Online Trackers Increasingly Switching to Invasive CNAME Cloaking Technique

With browser makers steadily clamping down on third-party tracking, advertising technology companies are increasingly embracing a DNS technique to evade such defenses, thereby posing a threat to web security and privacy. Called CNAME Cloaking, the practice of blurring the distinction between...

Maximum Lifespan of SSL/TLS Certificates is 398 Days Starting Today

Starting today, the lifespan of new TLS certificates will be limited to 398 days, a little over a year, from the previous maximum certificate lifetime of 27 months 825 days. In a move that's meant to boost security, Apple, Google, and Mozilla are set to reject publicly rooted digital certificates...

Phishing Attacks Continue to Evolve

Antispam vendors, browser makers and Internet service providers have been on the front lines in the battle to contain phishing attacks, but the cybercriminals behind phishing campaigns are getting savvy at defeating technologies and tricking victims into giving up their credentials and other data...