• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Mar-03-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Cisco issues critical patch for Nexus switches to remove hardcoded credentials

Cisco Systems has released software updates for its Nexus 3000 and 3500 switches in order to remove a default administrative account with static credentials that could allow remote attackers to compromise devices.The account is created at installati... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Mar-02-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Latest attack against TLS shows the pitfalls of intentionally weakening encryption

For the third time in less than a year, security researchers have found a method to attack encrypted Web communications, a direct result of weaknesses that were mandated two decades ago by the U.S. government.These new attacks show the dangers […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Mar-02-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Latest attack against TLS shows the pitfalls of intentionally weakening encryption

For the third time in less than a year, security researchers have found a method to attack encrypted Web communications, a direct result of weaknesses that were mandated two decades ago by the U.S. government.These new attacks show the dangers […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Mar-02-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Arrest of Facebook exec, now freed, stirs debate in Brazil

The arrest of Diego Dzodan, the vice president of Facebook for Latin America, by Brazilian federal police in Sao Paulo has stirred up controversy in the country.The executive was arrested on Tuesday morning after Facebook, the parent company of WhatsApp, declined […]

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