How Does HTTPS Work?
We all know that HTTPS = secure. But do you know how HTTPS works under the hood? Let’s take a look at how HTTPS works to make the internet safer…
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We all know that HTTPS = secure. But do you know how HTTPS works under the hood? Let’s take a look at how HTTPS works to make the internet safer…
A mere 27.9% of organizations are PCI DSS compliant — an alarming number in the face of rising security threats… A concerning issue has arisen for the payment processing industry…
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The FBI recently disclosed that Iran’s intelligence agency has been using nation-state actors & a front company to carry out a years-long global malware campaign — here’s what was involved…
As of September 1st, 2-year certificates have been replaced by multi-year SSL plans offering similar benefits September 1, 2020 marked the dawn of a new era for SSL certificates. Multi-year…
Bad news: there’s a vulnerability in TLS 1.2. Good news: researchers say it’s “very hard to exploit” and major vendors have already released security patches for it. A team of…
Weak encryption is a real risk to data privacy and security. This article, based on Packet Detectives’ episode “The case of the unknown TLS versions,” shows how you can use…
“Something expired deep insideThe day the music died” Earlier this week, the music streaming service Spotify went down for about an hour. (We “heard it from a friend who heard…
Every time you visit a website that starts with HTTPS, you’re using a certificate authority. But what exactly is a CA and how does it make your transactions and communications more secure? Let’s hash it out.
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