SSL

Hillary Clinton’s private email server lacked basic security feature for months

Clinton’s campaign has insisted that she did nothing wrong in using the private server.

On Mar 28, 2016 by Eric Geller

Researchers find Superfish-type code in other apps

It’s not just Lenovo.

On Feb 23, 2015 by AJ Dellinger

POODLE attacks can target SSL 3.0 Web encryption, Google finds

This really bites.

On Oct 15, 2014 by Dell Cameron

Tumblr, WordPress, and Wikipedia just encrypted your Web activities

“We have to create a mass encryption movement.” 

On Jun 5, 2014 by Patrick Howell O’Neill

The NSA effect: Tor downloads jump to 120 million

And the project is just catching its stride.

On Jun 2, 2014 by Patrick Howell O’Neill

Encrypted Internet traffic has surged since first NSA leaks last year

And we’re all more secure because of it.

On May 15, 2014 by Micah Singleton

Department of Homeland security warns Americans of Heartbleed risk

Your passwords are broken.

On Apr 11, 2014 by Fernando Alfonso III

Why Heartbleed is good for the Internet

That which does not kill the Internet makes the Internet stronger.

On Apr 11, 2014 by Aaron Sankin

Google researcher who discovered Heartbleed bug donates $15K reward

You can’t put a price on karma.

On Apr 10, 2014 by Fran Berkman

Heartbleed bug shuts down online tax filing in Canada

Paying taxes just got worse.

On Apr 9, 2014 by Fernando Alfonso III

At least 2 percent of Internet’s IP addresses are vulnerable to Heartbleed

A massive scan of the Internet reveals just how many computers are still vulnerable to the security flaw.

On Apr 9, 2014 by Patrick Howell O’Neill

Tor: If you want privacy or anonymity, stay off the Internet this week

Yet another reason to not buy drugs off the Internet.

On Apr 8, 2014 by [email protected]

What is Heartbleed, the bug that’s leaking your data?

File this under “complicated but important.”

On Apr 8, 2014 by Fernando Alfonso III

Yahoo finally encrypts all its users’ email by default

It’s not great encryption, but it’s something.

On Jan 9, 2014 by Kevin Collier

Apple’s Address Book leaves your contacts wide open to the NSA

A simple fix could protect your information, but Apple hasn’t made it yet.

On Oct 22, 2013 by Tim Sampson