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Telstra alerts business customers after privacy snafu
Telstra Tools leaked contact information.
Jul 30 2018 7:01AM
TLS cert issuers join forces to shore up trust
Fighting phishing scourge.
Jun 28 2018 11:10AM
Chrome to provide TLS interception warnings
Former intern develops warning interstitial for browser.
Sep 11 2017 11:58AM
Symantec sells TLS cert business to DigiCert
Billion-dollar deal.
Aug 4 2017 6:38AM
Thousands of Australian servers are still vulnerable to Heartbleed
Three years after patches issued.
Jan 24 2017 6:41AM
Google to tighten SSL certificate security policies
In a year.
Nov 1 2016 10:00AM
Major Australian banks vulnerable to DROWN SSLv2 flaw
Disable SSLv2 everywhere to prevent decryption of communications.
Mar 2 2016 4:56AM
NIST formally chops NSA-tainted random number generator
Dual_EC_DRBG algorithm no longer part of standard.
Jun 29 2015 6:47AM
An operating system on end of life is ripe for attack
[Blog post] Windows Server 2003 users could be in a world of hurt.
May 26 2015 2:10PM
Code audit finds over 25,000 vulnerable apps in iTunes
Bug in SSL library makes eavesdropping easy.
Apr 27 2015 6:19AM
The crypto protocols even the NSA can’t crack
Latest document dump reveals cyber-spy hit-list.
Dec 29 2014 2:29PM
Australian sites vulnerable to new POODLE attack
Moving to TLS not enough.
Dec 10 2014 6:07AM
Google finds vulnerability in SSL web encryption
Details fix for 'POODLE' attack.
Oct 15 2014 9:29AM
Cloudflare launches open source keyless SSL
Crypto expert doubtful.
Sep 19 2014 1:38PM
Google to reward secure websites with better search ranking
Move away from HTTP to HTTPS.
Aug 8 2014 7:40AM
Microsoft adds further encryption to Outlook.com, OneDrive
Opens Transparency Centre in Redmond.
Jul 2 2014 6:30AM
DFAT upgrades ageing web server for passports system
Playing catch-up on security.
Jul 1 2014 6:53AM
Vendors slow to patch OpenSSL vulnerabilities
Heartbleed is far from over.
Jun 30 2014 6:19AM
Google forks OpenSSL into BoringSSL
Will continue to fund Core Infrastructure Initiative.
Jun 23 2014 5:00AM
Optus to cut another 350 jobs in ongoing restructure
Update: Also prepares launch of tenth satellite.
Apr 29 2014 11:10AM
