A bug in iOS's secure sockets layer (SSL) library could allow an attacker to force apps — Â or in some cases, the entire device — Â to crash if users connect to a malicious Wi-Fi hotspot, security ...

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One of the great things about open source is the availability of diverse approaches. This article examines the critical importance of performance scalability in SSL/TLS libraries, using recent shifts ...

A serious vulnerability that could be exploited to crash TLS clients and potentially execute malicious code on underlying systems was patched in the popular GnuTLS cryptographic library. The memory ...

The Android platform quickly has become one of the most popular mobile operating systems for both developers and end users. As such, security is a high priority, but so is the sometimes-conflicting ...

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is currently the most widely deployed security protocol. It is the security protocol behind secure HTTP (HTTPS), and thus is responsible for the little lock in the corner of ...

There is a vulnerability in PolarSSL, an open-source SSL library used in a variety of products, that could enable an attacker to execute arbitrary code under some circumstances. The vulnerability is ...

Google released a tool that can be used to test whether the SSL/TLS encrypted connections opened by applications or devices are vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. A man-in-the-middle (MitM) ...

Leuven, BE – 20 March 2012 – GlobalSign (www.globalsign.eu), one of the longest established Certification Authorities (CA) and leading providers of online security solutions, today announced that it ...