Security News

Apple iMessage URLs ship OS, device, and IP data to sites, dev says (The Register)
2016-10-04 03:07

Gmail Flags Unauthenticated Messages, Dangerous URLs (SecurityWeek)
2016-08-12 13:20

WPAD Flaws Leak HTTPS URLs (Threatpost)
2016-08-01 13:00

Sniffing HTTPS URLs with malicious PAC files gets easier with a new technique that exploits flaws in the Web Proxy AutoDiscovery protocol.

Hackers Can Intercept HTTPS URLs via Proxy Attacks (SecurityWeek)
2016-07-29 10:31

Visiting America? US border agents want your Twitter, Facebook URLs (The Register)
2016-06-27 20:13

Five Reasons You Should Stop Shortening URLs (Forbes)
2016-04-20 19:47

Shortened URLs Expose Private Cloud Data (SecurityWeek)
2016-04-18 14:47

Security Risks of Shortened URLs (Schneier blog)
2016-04-18 11:17

Short URLs plus cloud services equal bad security (Help Net Security)
2016-04-15 20:48

Short URLs are great when they lead to public websites, and documents and files that aren’t meant to remain private, but you should think twice about using them to lead collaborators to content...

Short URLs a Big Problem for Cloud Collaboration, Stored Data (Threatpost)
2016-04-15 15:31

A newly published research paper exposes weaknesses in short URLs used by cloud-based services such as OneDrive that put supposedly private data at risk.