TLS is the successor to the better-known SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption protocol; both are used to secure data communications between browsers and the destination server. The makers of the four ...

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Secure Socket Layer and Transport Layer Security are two protocols used by websites to help guarantee your privacy and security. Some websites choose SSL, and some choose TLS. When security is being ...

The National Security Agency released a cybersecurity product Tuesday detailing how to detect and fix out-of-date encryption protocol implementations. Networks and systems that use deprecated forms of ...

The National Security Agency (NSA) has shared guidance on how to detect and replace outdated Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol versions with up to date and secure variants. The US intelligence ...

You may have noticed that Google's Chrome web browser now marks all websites without Transport Layer Security (TLS) as insecure. So, it's past time to secure your ...

Turns out a major design flaw discovered and patched five years ago in the old SSL 3.0 encryption protocol, which exposed secure sessions to the so-called POODLE attack, didn't really die: A ...

Let's Encrypt has disabled TLS-SNI-01 validation after the discovery of an attack able to hijack certificates using the protocol. The certificate authority, which offers free SSL and TLS certificates ...

TL;DR: WeChat messages and conversations are not encrypted end-to-end, meaning the app's servers can decrypt and read every message. However, users of the popular messaging app might be concerned to ...

Webmasters who patched their sites against a serious SSL flaw discovered in October will have to check them again. Researchers have discovered that the vulnerability also affects implementations of ...