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Cybersecurity New Year’s resolutions, you say? Why not.

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:00:00 +0000

It’s no surprise that our resolutions are usually about health, finances, relationships, and self-improvement. As all of us live digital lives, too, why not think up cybersecurity New Year’s resolution that concern our online health and safety?

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TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of January 15, 2018

Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 14:36:46 +0000

It’s been just over 14 years since I almost left this crazy world due to a bad car accident. I have a number of scars and daily pains that serve as reminders of that day. While some may think scars and pain are a burden and a nuisance, I think of them as reminders of…

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This Week in Security News: Hackers and Ransoms

Credit to Author: Jon Clay| Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 14:00:24 +0000

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, we saw discussion on the ransomware attacks plaguing institutions in the New Year, and emerging malware targeting Meltdown/Spectre patches. Read on to learn more.     SAMSAM…

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Mozilla mandates that new Firefox features rely on encrypted connections

Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:37:00 -0800

Mozilla this week decreed that future web-facing features of Firefox must meet an under-development standard that requires all browser-to-server-and-back traffic be encrypted.

“Effective immediately, all new features that are web-exposed are to be restricted to secure contexts,” wrote Mozilla engineer Anne van Kesteren in a post to a company blog. “A feature can be anything from an extension of an existing IDL-defined object, a new CSS property, a new HTTP response header, to bigger features such as WebVR.”

Secure contexts, dubbed a “minimum security level,” is a pending standard of the W3 (World Wide Web Consortium), the primary standards body for the web. Secure contexts’ main purpose, according to its documentation: “Application code with access to sensitive or private data be delivered confidentially over authenticated channels that guarantee data integrity.”

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