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Researchers Develop New Attack on SSL
Researchers have developed a new attack on SSL 3.0 that enables them to decrypt client requests on the wire and hijack confidential sessions on https sites. The attack breaks the confidentiality model of the protocol and is the first known…
Extending Web Security to Remote Workers – Now There is a Way
Protecting mobile workers from internet based threats has always been a difficult task for any IT department. This is becoming a more important part of network security as a greater number of staff are mobile and the corporate network moves…
IT Security Update 24/08 – Twitter increases security | Android most targeted OS
Plenty of interesting of IT security headlines doing the rounds in the last day or so. Threatpost reports that Twitter is encouraging more and more users to enable HTTPS on their accounts. Basically, HTTPS encrypts traffic from users to Twitter…
Two things that all orgs need for effective web security
As someone who has worked in the security industry over the past 10 years, it has not escaped me that there are 2 things that all organisations need with regards to Web Security: 1. A method to protect their users…
Welcome to the WebSecIreland Blog
Welcome to the WebSecIreland blog. This Web Security Blog is run by MJ Flood Technology and Cisco’s ScanSafe, a leading provider of web filtering solutions to global organisations. The purpose of this blog is to examine information security trends, explore…