Survey Finds Secure Sites Not So Secure

A new project that was setup to monitor the quality and strength of the SSL implementations on top sites across the Internet found that 75 percent of them are vulnerable to the BEAST SSL attack and that just 10 percent of the sites surveyed should be considered secure. The SSL Pulse project, set ...

Google Fixes 27 Bugs in Chrome 15

Google has fixed more than two dozen vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser and also implemented a defense against the BEAST SSL attack. The bugs fixed in the new version of Chrome include 11 high-severity flaws. As part of its bug bounty program, Google paid more than $26,000 in rewards to...

It's Time For an Apple Patch Tuesday

If there’s one thing that can be said about Apple, it’s that the company operates on its own timeline. It does what it pleases at whatever time suits it, and the customers appear. Actually, they don’t simply appear, they wait expectantly and move as one when asked. This has proven to be enormousl...