Certificate Giant Slams Plan to Shorten HTTPS Lifespans
Industry stakeholders are considering reducing the lifespan of HTTPS certificates to just 13 months, around half of the current duration, in order to improve security.
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What is cryptojacking? How to prevent, detect, and recover from it
Criminals are using ransomware-like tactics and poisoned websites to get your employees’ computers to mine cryptocurrencies. Here’s what you can do to stop it.
How MIT's Fiat Cryptography might make the web more secure
One of the most common uses of public-key cryptography is securing data on the move. The process used to produce the code that scrambles that data as it travels over the internet has been labor intensive. That's changed, however, with anew system developed by MIT researchersfor creating that code.
Lack of trust will doom cryptocurrency
Have you considered what the future of cryptocurrency looks like? Loss of crypto coins through hacks, fake trading and volatility destroy trust in cryptocurrency, but those aren't its only problems.
Explainer: What is post-quantum cryptography?
Are you familiar with post-quantum cryptography? The race is on to create new ways to protect data and communications from the threat posed by super-powerful quantum computers. Get the details in this article.
OpenPGP experts targeted by long-feared ‘poisoning’ attack
Somebody out there has taken a big dislike to Robert J. Hansen (‘rjh’) and Daniel Kahn Gillmor (‘dkg’), two well-regarded experts in the specialised world of OpenPGP email encryption.
The Problem With Disk Encryption
Full disk encryption provides incredible data protection for personal devices. If you haven’t enabled FileVault on your Mac, Windows Device Encryption on your PC, or Android Device Encryption on your phone, please go do it now (iOS encrypts storage by default). It’s easy, efficient, and secure. You will likely never notice the difference in usage or performance. Seriously. This is a no-brainer.
