News tagged with secure sockets layer

Public Wi-Fi convenient, but risky

It seems you can surf the Internet and check your email from virtually anywhere these days - in coffee shops, hotel lobbies, airport terminals and airplane cabins.

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Patch for flaw in key Internet protocol

(PhysOrg.com) -- A flaw was found in November in a key Internet protocol that encrypts most sensitive online transactions and communications, including credit card and banking transactions. A patch has now ...

Technology / Internet

created Jan 15, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Hackers expose weakness in visiting trusted sites

(AP) -- A powerful new type of Internet attack works like a telephone tap, except operates between computers and Web sites they trust.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 4

Botnet Hijacking Steals 70GB of Data

(PhysOrg.com) -- Security researchers have uncovered one of the most notorious zombie networks, the Torpig botnet, by collecting 70GB of data that was stolen in just 10 days.

Technology / Internet

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 weblog




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New coating for hip implants could prevent premature failure

Every year, more than a million Americans receive an artificial hip or knee prosthesis. Such implants are designed to last many years, but in about 17 percent of patients who receive a total joint replacement, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Apr 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

A fresh perspective on internet security

People don’t do enough to protect themselves on the Internet. They don’t use good passwords. They’re poor at recognizing the URL of “phishing” sites. They ignore certificate errors.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Attacking the edges of secure Internet traffic

(AP) -- Researchers have uncovered new ways that criminals can spy on Internet users even if they're using secure connections to banks, online retailers or other sensitive Web sites.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 30, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Symantec buying VeriSign's Web-security arm

(AP) -- Symantec Corp. is paying $1.28 billion in cash to buy a division of VeriSign Inc. that sells security technology to websites.

Technology / Business

created May 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microsoft upgrade aims to make Hotmail cool again

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is trying to make Hotmail cool again. The free Web mail service soon will be switching to a new approach that Microsoft hopes will give Hotmail an edge over rival offerings from Yahoo Inc. and Google ...

Technology / Internet

created May 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

VeriSign to spend more than $300M on tech upgrades (Update)

VeriSign Inc., whose technology is key to allowing Internet users to access Web sites with names ending in ".com" and ".net," plans to spend more than $300 million over the next decade to upgrade its systems.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mobile services made simple

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers believe they have achieved what has remained an almost impossible dream in the wireless world: powerful mobile services that work simply, seamlessly and intuitively.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

System thwarts Internet eavesdropping

The growth of shared Wi-Fi and other wireless computer networks has increased the risk of eavesdropping on Internet communications, but researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science and College of ...

Technology / Internet

created Aug 25, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Security flaws in online banking sites found to be widespread

(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 75 percent of the bank Web sites surveyed in a University of Michigan study had at least one design flaw that could make customers vulnerable to cyber thieves after their money or even their identity.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 23, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (17) | comments 0

Security flaws in online banking sites found to be widespread

(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 75 percent of the bank Web sites surveyed in a University of Michigan study had at least one design flaw that could make customers vulnerable to cyber thieves after their money or ...

Technology / Internet

created Jul 22, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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