A new project, the SSL Pulse, that was setup to monitor the quality and strength of the SSL implementations on top sites across the Internet found that 75 percent of them are vulnerable to the BEAST SSL attack and that just 10 percent of the sites surveyed should be considered secure.
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The House approved the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA).
Privacy can be described as the freedom to be left alone (Warren & Brandeis, 1890)
Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.
(Thomas Jefferson, 1801-09. Author of the Declaration of Independence. 1762-1826)
Okay, it’s a bit of a hype article of Ars Technica, so therefore I play along and copy a link to their article. That’s what hype articles are for. Follow the flock.
What caused this? Nature likely sped up a process set in motion by human actions, according to National Geographic.
After all the scare stories about Cyber attacks on infrastructure facilities that will disrupt societies, it’s nice to read something more lighthearted.
Just an administrator who logged on from his holiday address made various government agencies jump.
