OpenSSL Patch to Plug Severe Security Holes
The world is about to get another reminder about just how much of the Internet runs on technology maintained by a handful of coders working on a shoestring budget. OpenSSL
Discover Server Security News
Clinton's Homebrew E-Mail Server: Risky or Genius?
No, it's not always a room filled with wires and glowing blue lights. It's probably not even the size of your furnace. The personal email server used by Hillary Rodham Clinton during her time as secretary of state was probably about the size of your office desktop computer and could have been tucked quietly in a corner somewhere.
No, Lizard Squad Was Not Responsible For Facebook Outage
Contrary to suggestions hacker group Lizard Squad took out Facebook, there was almost certainly no attack on the social network and its photo sharing property Instagram, which both went down late last night. According to a source with knowledge of the matter, the downtime was the result of a technical foul up. Facebook is now confirming this in statements to media.
Lavabit founder wants to make
Ladar Levison is probably most well-known to Ars readers as the founder of the secure e-mail service Lavabit, which he shut down in mid-2013 in an effort to avoid being forced to comply with a US government demand to turn over users
The Dismal State of Embedded Device Security
On Friday, the firm Allegro Software of Boxborough, Massachusetts, released an odd-sounding statement encouraging all its customers to
Hacker Lexicon: What Is a Backdoor?
A backdoor has multiple meanings. It can refer to a legitimate point of access embedded in a system or software program for remote administration.
CloudFlare Rolls Out Free SSL
In a move that will essentially double the number of SSL-protected sites on the Web in the space of 24 hours, CloudFlare on Monday said that it was enabling SSL for all of its more than two million customers for free.
