Mozilla wants CAs to stop issuing and revoke MITM certificates

Mozilla wants CAs to stop issuing and revoke MITM certificates


Mozilla wants CAs to stop issuing and revoke MITM certificates

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 12:10 PM PST

A heated debate has unfolded after Trustwave made public their decision to revoke a subordinate root certificate it issued to a company that allowed it to intercept their employees' private email comm...

Open source password manager gets two-factor authentication

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 11:33 AM PST

Yubico announced a successful implementation of YubiKey two-factor authentication with the free, open source password manager software Password Safe. The joint solution offers Windows users an easy an...

Horde FTP server hacked, files modified to include backdoor

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 11:11 AM PST

The developers of the Horde open source software have issued a statement warning its users that a one of their FTP servers was discovered to have been breached and some files on it modified. "A f...

February Patch Tuesday lighter than expected

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:53 AM PST

It turns out that this February Patch Tuesday is lighter than we had anticipated. Some of the nine bulletins should be less worrisome to IT admins: the Office vulnerability (MS12-015) is in the relati...

Gap in patch priorities vs cybercriminal targets

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:40 AM PST

Internet users are at risk from the rapid growth in software security flaws - specifically end-point vulnerabilities. Businesses should be doing far more to help themselves by improving their patching...

"Free $200 Ebay Gift Card" leads to rogue Facebook app

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 08:29 AM PST

A message sharing an "event" offering a "Free $200 Ebay Gift Card for first 10,000 Attendants!" has been popping up on Facebook users' walls in the last couple of days. Predictably, it links to the...

Infosec pros maintain job stability

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 08:15 AM PST

The information security profession offers not only stability but upward mobility, according to the 2012 Career Impact Survey released today by (ISC)2. Only seven percent of information security profe...

Twitter turns on HTTPS by default

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 07:18 AM PST

Twitter has finally taken the plunge and made HTTPS on by default for all users. The option to always use HTTPS was made available to users back in March 2011, but they had to turn it on for themse...

Cloud-based security of mobile devices via Active Directory

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 07:12 AM PST

Centrify announced DirectControl for Mobile, a cloud-based service lets enterprises centrally secure and manage smart phones and tablets using existing Active Directory infrastructure, skill sets and ...

Real-time web and data security from Websense

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 06:54 AM PST

Websense unveiled the X10G, a scalable system with real-time data-aware contextual defenses, which are applied to all inbound and outbound requests, and that defend against malware and prevent intelle...

Stratfor clients now targeted with malware

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 02:29 AM PST

The customers of Stratfor, a US-based research group that provides geopolitical analysis to government organizations and major corporations, are being targeted once again with malicious spam emails. ...

Microsoft Windows Operating System Essentials

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 12:04 AM PST

Windows 7 is the leading desktop software, yet it can be a difficult concept to grasp, especially for those new to the field of IT. Microsoft Windows Operating System Essentials is a resource for...

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