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iOS 10 Security Updates Move to HTTPS

14

Sep

2016

Apple has finally moved its iOS security update mechanism to HTTPS with today’s release of iOS 10. Previously, updates were sent to devices over HTTP and attackers already present on a network could potentially intercept and manipulate updates. “An issue existed in iOS updates, which did not properly secure user communications. This issue was addressed […]

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New collision attacks against triple-DES, Blowfish break HTTPS sessions

25

Aug

2016

There is now a practical, relatively fast attack on 64-bit block ciphers that lets attackers recover authentication cookies and other credentials from HTTPS-protected sessions, a pair of French researchers said. Legacy ciphers Triple-DES and Blowfish need to go the way of the broken RC4 cipher: Deprecated and disabled everywhere. Dubbed Sweet32, researchers were able to […]

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HTTPS may not be as safe as it once was

28

Mar

2016

Proper encryption is seen by many as the linchpin to the Internet’s current and future success. Everything from online banking to private email correspondence needs to be kept out of the hands of cyber criminals, and as such encryption methods were implemented into many of the world’s modern data transfer systems. However, it would appear […]

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