Internet and Web

SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer. It is an encryption protocol that provides communication security over the Internet. TLS stands for a Transport Layer Security. SSL is a predecessor of TLS. Both TLS and SSL are using asymmetric cryptography for authentication of key exchange, symmetric encryption for confidentiality, and message authentication codes for message integrity. [...]

I recently spoke with a family member, who had hard time understanding what Social Media is. To her it was all of the “Facebook and Twitter mumbo-jumbo” and just exchanging messages on the web. Being on the subject, I found this short educational video, by Say It Visually, and it makes perfect sense for people [...]

Back in September FBI officially posted a warning about Fake FBI scam (you may remember it from our Ransomware article): “There is a new ‘drive-by’ virus on the Internet, and it often carries a fake message—and fine—purportedly from the FBI. Reveton is described as drive-by malware because unlike many viruses—which activate when users open a [...]

Ransomware (also known as cryptoviruses, cryptotrojans or cryptoworms) comprises a class of malware, or a virus which restricts access to the computer system that it infects. In addition it demands a  payment, which is basically a ransom in order for the restriction to be resolved. Complexity of ransomware varies:  from basic HTML pages acting as [...]

Few days ago, a court in the United States has announced a judgment of more than $163 million against defendants in the FTC case agains “scareware” operation. This case had started on December 2, 2008, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a Complaint in federal court against Innovative Marketing, Inc., ByteHosting Internet Services, LLC, [...]