If you’re a user of Mozilla products, like Firefox or Thunderbird, you may have heard that the company will stop trusting unknown SSL certificates, citing these types of certificates are cryptographically unsafe. The type of certificates they are denying at the 1024-bit keys however, websites that have 2048-bit keys are fine and are up to […]
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Going Phishing in Banking
The headlines can be seen everywhere: Hackers’ $1 billion bank theft may still impact consumers, JPMorgan and Other Banks Struck by Hackers, How safe are you and your bank from cyber attack? Morgan Chase warned that cyber attacks are growing every day in strength and velocity across the globe. He said, “It is going to […]
Privacy Paradigm: The Importance of VPN
Maintaining privacy is becoming hard and can be daunting for many. Privacy in a corporate setting is often essential for guarding against potential competitors and growing future revenue. Fortunately Google, Microsoft’s Bing, and smaller companies provide ways to delete search history although hiding from those ads can be difficult. Google makes it easy to find […]
Authentication Issues: New Apple Payment System Linked to Frauds
Sophocles is noted as saying that it is better to fail with honor than to succeed by fraud. Unfortunately, for Apple this philosophy isn’t shared by criminals within the Apple Payment System. Relaxed authentication practices used by the banking institutions have led to fraud issues with the Apple Payment System. New exploits linked to Apple […]
Words of Wisdom: The Worst Passwords of 2014
American Author Clifford Stoll has argued that the best quote whilst teaching others the importance of proper password safety is: “Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don’t let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.” This quote is perhaps the best way to teach your children proper password procedures, along […]
