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Inventor: SSL not to blame for security woes
Insight newsmaker The Secure Sockets Layer has remained relevant since its release in 1995, says Taher Elgamal, and so-called 'broken' SSL has little to do with protocol.
Tags: Web sites, E-commerce, Data security, PC security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Web browsers, Certificate, Microsoft Corp., Cookie
S'pore offers certification for social marketing
News Singapore company provides training and certification course designed to teach companies how to use social media sites as marketing platforms.
Tags: Marketing, Internet, Certification, Social Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Asia, Social Media, Tool, Singapore, Small And Medium Business
HP, ITE offer SMBs biz continuity service
News IT vendor collaborates with Singapore's Institute of Technical Education to provide BCP consultancy to smaller firms, and train students in the field.
Tags: SMB, Contingency planning, Disaster recovery, Data backup, disaster recovery, Hewlett-Packard Co., Singapore, Storage, Small And Medium Business, business continuity planning, Contingency planning
Is Firefox + Perspectives the most secure browser for TLS/SSL encryption?
Techguide Perspectives is a TLS/SSL encryption certificate validation tool that works even for self-signed certificates.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Security applications/tools, Security Management, Certificate, Computer Associates International Inc., Security, SSL, Microsoft Corp., Authentication and encryption, Web Browser
New MD5/SSL exploit is not end of civilization as we know it
Techguide MD5 insecure? Absolutely. SSL hacked? Sort of, but it's not broken. A case of certificate authority negligence? You decide.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Network security, Security Management, Certificate, Security, SSL, VeriSign Inc., SHA-1, Tool, Risk
Apple plugs holes for domain spoofing, other attacks
News Security update for Mac OS X addresses 43 specific issues, including holes that could allow an attacker to take over the computer.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Web sites, Apple Inc., Security, SSL, Web sites, Domain, Attack, Apple Mac OS X
Web users ignoring security certificate warnings
News Researchers from Carnegie Mellon find that Web users often ignore warnings in browsers about the validity of a Web site's digital certificate.
Tags: Data security, PC security, Network security, Security applications/tools, Security, SSL, Web Browser, SSL certificate, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Firefox 2.0
Amazon apologizes for deleting Kindle e-books and offers replacement
News Kindle owners whose lawfully purchased copies of two George Orwell novels were deleted from their devices will be entitled to a replacement copy or US$30.
Tags: Data Management, E-commerce, Copy, E-mail, gift certificate, George Orwell, E-commerce, CBS Interactive Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Data Management
BlackBerry smartphones open to SMS attack
News Certificate notification issue means BlackBerry users could be tricked into visiting malicious Web sites, Research In Motion has warned.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Network security, BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., Smart Phone, E-mail, dialog box, Web Site, software, domain name
New Firefox patches authentication security holes
News Mozilla addresses two critical problems related to the browser's handling of authentication processes, which could let an attacker see encrypted data or take over a machine.
Tags: Data security, Network security, Authentication, Security, Mozilla Corp., computer, Mozilla Firefox, blog, blog posting, Network security
Perspectives provides out-of-band verification for SSH
Techguide There is more to Perspectives than the Firefox extension for TLS/SSL validation.
Tags: Network security, PC security, Data security, Security, Perspectives, SSH Protocol, SSL, network, OpenSSH, SSH
Researchers exploit flaws in SSL, domain authentication system
News Dan Kaminsky and Moxie Marlinspike explain how flaws in the way domain names are verified on the Internet could allow attackers to impersonate a site and steal information from unsuspecting Web surfers.
Tags: Network security, Data security, Authentication and encryption, Web sites, Authentication, Security, SSL, Domain Name, Web Browser, Vulnerability
Hackers rumored to have cracked Windows 7 activation
News Chinese forum and others suggest a leaked Lenovo file of Windows 7 Ultimate has been used to crack the activation mechanism of the new operating system.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Piracy, Authentication and encryption, Microsoft Windows 7, OEM, antipiracy, Microsoft Windows, Hacker, CNET Networks Inc., ISO
Securing encrypted traffic in SSL
Insight perspective Encrypted traffic can still be dangerous, despite being carried by Secure Sockets Layer. Find out what options firms can consider to contain threats via SSL.
Tags: Data security, Authentication and encryption, Network security, Security Management, Authentication, Malware, SSL, antivirus, SSL certificate, certificate authority
Use Dovecot for POP3/IMAP services
Techguide Traditionally, if you wanted to set up POP3 or IMAP services on your Linux system, you would use Courier-IMAP, uw-imap, or cyrus-imapd. Another lesser-known but increasingly popular IMAP/POP3 server is Dovecot.
Tags: Open source, Networking, Authentication, POP3, SSL, private key, Mandriva, Mandriva Linux, SSL certificate, Dovecot
