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September 2020 Security Roundup
Welcome to September’s edition of SSL.com’s monthly Security Roundup! Today we’ll be talking about: SSL.com’s brand-new newsletter Changes to the CA/B Forum’s EV SSL Guidelines Russia’s plans to ban protocols that hide the destination of internet traffic The Raccoon Attack on TLS versions 1.2 and earlier Insecure Internet of Things
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Elizabeth Pagano
September 30, 2020
Authenticating Users and IoT Devices with Mutual TLS
One-Way and Mutual SSL/TLS Authentication One of the defining features of the SSL/TLS protocol is its role in authenticating otherwise anonymous parties on computer networks (such as the internet). When you visit a website with a publicly trusted SSL/TLS certificate, your browser can verify that the website owner has successfully
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Aaron Russell
September 22, 2020
“Raccoon Attack” Targets TLS 1.2 and Earlier, but Is Difficult to Exploit
There’s a new type of SSL/TLS attack in town. A team of academic security researchers recently released a paper introducing the Raccoon attack. Raccoon is a timing vulnerability in the TLS specification which impacts HTTPS and other services reliant on SSL/TLS. Under very specific and rare conditions, Raccoon allows malicious
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Connor Wilson
September 17, 2020
August 2020 Security Roundup
We are as surprised as anyone to report that another month has flown by. And, though it passed quickly, August was full of security news. This month we’ll be taking a look at: Internet of Things Vulnerable via Insecure Communication Protocols China Blocks TLS 1.3 and ENSI wolfSSL Vulnerability Discovered
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Elizabeth Pagano
August 28, 2020
July 2020 Security Roundup
Reporting live from the middle of summer, we are happy to bring you a July Roundup from the world of digital security! This month we’ll be taking a look at: Microsoft Gains an Edge in the Security Game Images To Be Auto-Upgraded to HTTPS in Chrome 85 Apple, Chrome and
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Elizabeth Pagano
July 30, 2020
June 2020 Security Roundup
Welcome to this June edition of SSL.com’s Security Roundup. Summer is here, the pandemic continues, and so does the news about digital security! This month we’ll be taking a look at: Senators Introduce New “Backdoor” Bill US Government plans to use HTTPS on all .gov websites Comcast and Mozilla Strike
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Elizabeth Pagano
June 30, 2020
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