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Thanks for Helping Take Care of Security, Google

June 26, 2019 By Emil Hozan

By now, most folks should know the difference between hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) and HTTP secure (HTTPS). If not, HTTP is human-readable content floating through the inner tubes of the magical Internet. HTTPS is an encrypted format of this content, ensuring only involved parties can communicate between each other. The latter is performed by registering a domain name and … [Read more...]

How Servers Serve Content

February 15, 2019 By Emil Hozan

Computers seem to be virtually limitless in their abilities – they can send and receive digital information, serve content via many defined protocols, compute algorithms much faster than a human can, and even provide countless hours of fun and entertainment. One very common use of computers is indeed serving content to consumers, a technological concept known as client / server … [Read more...]

DROWN Vulnerability – Daily Security Byte EP. 225

March 4, 2016 By Corey Nachreiner

Researchers disclosed a critical new SSL vulnerability during one of the biggest security conferences in the world, RSA. DROWN, or Decrypting RSA with Obsolete and Weakened eNcryption, is an vulnerability that allows attackers to gain the public key of servers that still use SSLv2.0. Watch today's video to learn more about it, and make sure to disable SSLv2.0 on all your … [Read more...]

Hackers Leverage Let’s Encrypt – Daily Security Byte EP. 197

January 6, 2016 By Corey Nachreiner

Let's Encrypt is an organization that wants to help encrypt the web by offering CA validated SSL/TLS certificates for free. Unfortunately, attackers can also benefit from easy encryption. I support HTTPS everywhere, but you need to plan a way to secure your HTTPS traffic. Watch today's episode to learn how malvertisers are exploiting easy encryption to hide, and how you can … [Read more...]

Fantasy Football Malvertising – Daily Security Byte EP. 175

November 11, 2015 By Corey Nachreiner

Whether you're talking about soccer in Europe, or U.S. football in the states, fantasy football leagues have become very popular lately, which is why criminal hackers have noticed and might start targeting them. Today's video talks about how a popular UK fantasy football site has become infecting with evil malvertising. Watch below to learn how you can protect yourself from … [Read more...]

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