Speeding up and strengthening HTTPS connections for Chrome on Android
Posted by Elie Bursztein, Anti-Abuse Research Lead Earlier this year, we deployed a new TLS cipher suite in Chrome that operates three tim...
Elixir and the Internet of Things – Handling a Stampede
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Bash 'shellshock' scan of the Internet
NOTE: malware is now using this as their User-agent. I haven't run a scan now for over two days. I'm running a scan right now of the I...
Inline PGP signatures considered harmful
People often suggest that inline PGP signatures in e-mail are somehow more compatible or more acceptable than using PGP/MIME . This is a mistake. Inline PGP signatures are prone to several failure modes, up to and including undetectable message tampering.
As Deadly as a DDoS: ICANN Unleashes the Whois Accuracy Program
More effective than a botnet, more sweeping than a Denial-of-Service attack, ICANN has devised a deadly Weapon of Mass Destruction that can instantly render a entire online presence persona-non-grata regardless of how much redundancy, mitigation muscle-power or firewalls a hapless defender has deployed, this latest…
Why is Netflix Buffering? Dispelling the Congestion Myth
Call the rural call completion (RLEC) hotline toll free or send us an email if you suspect rural call completion issues on the Verizon network.
Update to Microsoft Takedown – Domains Fully Restored
We would like to give you an update on the Microsoft takedown and announce that ALL of the 23 domains that were seized are now back in our control.
SSL Labs: Stricter security requirements for 2014
Today, we're releasing a new version of SSL Rating Guide as well as a new version of SSL Test to go with it. Because the...
The Sad State of Mobile XMPP in 2014
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CNAME Flattening: RFC-Compliant CNAMEs at a Domain's Root
This post is about a new feature we've been quietly rolling out over the last few months. Last week we began enabling it for everyone by default.
The New Normal: 200-400 Gbps DDoS Attacks
Over the past four years, KrebsOnSecurity has been targeted by countless denial-of-service attacks intended to knock it offline. Earlier this week, KrebsOnSecurity was hit by easily the most massive and intense such attack yet — a nearly 200 Gbps assault leveraging a simple attack method that industry experts say is…
Why HTTP/2.0 does not seem interesting (2012)
Varnish is a powerful, flexible HTTP accelerator that speeds up web applications by caching content and optimizing delivery.
DNSSEC Downtime: List of Outages & Validation Failures
Major DNSSEC Outages and Validation Failures
Network Link Conditioner
App developers often forget to test how their apps perform under less-than-ideal networking environments. Learn how you can use the Network Link conditioner to simulate a spotty Internet connection on your device.