLS security: Past, present and future (Help Net Security)
2017-07-03 13:30

The Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol as it stands today has evolved from the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol from Netscape Communications and the Private Communication Technology (PCT)...

Breaking TLS: Good or bad for security? (Help Net Security)
2017-05-23 15:45

As the use of TLS by malware and phishing increases, some security practitioners are seeking solutions to break TLS so they can monitor all traffic in and out of their network. Breaking TLS is...

US-CERT Warns HTTPS Inspection May Degrade TLS Security (Threatpost)
2017-03-17 10:00

Security tools that proxy and inspect HTTPS traffic create a blindspot for network administrators trying to determine whether communication between clients and servers is secure.