Below we have a collection of Blog posts written by our in-house SSL/TLS and Security Experts, and also a collection of guest posters we invite every so often. In addition, you can find guides for installation and configurations, the best ways to secure your systems, fixes to common problems or updates to the industry.
It is a peculiar thing to see, but more and more commonly terms of art make their way into the mainstream media. It seems that every week a new article about a vulnerability, cyberattack, or data breach makes its way into public discourse. One phrase used to give confidence in a strong encryption scheme is “256-bit encryption”, but what does this mean? What is Encryption? What is a Key Size? H… [read more →]
What is a DOSS Attack? How can it be prevented? How often does this sort of thing happen? How do attackers get their hands on so much bandwidth? What can I do? What is a DOSS Attack? A distributed-denial-of-service (DDOS) attack occurs when a service provider is intentionally overwhelmed at the network layer by a large volume of requests. These requests might consist of normal traffic… [read more →]
What is a captive portal? Have you ever used public internet at an airport or a coffee shop? Perhaps you have to accept a terms of service before being granted access to the WIFI at your place of work? If so, chances are that you’ve used a captive portal – possibly without knowing it! Captive Portals are a legitimate means of grabbing the users attention, either to force them to accept terms of ser… [read more →]
Let’s Encrypt is a fairly popular service offering free SSL/TLS certificates to those who are uninterested in the value-add of traditional certificate resellers. Historically, this CA has partnered with IdenTrust to provide this service as it has existed in the root stores of client machines for many years. Let’s Encrypt’s strategy was dualfold: their certificates were signed by their own CA while… [read more →]
One of the biggest threats to any organisation today is a ransomware attack. Bad actors, through the use of purpose-built software, infiltrate a computer network and take data hostage. This kind of attack can affect companies big and small, in every sector. So much of what we do depends on technology. Imagine if a company providing an online service can no longer provide that service to its… [read more →]
